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Full steam ahead on downtown revitalization with focus on safety and security, OBOT head says

Four-storey, 84-unit building with no resident parking proposed for ‘walkable’ Sandy Hill

An 84-unit low-rise building has been proposed in the Sandy Hill area, with construction slated to begin next year pending city approvals.

Amid a growing demand for BIAs, OCOBIA’s Michelle Groulx is ready to advocate for small biz

This year, Michelle Groulx found herself back at an organization with which she’s very familiar.  After leaving her...

‘We want Ottawa to succeed’: Tobi Nussbaum on how the ‘narrative on the NCC is changing’

From LeBreton Flats to the Rideau Canal, and from Westboro Beach to Kìwekì Point, the National Capital...

Ottawa’s PureColo acquired by Vancouver’s Carrier Connect Data Solutions in $8.5M deal

Ottawa’s PureColo has been acquired by Carrier Connect Data Solutions in a deal worth $8.5 million. The acquisition...

Jackson Building downtown could be part of affordable housing solution in Ottawa, PM says

The Jackson Building in Ottawa’s downtown core could be one federal property earmarked for conversion to affordable...

Women tech founders are scaling up in Ottawa, but you may not have heard of them

Alida Burke has spent more than a decade helping build Growcer, a sustainable food technology company, working her way through university programs and accelerator and scale-up stages.

Downtown eateries ‘buzzing’ about more civil servants, but they’re no longer counting on them

Even as rumours persist about federal civil servants spending more time in their downtown offices, restaurants in the core are focusing on other potential traffic drivers to diversify their customer bases.

We look at four of the biggest HR trends for 2026, plus a few that might surprise you

The world of work is ever-changing and 2026 promises to be another year of evolution. From AI...

Record-breaking 50-storey highrise at Dow’s Lake gets OK from city planning committee

The city’s planning committee has approved a proposal by Ottawa’s Claridge Homes to build a record-breaking 50-storey highrise tower in Little Italy.
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
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