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Space crunch ‘inevitable’ as feds set to expand return-to-office mandate, real estate execs say

A spokesperson for Public Services and Procurement Canada said Tuesday the department “does not anticipate any challenges” finding enough room in its existing portfolio for workers who will need to be in the office an extra day each week starting July 6.

Taking a flyer: How Porter Airlines has risked ‘bigger bets’ to figure out the Ottawa market

In December, Porter Airlines launched five new non-stop routes from Ottawa to sun destinations in Mexico, the Bahamas, Costa Rica and the Cayman Islands. According to senior vice-president and chief commercial officer Edmond Eldebs, the new routes have been embraced by local travellers.

Partnership between Outaouais Tourism and UQO aims to attract more conferences, events

Outaouais Tourism and the Université du Québec en Outaouais have formed a strategic partnership designed to increase business travel that has already succeeded in attracting an international conference to the region next year.

Book excerpt: How changing workplace culture gives rise to behaviours like ‘mobbing’

Across the country, workplaces are changing rapidly. Greater cultural diversity and the steady rise of women into...

Family plan: Shabinsky-led Glenview Homes launches expansion to Texas

Glenview Homes co-founder and executive director Jake Shabinsky told OBJ Wednesday his firm has hired veteran Houston-based developer Blake Roberts to head a new subsidiary in Texas’s largest city.

Former commissioner of competition Matthew Boswell on the latest changes in competition law

When Canada’s competition laws underwent a series of major changes in 2024, Matthew Boswell was at the helm of Canada’s Competition Bureau. Now, he’s using his knowledge of the legal ins and outs to help businesses understand and adapt to the new context.

Patent power: BluWave, other Ottawa firms eye IP licensing as new revenue stream

After nearly a decade of developing cutting-edge software to make electricity providers, data centres and EV batteries...

New Ontario Defence Association aims to close gap between industry, government

As the federal government ramps up defence spending, another new industry organization is aiming to help homegrown...

Inside Sapper Labs, the veteran-led Ottawa firm wiring Canada’s defence intelligence

A few months before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, an Ottawa-based defence-tech company was already...

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