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Ottawa-based Farm Boy to add eight new stores in southern Ontario

Ottawa-based grocery chain said Tuesday it expects to open eight new stores in southern Ontario over the next two years.

Second Cup owner acquiring Bridgehead in play to take coffee brand beyond Ottawa

Ottawa’s most prominent local coffee retailer is turning to new ownership with deeper pockets in a bid to jumpstart its plans to expand beyond the National Capital Region

Elgin Street reopening to two-way traffic on Dec. 16

In an early Christmas present to merchants all along Elgin Street, the popular downtown thoroughfare will reopen to two-way traffic on Dec. 16 following 11 months of reconstruction

City prefers rival bidder over upstart Ottawa group to take over baseball in the capital

A month after a group of local investors struck a conditional agreement to buy Ottawa’s beleaguered pro...

Major Ottawa malls in ‘comeback’ mode as holiday season approaches

Buoyed by new tenants and other attractions, regional shopping centres like Bayshore and Rideau Centre predict strong finish to 2019

Ottawa Fury pro-soccer team suspends operations

The Ottawa Fury are suspending operations, taking professional soccer out of the nation's capital

OSEG’s proposal to take over Lansdowne public spaces rebuffed at committee meeting

OSEG's proposal to assume control of Lansdowne Park’s public spaces has been thoroughly revised after a horde of concerned residents turned out to a city committee meeting on Tuesday

OSEG head says proposal to run Lansdowne public spaces would ‘enhance’ farmers market and staple events

Mark Goudie said the idea is to drive more traffic to Lansdowne on non-game days in the hope that people attending events will stick around to shop and eat, creating an economic “spinoff effect”

City staff endorse OSEG proposal to take over Lansdowne public spaces

The owners of the CFL’s Ottawa Redblacks, pro soccer’s Fury FC and junior hockey’s Ottawa 67’s are proposing to take over the operation of key public spaces at Lansdowne Park

Ottawa-based IT exec-turned-coffee roaster loving the daily grind

As we kick off small business week, OBJ sits down with a former IT executive who's finding a second career in coffee beans, specialty soap and family business
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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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