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Lansdowne Park turning Aberdeen Square into full-scale event venue

Lansdowne Park is revamping part of its pedestrian mall to host major events and concerts as part of a wider campaign to attract more year-round visitors to the area

U.S. casino suing Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk

A casino in the United States is suing Eugene Melnyk, claiming the Ottawa Senators owner has failed to pay $900,000 in owings

U.S. casino suing Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk

A casino in the United States is suing Eugene Melnyk, claiming the Ottawa Senators owner has failed to pay $900,000 in owings

Iconic shoe fits Ottawa firm Bank and Vogue’s ‘upcycling’ strategy

Clothing reseller supplying recycled denim for global footwear giant's new line of Chuck Taylor All Stars

Ottawa’s last Zellers set to finally close in early 2020

Ottawa's final Zellers retail outlet, alongside the other remaining holdout in Toronto, will close early next year, owner Hudson's Bay Co. announced Friday.

Ottawa’s brick-and-mortar merchants benefit from Shopify effect

E-commerce powerhouse’s employees ‘improve themselves constantly’ by getting a crash course in retail at local stores

Ottawa’s mid-tier malls face adapt-or-die retail landscape

With Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre set to be totally rebuilt, OBJ looks at whether community retail plazas still have staying power in a world of e-commerce and changing consumer buying habits

After ‘16 years of amazing memories,’ Westfest takes final bow

Westfest, the long-running and always-free neighbourhood music festival, will end its run due to a lack of sponsorship dollars

Ottawa club and art gallery SAW set to reopen Friday following two-year, $1M renovation

Well-known Ottawa arts centre SAW reopens to the public Friday evening following two years of construction to triple the size of its gallery and event spaces

Farm Boy buys Rideau Bakery assets to ‘keep great local brand alive’

Just over a week after it announced it was closing its doors for good, an iconic Ottawa business has found a “white knight” to revive its venerable brand
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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
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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