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Two Ottawa-area Sears stores to close as retailer shuts 59 locations across Canada

Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) said it plans to close 59 locations, including two in the National Capital Region,...

Ottawa patios can stay open later on Canada Day

City approves process for late-night patios on holiday weekend

Downtown Ottawa businesses say enhanced Canada Day security could attract more customers

Downtown businesses are confident enhanced security measures for Canada Day will actually bring more people downtown. Kevin McHale,...

Gatineau a step closer to getting a new arena

Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin believes the Quebec legislature will soon approve Gatineau’s plan to partner with a...

Gatineau skateboard apparel merchant on quite a roll

At an age when many Canadian kids are slinging burgers at fast-food joints to earn spending money,...

Ottawa-based Farm Boy makes first leap into Toronto with Etobicoke location

Ottawa grocer Farm Boy is making good on its word to expand to the Greater Toronto Area, announcing...

Famed Ottawa hair stylist and entrepreneur Rinaldo remembered as ‘great man’

An Ottawa hair stylist whose scissors tended to the tresses of some of the country's biggest political...

Column: Why the Ottawa Senators call Kanata home

Some critics say the decision to build a west-end arena is behind the Sens’ failure to sell out playoff games. As Bruce Firestone argues, the Senators would be playing in Anaheim if the then-Palladium wasn’t built in Kanata.

Ottawa kids’ clothing store gives e-commerce giant Shopify some brick-and-mortar lessons

Shopify markets itself as an e-commerce solution, the simple storefront that allows its merchants to sell everything...

What’s a playoff run worth? Ottawa bar sales up 11%, report says

Sens fever may be fun for the city, but it’s also lucrative for local businesses, according to...

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