Sports and Entertainment

Teed off: Ottawa golf course operators say sport unfairly targeted in latest closures

Local clubs on track for record revenues in 2021 before provincially mandated shutdown, owners and managers say.

Delay of game: Ottawa Titans’ inaugural Frontier League season pushed back to 2022

New baseball franchise's planned 2021 debut scuttled due to uncertainty over when the Canada-U.S. border will reopen.

Long Road Back concert postponed in wake of city’s move to red zone

All 100 available tickets for the show originally scheduled for March 27 sold out in less than an hour.

Music to fans’ ears: Outdoor concert slated for Lansdowne Park in late March

First-of-its-kind event during pandemic will require all spectators to be screened for COVID-19 in advance.

Bluesfest, GCTC among local attractions to land provincial arts funding

Nearly a dozen other Ottawa organizations also slated to get financial aid as part of $24-million package to help Ontario's cultural sector survive the COVID-19 crisis.

City re-ups for $25K fund to boost local music industry

The money will go to musicians whose livelihoods have been upended by the COVID-19 crisis.

Changing course: How Ian Fraser reimagined Run Ottawa’s business model for a pandemic world

When Ian Fraser took the top job at Run Ottawa in 2019, he had no idea how much he’d need to lean on every ounce of experience he’d gained in two decades as an entrepreneur.

Online student gains music to the ears of Orl​éans-based studio owner Chantal Hackett

Funded by a $10,000 grant from Desjardins Insurance, entrepreneur is poised to launch a new virtual singing academy.

How Bluesfest found its groove in the face of the pandemic

COVID-19 forced organizers to rethink the concert experience for attendees and sponsors alike – while raising new questions for 2021

Update: Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says now is not the time for his in-person fan plan

'Most people would agree cramming 6,000 people into one confined space is not a good idea at this time,' mayor says.
1...141516...39Page 15 of 39
Get Our Email Updates

Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Ottawa and beyond.

Sign Up Now

OBJ360 Sponsored

Reshaping the future of healthcare: The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s Campaign to Create Tomorrow

This $500-million campaign will take groundbreaking research to unprecedented heights and build one of Canada’s most technologically advanced hospitals — improving lives for generations to come.

Guest Blogs

Social Galleries

Video

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

Event Calendar

View Calendar