Ottawa

Ottawa-specific coverage of local business news, including tourism, retail, transportation, city hall and more. Issues related to human resources and philanthropy are often featured.

Savour the City: The six coziest coffee shops in central Ottawa to ‘work from home’

Ottawa, Retail, Top Stories

Ottawa’s coffee shop scene is one of the city’s most underrated strengths. The variety we have here doesn’t get nearly enough credit. That is all

Downtown Ottawa skyline in winter board of trade

Q&A: ‘Historic challenge’: Sutcliffe on downtown revitalization, the future of the ByWard Market and more

Insider Only City Hall, Ottawa, Top Stories

The new LRT Aiport station at the Ottawa International Airport opened to passengers early Monday morning. (Photo: Ottawa International Airport Authority YOW/LinkedIn)

New LRT spur to YOW a ‘game-changer’ for the airport and tourism in Ottawa

Ottawa, Top Stories

OC Transpo’s north-south LRT line is now up and running, and with it comes a new connection to the Ottawa International Airport that officially went

Q&A: Sutcliffe hopes PM’s announcement brings ‘more clarity’ to city’s relationship with feds

Insider Only City Hall, Ottawa, Top Stories

Philling the gap: New cheesesteak restaurant moving in to former home of Saslove’s Meat Market

Ottawa, Sports and Entertainment, Top Stories, Tourism

A new restaurant is taking over the space formerly occupied by Saslove’s Meat Market in the ByWard Market. Philthy Philly’s is a Philadelphia-style cheesesteak and

Katie Faloon-Drew is an Ottawa-based health behaviour coach and owner of Healthy Confident You. (Photo supplied)

Forget the ‘shame-based goals’ when setting new year’s resolutions, one Ottawa coach advises

Human Resources, Ottawa, Top Stories

The new year is here and with it the annual urge to transform into your best self.

But Ottawa health behaviour coach Katie Faloon-Drew

Veteran restaurateur hopes new eatery in former Blue Cactus space will be ‘the spark that reignites the Market’

Ottawa, Retail, Sports and Entertainment, Top Stories, Tourism

In another move aimed at changing the public’s perception of the ByWard Market, Ottawa nightlife mogul Abbis Mahmoud is launching a new restaurant in the

For this ‘hardcore world juniors’ fan, taking in the action is possible thanks to Ottawa’s Whimble

Ottawa, Techopia, Top Stories

Keven Smith-Worthylake loves hockey. So what better event for him to visit than the upcoming world junior hockey championships in Ottawa. “It’s a magical competition,

We look ahead to what stories OBJ will be watching in 2025. File photo.

Here’s looking at you 2025: Ten stories we’ll have our eye on next year

Ottawa, Top Stories

Downtown revitalization efforts continue It was a big year for downtown revitalization. In January, Yasir Naqvi’s downtown revitalization task force released its long-awaited report outlining