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Welch LLP has survived two pandemics and several recessions. The secret? An intimate connection with the local community and a passion for the evolution of accounting law, says managing partner Jim McConnery.

A new funding program to attract more international conferences to Canada could be a catalyst for Ottawa business, Ottawa Tourism tells OBJ. 

With interest increasing in a “landmark” Chinatown restaurant Yangtze that was recently put up for sale, the local business community is holding out hope that the familiar eatery will carry on, even as potential buyers consider redeveloping the property.

The federal government’s proposal to turn a two-and-a-half-acre site across from Parliament Hill into an office and retail complex is a “great start” toward revitalizing the Parliamentary Precinct, a prominent Ottawa real estate executive said Friday – but other business leaders say they’re not convinced the project will give struggling downtown merchants the boost they need.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts rose 21 per cent last month from January, but have fallen compared to February last year, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says.

While domestic and transborder tourism to Ottawa is likely to recover from pandemic lows this year, international travel may continue to lag. According to local tourism leaders, a significant drop in Chinese tourism is partially to blame. 

The federal public works department says its purchase of a prominent downtown office building whose occupants include...

In an email to OBJ this week, PSPC called the Block 2 redevelopment project “a “key part” of the federal government’s efforts “to restore and modernize” the Parliamentary Precinct.

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As independent cinema owners across the country sound the alarm over threats to their industry and survival, the Mayfair, Ottawa’s oldest independent theatre is “still hanging in there.”