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.

A business coalition has sent a letter to urgent the federal government to move ahead with the VIA-HFR project. (Stock photo)

Ottawa board of trade joins business coalition urging government to pursue high-frequency rail

Ottawa, Top Stories

The Ottawa Board of Trade has joined a coalition of business organizations to urge the federal government to move ahead with the VIA high-frequency rail

David Coletto enjoys cycling in Gatineau Park. (Photo by David Coletto)

My Ottawa: Eat, bike, repeat — Pollster David Coletto’s favourite indulgences (think Italian)

Top Stories, Ottawa

If you read political news coverage in Canada, you’ve likely heard of David Coletto. Coletto is the founder, chair and CEO of Abacus Data, an

Don’t mind snow and cold? The new ByWard winter market is looking for vendors

Ottawa, Top Stories

As part of its efforts to breathe new life into the ByWard Market, one local organization is turning to a chilly alternative: a winter market

Maxime Foucaud is the new managing director at CBRE Ottawa

People on the Move: Maxime Foucaud is the new managing director with CBRE Ottawa

Human Resources, Insider Only Ottawa, People on the Move, Top Stories

Kathleen Ingleston, development coordinator at Dress for Success Ottawa. (Photo supplied)

Breaking the dress code: Tips for gender non-conforming employees in the workplace

Ottawa, Human Resources, Insider Only Top Stories

It’s time to get creative, developers say, when it comes to office conversions

Ottawa, Insider Only Real Estate, Top Stories

Montreal’s Englobe acquires Ottawa engineering firm Goodkey, Weedmark & Associates

Ottawa, Insider Only Top Stories

Firms behind Zibi project seek partner, float convention centre as ‘interesting’ idea for Gatineau land

Ottawa, Real Estate, Top Stories

The companies behind the Zibi development say they’re looking to join forces with another real estate firm to build amenities that could include a hotel

Former Ottawa mayor Larry O’Brien starts ‘career No. 4’ with new fiction book

Ottawa, Top Stories

You may remember Larry O’Brien as the mayor who dared Ottawa to embrace its swagger.

downtown Ottawa return to office civil service

Ottawa’s downtown office occupancy rate to ‘trend higher’ in fourth quarter, Colliers predicts

Ottawa, Non-Residential, Real Estate, Top Stories

The capital’s return-to-office rate still lags other major Canadian cities, Colliers said in its third-quarter office market report released Tuesday, in which it noted the