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From beekeeping to batteries: How these local companies are prioritizing the environment

As climate change research and efforts in sustainability gain momentum, businesses are focused on making ESG (environmental,...

Tech founders make their pitch at L-Spark’s SaaS Showcase

An Ottawa-based Canadian startup accelerator designed to help entrepreneurs grow their great ideas into thriving tech companies celebrated the graduation of its ninth cohort Thursday.

Bright Side of Business: Stantec creates safe working environment for employees

Thanks to the firm’s existing internal expertise, it took Stantec just six months to fulfil the requirements needed to achieve the rating across all six offices.

Downtown merchants carry on amid public servant strike, but biz advocates warn of potential headaches

As more than 155,000 public-service employees took to the picket lines for the second day of a nationwide strike Thursday, a major business advocacy group is warning the work stoppage could be another blow to Ottawa merchants still trying to recover from the pandemic.

Demand for rental units pushes Ottawa housing starts to all-time high in 2022: CMHC

Builders in Ottawa launched 11,032 new housing units last year, an eight per cent increase from 2021, the national housing agency says in its latest Housing Supply Report released Wednesday.

Up Close: Carole Saad takes the business of fun seriously

A word of advice: Never tell a professional event planner how lucky they are to have a...

Ottawa water sports brand makes waves in sustainability just in time for summer season

With warmer weather on the horizon, an Ottawa company is making a splash, both in the sportswear market and the world of sustainable business.

Taggart Group floats plan to replace historic Kent Street office building with 30-storey tower

Ottawa-based real estate company says it does not intend to redevelop the property, which it purchased about a dozen years ago, for at least another decade.

Sparks Street biz group no fan of feds’ offer to take over Sparks, Wellington streets

The head of a prominent downtown business organization says the federal government’s offer to take over a stretch of Wellington Street and keep it closed to motorized vehicles should be a no-go.

Younger workers have different priorities when it comes to benefits, report finds

The needs and priorities that employees look for in a health-care package vary greatly based on which generation they belong to and have changed significantly over the years, according to a recent study. 

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