Ottawa

The Downtown Ottawa Revitalization Task Force has been meeting regularly over the past several months as it seeks ways to inject new life into Ottawa’s downtown core – but business advocates say local merchants are getting restless.

The latest edition of the Ottawa Business Journal newsmagazine has just come off the presses.

No journalist ever wants to get scooped but to get scooped up, as local news anchor and reporter Megan Shaw has been by Syntax Strategic, is a whole other story.

Ottawa Tourism says that while the industry hasn’t fully recovered from the effects of the pandemic, all indicators suggest it is gaining momentum.

The managing partner of Metropolitain Brasserie Restaurant is doing her part to help an industry grappling with serious labour shortages by funding a $10,000 bursary.

The Canadian economy added 104,000 jobs in December as the unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.0 per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Susan St. Amand has built a successful business in the financial services industry, and she’s done it without chasing money over meaning.

Business leaders are applauding Shopify’s decision to temporarily scrap most meetings so workers can devote more time to other tasks – but they also caution that decluttering employee calendars might be easier said than done.

“I think I (bring) more than just business experience to the table,” says Mayor Sutcliffe in this wide-ranging interview with OBJ.

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