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Porter Airlines adding direct service from YOW to Boston, Newark, Quebec City and Thunder Bay in 2023

The new flights are slated to begin on March 27, the Toronto-based airline announced Wednesday.

How Amy Friesen’s love of elder care is driving a new service in the fast-growing industry

Through her company Tea & Toast, Amy Friesen has been advising families of the senior living options available to them using a holistic approach.

‘It is your new normal’: Canada’s aging work force root of national labour shortage

For years, experts have been warning of a looming wave of retirements as baby boomers grow older and start to exit the workforce en masse.

Ottawa Business Growth Survey: Diversity and collaboration is key to business success

Ottawa’s local political and business leaders have done a more effective job at navigating the pandemic and...

Why ‘stay interviews’ are on the front lines of the fight for employee retention

A twist on the familiar “exit interview,” which asks departing employees why they decided to leave, a stay interview does the opposite: asks employees what would cause them to stay. 

Return to in-person work a contentious issue among federal public servants

Musings about a potential back-to-office order, which could mean two to three days of in-person work a week, are sparking debate.

Letter to the Editor: Working sick a different matter for those without paid sick days

"Giving employees the option to stay home when they are sick is not just a moral imperative, it makes business sense," an OBJ reader writes in the letter to the editor.

Local healthtech companies get their day in the Bears’ Den

At the inaugural Bears’ Den event last month, four startups were each given 10 minutes to pitch their idea to an investor panel and answer questions. 

Op-ed: With healthcare in crisis, let’s have the audacity to innovate a better way forward

"We have the opportunity to create such powerful solutions in Ottawa, both for our community and the world," writes CHEO's Dr. Jason Berman

‘Democratizing forests’ is what this ESG-based company is all about

As the climate crisis worsens and uncertainty about the future grows, companies have never been more sensitive about doing their part for the environment.
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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