Ottawa

Christmas Cheer Breakfast fills Shaw Centre with joy and generosity

While the Christmas Cheer Breakfast is a popular way in Ottawa to welcome the holiday season, the event is also a significant fundraiser.

Region’s jobless rate edges up to 4.5% in November, labour market still hot, Statistics Canada says

Local employers added nearly 5,000 jobs to their payrolls in November, but the unemployment rate still edged up with the number of people looking for work.

We speak to tourism industry expert Altaf Sovani on what millennials really want and why they’re abandoning jobs

Attracting and retaining millennials is crucial to solving the ongoing labour crisis that’s left businesses struggling to find sufficient staff, says Altaf Sovani.

Kingston software firm’s solution helps hospitals throughout the region reduce surgical wait times

Multiple hospitals in Eastern Ontario, including many of Ottawa’s largest facilities, will be better able to reduce surgical backlogs with help from a Kingston software firm.

The Royal is supporting families struggling with mental health

When clients and families have meaningful input into the decisions that affect them it can transform mental health and substance use health.

In the grips of a ‘bouldering’ boom: Two new facilities set to open in region

Altitude is set to open a 15,000-square-foot climbing gym and fitness centre on Centrum Boulevard in Orléans Feb. 1. Das says the new facility will be exclusively for bouldering. 

Canopy Growth breaks out Canadian operations in new unit, lays off 55

Canopy Growth Corp. says it will be breaking out its Canadian cannabis operations into a stand-alone business...

A million-dollar gift: Dr. Shiv Jindal, and wife Sarita, give back to the city he calls home

Helping others is a core value for the Jindal family – one the local couple recently put into action with a $1 million donation.

Where have the years gone? Fairmont Château Laurier’s Trees of Hope for CHEO is a quarter-of-a-century old

This year’s theme honoured the 25th anniversary of Trees of Hope, a popular fundraiser that has, to date, raised more than $1.2 million for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). 

Holiday travel is back in full flight in Ottawa, but transatlantic routes remain on YOW’s wish list

While the holiday season is expected to be as “be busy as it was in 2019,” airport spokesperson Krista Kealey said Monday there's still no firm timeline for when flights from Ottawa to Europe will resume.

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