Ottawa

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The worm may turn – but not in this Ottawa couple’s Mexican-distilled tequila

Retail

Sandeep and Riti Gupta’s premium brand of the popular spirit, Cada Dia, is now available in 40 restaurants across Ontario and in 34 states south

Bright Side of Business: This pizza is not only healthy, it has a purpose

Ottawa

Fiazza Fresh Fired’s charity event series has raised $10,000 to support organizations such as the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and Boys and Girls Club of

A more inclusive approach to hiring is one solution to current labour shortage

Ottawa

Companies need to take a diversity, equity and inclusion perspective with each business decision they make, HR experts say.

The antidote to market volatility

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It’s tough not to be a little worried these days. Between rising threats of inflation, new strains of COVID-19 on the horizon and the terrible

Invest Ottawa head encourages more businesses to apply for trucker convoy relief fund

Ottawa

Organization has approved 340 applications and disbursed almost $900,000 over the past month under the Downtown Ottawa Business Relief Fund.

New Civic campus project will have big-time economic impact, but big-time challenges loom

Ottawa

Four-year build is expected to pump nearly $2 billion into Ottawa’s economy and create thousands of jobs, Deloitte says, but rising inflation and labour shortages

Pokémon card craze has settled into a slow simmer, Ottawa vendors say

Retail

Getting rich fast is likely not in the cards for today’s Pokémon aficionados.

‘A city without intention is just a bunch of buildings,’ local architect argues

Ottawa

Linebox Studio owner Andrew Reeves, whose firm was behind Shopify’s iconic space at Performance Court, says a downtown NHL arena is a project that ‘should