
Love thy neighbourhood: Glebe BIA welcomes new executive director
Former Torontonian Patrick Burke says he immediately felt a “community spirit” in the Glebe after moving to Ottawa in 2020.
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Love thy neighbourhood: Glebe BIA welcomes new executive director
Former Torontonian Patrick Burke says he immediately felt a “community spirit” in the Glebe after moving to Ottawa in 2020.

‘High threshold’ required to deny insurance coverage to protesting truckers, expert says
Commercial trucks involved in the ongoing protests in Ottawa are unlikely to lose their insurance coverage simply for being part of the demonstration, an industry

Businesses flourish in the Gatineau Valley
The Gatineau Valley provides several business opportunities for acquisitions, partnerships, new outlets or business launches.

Canopy Growth reports Q3 loss, sales down from year ago
Smiths Falls-based cannabis producer warned Wednesday that market headwinds could hamper its ability to be profitable in Canada.

‘A delicate balancing act’: businesses in protest zone agonize over whether to open or close
Downtown merchants say they’ve spent the past 13 days weighing the benefits of bringing in whatever revenue they can against concerns for employee and customer

Answering employers’ biggest benefits questions
To help companies navigate the world of employee benefits, OBJ sat down with Meldrum Horne to get some answers to the business community’s most pressing

‘Everyone is in crisis mode’: Calls increase for government to support downtown businesses
With the trucker convoy and protests continuing in Ottawa for a second week, downtown business owners and employees are calling on various levels of government

Bright Side of Business: Community steps up to support Little Ray’s
Little Ray’s is home to 900 animals, which means that, unlike other businesses, it can’t simply send its employees home and turn off the lights.

Building managers buckle down in the core
In light of new police tactics to manage the ongoing trucker convoy, property managers in Ottawa’s downtown core are preparing for another weekend of protests.

Real-life succession: what prominent business families can teach us
Are real families as dysfunctional as the feuding clan depicted in HBO’s Succession? Telfer School of Management professor Peter Jaskiewicz talks about that and more
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