Ottawa

Ottawa-specific coverage of local business news, including tourism, retail, transportation, city hall and more. Issues related to human resources and philanthropy are often featured.

The time to get a business valuation is now for immediate tax savings

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By now, most business owners are likely aware of the positive developments from Finance Canada (Bill C-208) over the summer that have effectively allowed business

What do stocks, gold and Bitcoin have in common?

Expert Blogs, Ottawa, Sponsored

Stocks, gold and Bitcoin. At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be anything similar between these three incredibly different assets. Bitcoin doesn’t exist anywhere except

Bagel business is booming for Kettlemans

Retail

Ottawa-based chain has made a splash on the Toronto scene and is looking to do the same in Montreal.

Hard-hit Ottawa small businesses to get federal funding, marketing support

Ottawa

Bank Street, Preston Street, Somerset Chinatown, Sparks Street and Vanier BIAs have been chosen to participate in program aimed at revitalizing mainstreet retailers.

It’s a shawarma thing

Ottawa

While it’s hard to get definitive numbers on such things, according to the Yelp yellow pages there are 196 shawarma shops in Ottawa.

Prospectus: Next-gen tech firms writing new chapter

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcast

If Ottawa’s new generation of startups stick to their knitting, the city could soon have the most stable and diversified technology sector it has ever

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

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The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP) has been active in Ottawa since 1864. Its role is to serve and aid persons in need

Eagle Professional Resources sold to T.O.-based IT staffing firm

Ottawa

Founded in 1996, Eagle now has 100 employees in 10 offices across Canada.

Regional Group wraps up a record-breaking year with a BOBs win

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Receiving a 2021 Best Ottawa Business (BOB) Award is a tremendous achievement – and for the team at Regional Group is an additional reason to

Amid gloomy signs, region’s unemployment rate plunges to 20-year low in December

Ottawa

Continuing a troubling recent trend, the overall number of employed residents in Ottawa-Gatineau fell to 753,300 last month, a slight drop from November.