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.

Region’s unemployment rate falls to 6.2% in August as labour force shrinks amid job losses

Ottawa

Employers in Ottawa-Gatineau shed a net total of 3,300 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped mainly because of a mass exodus of 12,100

ExcelHR co-founder Kathryn Tremblay named Ottawa’s 2021 CEO of the Year

Ottawa

Altis-excelHR group of companies are on track to place more than 8,000 workers across Canada in 2021, and the firms’ combined revenues are expected to

An icon’s transformation from firehall to Better Business Bureau

Ottawa

One of Hintonburg’s most beloved community landmarks, the former Parkdale Fire Station No. 11, is about to be reinvented as flexible office space.

Tourism’s curse: First hit, last to recover

Ottawa

Hotel bookings have been spotty and people are mostly booking on weekends (don’t even ask about staffing).

Carleton’s $65-million business school steps onto world stage

Ottawa

Lead architect and Carleton grad Doron Meinhard’s team from Toronto-based Hariri Pontarini Architects toured several business schools in Canada and the U.S. before crafting a

Opinions divided on governments’ COVID-19 response performance

Ottawa

There’s been frustrations with the federal government around vaccine expectations, and with the provincial government over its mixed messages surrounding public health restrictions.

Ottawa’s travel ‘savant’ sells downtown agency to U.S.-based firm

Tourism

Scott McCord’s business has been the go-to agency for Parliament Hill staffers, civil servants and journalists in the nation’s capital for 22 years.

Escape Manor’s Neil Schwartz joins Mann Lawyers’ business law team

Ottawa

After helping launch one of Ottawa’s most successful new wave entertainment companies Neil Schwartz is taking his unique blend of expertise to Mann Lawyers LLP.