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Shopify to require staff to show proof of full vaccination before meeting up

Ottawa

CEO Tobi Lütke tweeted the announcement this week and says he made the decision “because science.”

St. Catharines firm acquires Ottawa HVAC provider Anchor Home Comfort

Ottawa

Anchor provides HVAC services, water heaters and products such as humidifiers and filtration systems to customers in the National Capital Region and other parts of

The Bright Side of Business: Code Youth receives funding to empower at-risk youth with tech-sector training

Ottawa

An Ottawa not-for-profit is helping at-risk youth land jobs in the city’s booming tech sector by tackling barriers to education and employment through its programming.

Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health hires industry veteran Chris Ide as new president

Ottawa

Non-profit executive brings 15 years’ experience in fundraising, strategic partnerships and business development to his new role.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate dips to 7.1% in July

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau employers added more than 6,000 new jobs to their payrolls last month as the economy continued to pull out of a pandemic-fuelled downturn.

A unique opportunity for Ottawa business leaders to support local youth

Ottawa

The Youth Services Bureau Foundation is recruiting members of the local business community to join its board of directors.

Tackling cybersecurity risk amid pandemic-driven digitization shifts

Ottawa

The sudden embrace of cutting-edge, digital technologies has come with risks, the largest of which can pose an existential threat to any business: cybersecurity.