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Tourism’s curse: First hit, last to recover

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

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 curving design.

Opinions divided on governments’ COVID-19 response performance

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

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

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. 

Family businesses better positioned to drive Canada’s economic recovery: report

KPMG Enterprise and STEP Project Global Consortium report reveals successful pandemic strategies to rebound and remerge stronger

Survey says: Shaw Centre best in the world

Remember conferences?

How an Ontario startup is fighting wildfires – and climate change – one patent at a time

A group of Ontario firefighters-turned-entrepreneurs have found a way to make battling flames a safer business – not only for first responders, but for the environment.

OBJ’s Top Summer Stories

From real estate deals to Italian markets, it's been a busy business season

Ottawa’s Canada Care Medical Group acquired by U.S. firm

Local organization has 10 locations in Eastern Canada.
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