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Ottawa’s inflation rate cools to 1.4% in March

Ottawa

Pandemic causes gas prices to plummet

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Coping with COVID-19: Ottawa restaurateurs eager to find recipe for business survival

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcasts

OBJ speaks with Ottawa restaurateurs Marc Lepine from Atelier, Joelle Parenteau from Wolf Down and Elias Theodossiou from EVOO and Mati.

Senators hire former Arizona Coyotes boss to lead business operations

Sports and Entertainment

Less than two months after firing CEO Jim Little, the Ottawa Senators have turned to a veteran sports executive to fill a vital business role

How associations are rethinking risk

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Association executives discuss best practices for identifying and mitigating common threats

‘Virtual’ Canada Day celebrations planned in Ottawa

Tourism

Details are in the works, minister says

Ottawa fitness studios going virtual in bid to bulk up revenues during COVID-19 pandemic

Ottawa

With government-imposed restrictions forcing the closure of gyms, yoga studios and other facilities, fitness entrepreneurs have been forced to find other ways to keep their

Almonte’s 3 Sixty hiring ‘on a daily basis’ as demand for security guards grows during COVID-19 crisis

Defence and Security

As the novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc with the economy, the founder of Almonte security firm 3 Sixty Risk Solutions has been forced to

Sex-toy maker with Ottawa roots sees surge in online sales

Retail

A sex-toy company with Ottawa roots says online sales of its products are booming as more and more people practise “self-care” of the most intimate

Canopy Growth to lay off 85 workers, cease some global operations

Ottawa

Ottawa-area pot producer will end cultivation at Colombia facility; will stop operations in South Africa and Lesotho.

‘We have to make it ourselves’: COVID-19 will change how customers look at outsourcing, Ottawa manufacturer says

Ottawa

Laurie Dickson believes manufacturers like his have a major role to play in making the country less reliant on foreign suppliers of vital medical equipment.