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.

Op-ed: Why restaurants are so screwed

Ottawa

Wolf Down owner Joelle Parenteau shares what she’s learned operating her Ottawa eatery – and how we have the power to fix it.

Ottawa business leaders urge feds, province to provide more aid for hard-hit local sectors

Ottawa

A group of Ottawa business organizations is calling for more government aid for tech, tourism and other sectors that have been dramatically affected by measures

Coping with COVID-19: Taking stock of Ottawa’s economy, one month into the crisis

Ottawa

OBJ publisher Michael Curran recently gathered a panel of local business leaders to determine how Ottawa is faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic

Half of Ottawa hotels now closed in wake of COVID-19, industry group says

Tourism

With the COVID-19 pandemic decimating the tourism industry and scuttling conventions, there’s plenty of room at local hotels right now.

Coping with COVID-19: Workplace mental health in times of crisis

Ottawa

What signs should employers be looking for when it comes to detecting mental health issues with employees?

How Ottawa quelled the Spanish flu in 1918

Ottawa

Just as in 2020, officials closed schools and theatres and, eventually, churches, pool halls and bowling alleys.

Hexo to raise $40M in new financing

Ottawa

Gatineau cannabis producer Hexo says it is planning to raise $40 million in an underwritten public offering that’s expected to close early next week. Hexo

Unemployment rate spikes in Ottawa-Gatineau amid COVID-19 slowdown

Ottawa

Initial wave of cuts leads to loss of 17,200 jobs in the National Capital Region

Superette CEO cheers Ontario’s decision to reopen cannabis market

Retail

Superette CEO Mimi Lam is taking her cannabis retailing business to the street after the Ontario government backtracked on last week’s decision to shut down