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

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

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-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

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

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. 

Hot summer reads: OBJ’s top 10 stories of 2021 so far

OBJ is taking a one-week break from Aug. 2-6, but fear not, loyal readers – we’ve got you covered.

Newfoundland-based air carrier PAL launches flights to YOW

New flights begin almost a year after PAL originally said it planned to start serving Ottawa.

Former Fury GM among investors in $2.5M plan to revitalize Ottawa soccer club’s facilities

Maple Leaf Almrausch German Club is building two new pitches and remodelling its clubhouse in Carlsbad Springs.

Canopy Growth, local cannabis retailer see pre-roll sales soar as consumers share joints less during pandemic

Research commissioned by Canopy found the pre-roll joint category grew by 48% across the entire market between January and May 2021.

Nominations for 2021 Best Ottawa Business Awards now open

Annual event spotlights the innovation, leadership and prosperity of dozens of companies in the Ottawa region.
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