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Hard-hit tourism industry strives to ‘Keep Ottawa Awesome’ amid COVID-19 disruption

Tourism

Escape Manor, Haunted Walks among local companies forced into hundreds of layoffs by the spreading pandemic

Coping with COVID-19: Tips on maintaining cash flow

Ottawa

In the first video of our Coping with COVID-19 series, OBJ digs into an issue that’s top of mind for many local business owners –

Canopy Growth closing Tokyo Smoke and Tweed cannabis retail stores

Ottawa

Canopy Growth Corp. says it’s closing all of its corporate-owned Tokyo Smoke and Tweed stores later today in an effort to help limit the spread

YOW expects ‘profound’ COVID-19 impact as Ottawa loses international flights

Tourism

The federal government’s plan to restrict international flights to certain airports leaves Ottawa cut off from its overseas destinations

Ex-Ottawa Police Chief Vern White, Catherine Clark join Syntax Strategic

Ottawa

A local marketing and media relations firm has recruited the City of Ottawa’s former top cop in an effort to add more firepower to its

Trico GM buys out Ottawa-based print company’s assets from family owners

Ottawa

A long-standing family business in Ottawa is taking its first steps under new ownership this month

National museums, other public venues in Ottawa closing up as COVID-19 precautions

Tourism

Canada’s national museums are set to shut their doors in Ottawa Saturday as the COVID-19 pandemic hits cultural venues across the country

Ottawa’s tourism industry braces for COVID-19 disruptions

Tourism

Ottawa’s main tourism marketing agency says it’s taking a wait-and-see approach to what impact the worldwide outbreak of the new coronavirus could have on the

COVID-19 concerns push annual Kanata North talent fair to October

Ottawa

Kanata North’s largest business advocacy group said Thursday it is postponing its annual career fair and tech expo in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak

Hire Immigrants Ottawa summit pushes for inclusion amid COVID-19 uncertainty

Ottawa

Employers, corporate leaders and politicians gathered in Ottawa Wednesday to champion more inclusive workplaces in spite of international uncertainty around the spreading novel coronavirus