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.

More direct flights to Europe from YOW will hinge on demand, airport CEO says

Ottawa, Tourism

Ottawa’s airport is in expansion mode as leisure travel picks up and more travellers use YOW to connect to other destinations – but its CEO

downtown Ottawa, public servants, civil servants

Federal civil servants are coming back to the office three days a week — does it change anything?

Ottawa, Insider Only

With Ottawa’s airport back on the ascent, CEO Mark Laroche announces retirement

Ottawa, Tourism

Ottawa International Airport Authority president and CEO Mark Laroche is retiring after more than a decade in the role, he announced Wednesday during the organization’s

Local BIAs pick up awards for community initiatives at annual conference

Ottawa

BIAs in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario won awards from the Ontario Business Improvement Area Association earlier this week.

Federal civil servants mandated to return to office three days a week

Ottawa

Public servants in the core public administration who are eligible for a hybrid work arrangement will be required to work on-site a minimum of three

This year’s tulip festival creates stronger connection to ByWard Market

Ottawa

A closer connection between the annual Canadian Tulip Festival and the ByWard Market will have multiple benefits for residents and tourists to the city, organizers

Here are the Forty Under 40 recipients for 2024

Award News, Forty Under 40, Ottawa

The Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Board of Trade are once again thrilled to celebrate the annual Forty Under 40 awards, which have become

Downtown restaurant owners skeptical that more civil servants will return to work in the core

Ottawa

If a rumoured directive requiring federal civil servants to be in the office a minimum of three days a week comes to pass, it could

Distinguished Algonquin College alumna Hazel Smart-Patterson (middle). Supplied

Philanthropy in Ottawa: Hazel Smart-Patterson supports women in STEM at Algonquin

Ottawa

In 2008, Hazel Smart-Patterson’s bursary commitment for Algonquin College students started with women in business. Now it include women pursuing careers in STEM.