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WestJet adding YOW-Victoria route to schedule

Move should come as welcome news to the Ottawa Airport, which is facing the biggest cash crunch in its history during the pandemic.

The Bright Side of Business: Burgers n’ Fries Forever cooking up new expansion plans

With a focus on 'fusion' burgers and 'bringing fries to the forefront,' the restaurant chain has grown a following in Ottawa and Toronto while navigating the pandemic.

Watch: Ottawa’s 2021 Forty Under 40 Awards broadcast

For the second year in a row, recipients will be spotlighted in a virtual event featuring a host of local business and community leaders.

Meet Ottawa’s 2021 Forty Under 40 recipients: Tourism, transportation, retail and media

Michelle Coates-Mather, Gareth Davies, Kelly Haussler, Nick McRae and Christopher Redmond are among this year's recipients.

Podcast: CLV takes lead on Hintonburg project, MDS Aero Support’s growth runway, Sala San Marco’s evolution

Podcast available on YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud and other audio platforms.

Ottawa solar energy co-op seeks to raise $1.3M to invest in Lake Huron wind-turbine project

The Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative has raised more than $8 million from investors and financed 21 solar projects in Ottawa and eastern Ontario.

Meet Ottawa’s 2021 Forty Under 40 recipients: Health care and non-profits

Bradley Bezan, Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, Meseret Haileyesus, Dr. Samuel Hetz, Taylor Johansen, Benjamin Leikin and Allan Reesor-McDowell are among this year's recipients.

Host your next business event at the Drive-In Experience

After what feels like an eternity of online meetings and Zoom events, local employers can now reconnect...

Ottawa’s Canada Day celebrations to be virtual for second straight year

Earlier this year, Heritage Canada suggested it was looking at staging a live show after last year’s festivities were scrapped due to the pandemic.

Retail giant Costco Ottawa’s top revenue-generating firm in new list

Big-box behemoth, whose Canadian subsidiary is headquartered on Hunt Club Road, posted revenues of $30.2 billion in 2020, up 6.6 per cent from a year earlier.
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Canada is responding to a critical political and economic imperative to modernize its armed forces and better defend national interests. As the country looks to strengthen its domestic defence and security sectors, the University of Ottawa is mobilizing to support this domestic industrial evolution. As a top-ranked research-intensive university, uOttawa is uniquely industry-ready, offering specialized expertise across 10 faculties in defence-relevant fields. In this bonus episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran sits down with two leaders from the university to discuss how they are bridging the gap between academic research and high-impact industry collaboration. The conversation features Caroline Cao, the Dean of uOttawa’s Faculty of Engineering, and Muralee Murugesu, Associate Vice-President of Innovation, Partnerships and Entrepreneurship. The discussion highlights how uOttawa is currently leading the charge in critical technological frontiers, including AI, cyber security, and photonics. The episode explores the university's vision of researchers and private sector partners working together to meet today’s defence and security challenges. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:15 Introducing Dean Caroline Cao and AVP Muralee Murugesu 18:35 Sponsor overview 19:20 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia. Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5 How is your organization currently navigating the shift toward increased federal investment in defence and security technology?
Techopia Live: uOttawa deploying innovation to defence | Episode 297

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