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KPMG acquires Kanata accounting firm in bid to boost SME customer base

Ottawa

The accounting giant said this week it’s finalized an agreement to buy Vanguard Professional Corp.

Media exec Caroline Andrews joins Engel & Völkers Ottawa

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Her distinguished career has included publishing some of the country’s most iconic magazine brands, but now, Andrews is turning her attention to Ottawa’s hottest industry:

Ottawa celebrates International Womxn’s Week

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Celebrate International Womxn’s Week alongside Invest Ottawa and other local leaders.

Ottawa, Kingston hairdressers apply lessons from 2020 rollercoaster ride to manage reopening rush

Ottawa

Some salons are looking to hire extra help to keep up with the hundreds of bookings that have piled up since January.

MLD Micro Labs brings accurate, rapid COVID-19 testing to the workplace

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Bootstrapping entrepreneur faced challenges handling the marketing and brand building for her startup.

Canadian Heritage eyes Canada Day festivities at LeBreton Flats

Tourism

Federal department that hosts annual celebration is also seeking bids for a contractor to provide pyrotechnics, fireworks, music and a minimum of 200 drones for

Hexo to acquire Zenabis in $235M deal, gain European pot market foothold

Ottawa

The companies believe the deal will help Ottawa-based cannabis producer access the European medical cannabis market through Zenabis’ partnerships.

Be recognized as one of Ottawa’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Ottawa

OBJ’s Fastest Growing Companies competition is a unique opportunity for Ottawa-based enterprises to be recognized for substantial, sustainable and profitable growth.

MNP to add 80 Ottawa-area Deloitte employees as part of national expansion

Ottawa

Staff from Deloitte’s offices in Ottawa, Kanata, Gatineau and Hawkesbury will join MNP’s local office as part of the Calgary-based firm’s plan to buy a

New BIA exec aims to get Ottawa’s mainstreet businesses back on their feet

Ottawa

“It breaks my heart when I see the people who are suffering the most financially and mental health-wise,” veteran marketing expert Michelle Groulx says.