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Boom cycle: Ottawa bike shops can’t keep up with pandemic-fuelled sales surge

Cycling retailers are being run off their feet as cooped-up consumers look for healthy, safe activities to get them out of the house.

Hoteliers hope staycationers flock to Bluesfest-curated ‘room service’ concerts

Room Service Concert Series will feature acts such as Great Big Sea frontman Alan Doyle, comedian Gerry Dee and American rock band Third Eye Blind.

New bursaries aim to help break glass ceiling in architecture, business and engineering

Ottawa firms Neoteric Developments and ND Management teamed up to create the new awards.

How ThinkOttawa is simplifying the conference planning process

ThinkOttawa assists association leaders in planning conferences by helping organize bids and supplying marketing material as well as locating venues and hotels – free of charge. 

Ottawa Tiki Tours to offer secluded tropical paradise tours on local waterways

Octagon-shaped, triple-hull pontoon boats, measuring 18 feet in diameter, will come with a 40-horsepower outboard motor and a private bathroom.

Round 2: How Red Apron’s Jennifer Heagle left a $20M tech enterprise to follow the ‘slow road to success’

Happiness comes not from focusing on success at any cost, but creating a business with a commitment to something bigger than the bottom line, writes columnist Robert Hocking.

Business visionaries: Algonquin students’ ski goggle retail site gaining on competition

Startup has already landed a deal with one of the city’s best-known sports retailers as it seeks to cash in on a surge in outdoor activities during the pandemic.

Sheraton Ottawa Hotel to permanently lay off 70 employees, union says

UNITE HERE Local 261 said it has been trying since last October to reach a deal with Sheraton management to recall the employees, who are on temporary layoff.

Ottawa accounting firm Envolta acquires southwestern Ontario practice

Envolta founder David DiNardo says his goal is to raise the firm’s revenues from $5 million to $20 million annually by 2026. 

CHEO invites Ottawa business community to celebrate homegrown talent at the virtual For the Kids Gala

In the era of virtual events, CHEO is dialing up the creativity, inviting online attendees to join CHEO families and employees for an evening filled with art, talent and inspiration.
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