
Dreessen: ByWard Market plan needs a bolder vision of excellence
Area could be an incubator for testing how to support small businesses in a post-COVID economy, creating the walkable, sustainable community we all aspire to
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Dreessen: ByWard Market plan needs a bolder vision of excellence
Area could be an incubator for testing how to support small businesses in a post-COVID economy, creating the walkable, sustainable community we all aspire to

Sens beef up C-suite with new hires, sign business boss to long-term deal
The NHL club’s front-office makeover continues as it said Tuesday it’s officially brought three more former executives from the Arizona Coyotes into its fold.

Ottawa’s Hexo revises share consolidation plan as stock price on NYSE rises
The firm said Monday it has amended the offer to one post-consolidation share for every four shares held.

OSEG vows to keep Redblacks, 67’s at Lansdowne for decades to come
OSEG managing partner and executive chairman Roger Greenberg made the pledge in a letter to Mayor Jim Watson and Coun. Mathieu Fleury on Monday.

Ottawa social enterprise EcoEquitable making masks built for winter in bid to weather pandemic storm
Nonprofit organization is working with Calgary-based firm to develop, test and manufacture three-layered lightweight tube masks.

ByTowne Cinema to end 32-year run on Rideau Street on Dec. 31
Owner Bruce White cites plummeting ticket sales during the COVID-19 crisis as a major factor in his decision to close the curtain on historic repertory

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate drops to 7.1% in November as labour force shrinks
That’s the lowest the rate has been since April, when it stood at 6.9 per cent in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis.

Ottawa to host 2026 world wheelchair basketball championships
Lansdowne Park, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa among venues.

Mayor wants long-term guarantee Redblacks, 67’s will stay at Lansdowne
Mayor Jim Watson and Coun. Mathieu Fleury, the city’s sport commissioner, are urging the teams’ owners to commit to operating the franchises at TD Place

Op-ed: How a new generation of Ottawa’s business community is giving back
As we celebrate the importance of doing good in our community, the future of philanthropy in Ottawa is in good hands.
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