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.

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation up 2% in October: Statistics Canada

Ottawa

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation rose slightly above the national average in October, up two per cent over last year’s figures

Does your partnership agreement make room for a side hustle?

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Don’t limit your entrepreneurial passions with poor planning

Does your partnership agreement make room for a side hustle?

OBJ360 Sponsored, Ottawa, Sponsored

Don’t limit your entrepreneurial passions with poor planning

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

Ottawa

A roundup of the top federal contracts, standing offers and supply arrangements awarded to companies with a local presence between Nov. 11-15

Giving Guide: How charitable boards can foster a fundraising culture

Giving

Asking for money doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Here are several strategies to engage boards in a collective effort

Ottawa’s fast-growing Keynote Group expands to Toronto

Ottawa

Where does a business go after placing high on OBJ’s fastest-growing companies in back-to-back years? For executive recruitment firm Keynote Group, the answer is Toronto

‘Difficult decision’: Ottawa ad agency McMillan lays off majority of staff

Ottawa

Rocked by what its founder called a “perfect storm of circumstances,” Ottawa’s largest advertising agency has laid off more than half its workforce – including

Proposed short-term rental regulations headed to council for approval

Tourism

The city took one step closer to tightening its regulation of short-term rentals on Friday following a marathon committee meeting at City Hall

Gatineau’s Hexo destroying cannabis grown in unlicensed area of Niagara facility

Ottawa

Hexo Corp. says it is in the process of destroying cannabis that was grown without a licence at a facility it acquired in Niagara, that

Ottawa airport traffic continues decline in October

Tourism

Passenger volumes at the Ottawa International Airport are trending downwards in the final quarter of 2019, with October seeing another sizeable drop-off in travellers passing