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How Ottawa will emerge from COVID-19

Pandemic weighs down business outlook but sparks new opportunities for local economy

Ottawa snowplow operators face fraud charges

Ottawa Police say an investigation found that Snow Vaporizers, Faul Properties and Altitude Snow Removal each performed “little to no snow removal” after getting paid. 

Podcast: Weathering the winter COVID-19 storm, Ottawa Athletic Club closes, new tower planned for Holland Cross

Behind the headlines with OBJ's editors

The bright side of business: CommuniCare entrepreneurs expand to support children with autism

CommuniCare has grown to 225 staff, serving more than 12,000 people in the Ottawa region last year alone.

Philanthropy in Ottawa: uOttawa receives the gift of time, talent and treasure

Simon Nehme COVID-19 Design Challenge sees students compete to develop innovative solutions and prototypes to address some of the world’s post-pandemic challenges.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate ticks up to 9.2% in August

Region added nearly 10,000 new positions in August, but employment-seekers returning to the market en masse drove up jobless rate.

Ottawa philanthropist and community builder Dave Smith passes away at age 87

Smith was founder and honorary chair of Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre that helps youth and family members with addiction, mental health and counselling services

Canopy Growth laying off more workers as restructuring continues

Cannabis company says cuts affect employees at its Niagara-on-the-Lake and Smiths Falls locations.

Michael Maidment brings ‘skill, expertise and passion’ as new CEO of Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation

Nonprofit leader to promote Cancer Foundation's support for local research and essential cancer coaching programs for cancer patients and their families.

Via Rail restores additional Ottawa routes

Crown corporation adds additional roundtrips between Ottawa and Toronto, as well as between Ottawa and Montreal.
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 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
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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