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Cannabis drinks firm backed by Molson and Ottawa-based Hexo launches five new brands (updated)

Increasingly crowded marketplace also includes beverages from Canopy Growth and other producers.

Podcast: Kemptville’s next boom, Variation Biotechnologies’ $56M injection, Vanier ‘gateway’

Audio version available on SoundCloud or Spotify. 

Peering into the future: Ottawa in a pandemic economy

Comprehensive survey of Ottawa business leaders reveals exclusive insights on the state – and outlook – of Ottawa’s economy.

The bright side of business: Prezdential Basketball gives Ottawa youth training, life-changing skills

Former professional basketball player Manock Lual uses social enterprise to teach entrepreneurship, coding, financial literacy and more.

Ottawa-Gatineau wedding service providers launch new industry association

Sector faces calls to refund deposits because government restrictions mean couples won’t be able to have the wedding they planned.

Hobo Cannabis renamed Dutch Love after backlash; opening third Ottawa location

Centretown location follows opening of stores in ByWard Market and on Merivale Road.

Ottawa consulting firms, industry heavyweights invited to design federal firearm buyback program

Businesses asked to come up with a "range of options and approaches" for the planned program to compensate gun owners.

District Realty appoints Darren Clare as director of leasing and investment sales

Clare has more than 20 years of diversified retail real estate experience.

Philanthropy in Ottawa: RBC helps NAC ensure the shows go on

RBC's $200,000 gift helped ease the financial strain for Canadian artists and authors affected by the closure of performance venues and cancellation or postponements of literary events across Canada related to COVID-19.

The bright side of business: Gatineau beekeeping firm Apiverte expands sustainable honey harvesting initiative

Since launching in 2019, Apiverte has brought more than five million honey bees to the National Capital Region.
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Ottawa’s tech ecosystem relies heavily on tight collaboration between academic institutions and industry leaders to drive innovation and maintain economic sovereignty. With annual research and development investments surpassing half a billion dollars, the University of Ottawa is working to support local innovation. This effort took a big step forward this summer with the launch of uOttawa’s new Centre for Applied AI within the Faculty of Engineering. Designed to bridge the gap between rapid AI advancement and real-world industrial adoption, the centre provides private and public sector partners with direct access to over 50 domain experts across robotics, cybersecurity, telecom, and smart materials. In this bonus episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran speaks with Dean Caroline Cao, dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and professor Lionel Briand, director of the Centre for Applied AI. They discuss the centre's mission to boost local AI capabilities, modernize engineering talent pipelines, and help Ottawa firms safely embed artificial intelligence into their operations. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:19 Introducing Dean Cao and Lionel Briand 22:33 Sponsor Segment 23:17 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 Live: How uOttawa is accelerating AI adoption | Episode 300

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