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Ottawa’s Asbex lands $500K contract to maintain federal monuments

Contract covers some of the city’s best-known sites such as the National War Memorial as well as statues of past prime ministers and The Famous Five on Parliament Hill.

Ottawa’s inflation rate cools to 1.4% in March

Pandemic causes gas prices to plummet

Coping with COVID-19: Ottawa restaurateurs eager to find recipe for business survival

OBJ speaks with Ottawa restaurateurs Marc Lepine from Atelier, Joelle Parenteau from Wolf Down and Elias Theodossiou from EVOO and Mati.

How associations are rethinking risk

Association executives discuss best practices for identifying and mitigating common threats

Ottawa fitness studios going virtual in bid to bulk up revenues during COVID-19 pandemic

With government-imposed restrictions forcing the closure of gyms, yoga studios and other facilities, fitness entrepreneurs have been forced to find other ways to keep their businesses alive.

Canopy Growth to lay off 85 workers, cease some global operations

Ottawa-area pot producer will end cultivation at Colombia facility; will stop operations in South Africa and Lesotho.

‘We have to make it ourselves’: COVID-19 will change how customers look at outsourcing, Ottawa manufacturer says

Laurie Dickson believes manufacturers like his have a major role to play in making the country less reliant on foreign suppliers of vital medical equipment.

Op-ed: Why restaurants are so screwed

Wolf Down owner Joelle Parenteau shares what she’s learned operating her Ottawa eatery – and how we have the power to fix it.

Ottawa business leaders urge feds, province to provide more aid for hard-hit local sectors

A group of Ottawa business organizations is calling for more government aid for tech, tourism and other sectors that have been dramatically affected by measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coping with COVID-19: Taking stock of Ottawa’s economy, one month into the crisis

OBJ publisher Michael Curran recently gathered a panel of local business leaders to determine how Ottawa is faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis.
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