Ottawa Athletic Club closing for good after 44 years as pandemic hits fitness business hard
Trailblazing fitness centre that opened in 1976 welcomed more than 1,500 people a day before COVID-19.
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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.
Mayor said City Hall staff are working with local business groups to help restaurants, bars, retail shops and other enterprises that have seen revenues plummet
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.
Ottawa’s Domus Building Cleaning sold to B.C. company
Local family-owned enterprise employs more than 400 people and has customers throughout the National Capital Region.
Ottawa-based Quintet Consulting hired to review workplace complaints at Rideau Hall
Quintet has a standing offer with the federal government to investigate complaints of workplace harassment.
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