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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.

City eyeing extra plowing, fire pits to help businesses weather COVID-19 storm this winter, Watson says

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 during the pandemic.

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.

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.

Residents prefer Sparks Street tunnel for STO tramway, survey says

Tunnel one of two options for proposed system connecting Ottawa and Gatineau, along with an above-ground route along Wellington Street.

Highlights from the 2020 Welch LLP Ottawa Business Growth Survey report

Annual research project quantified COVID-19’s negative impact on business confidence levels.
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