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Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod adds heritage duties to minister portfolio

Premier Doug Ford has changed the responsibilities of three of his cabinet ministers, including Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod, ahead of the resumption of the legislature next week

Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod adds heritage duties to minister portfolio

Premier Doug Ford has changed the responsibilities of three of his cabinet ministers, including Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod, ahead of the resumption of the legislature next week

Election updates: Ottawa incumbent MPs cruise to victory as Liberals look to form minority government

Ottawa voters returned their incumbent MPs to power in the 2019 federal election as the Liberal Party looks to return to power nationally – albeit in a weaker position of power

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

TeraMach Technologies' $5.1M deal leads the latest roundup of local firms winning business with the federal government

Martin Aquilina: The international legal eagle you’ve never heard of

When you enter his world, Martin Aquilina is hard to miss. The globetrotting business lawyer and COO at...

International travel writers share stories of Ottawa with the world

GoMedia brings more than 130 travel journalists to Canada’s capital

Ottawa’s inflation steady at 2.1% in September, national rate lower at 1.9%

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation held at 2.1 per cent for the second month in a row, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday, mirroring a steady trend across the rest of the country

Gatineau’s Hexo to launch low cost cannabis product to undercut illicit market shops

Hexo is moving to undercut prices in the illicit market with a new 28-gram product that costs consumers as much as one dollar less per gram than at the average illegal dispensary

Ottawa Hospital CEO Jack Kitts named 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient

For all his contributions to health care in a career spanning nearly 40 years as a doctor and administrator, Kitts has been named the recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award

Despite Ottawa’s LRT woes, experts say don’t judge right away

Last week's commuter chaos dominated water cooler discussions, but experts say commuters should not to throw the train under the bus
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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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