Ottawa

Ottawa-specific coverage of local business news, including tourism, retail, transportation, city hall and more. Issues related to human resources and philanthropy are often featured.

Canopy Growth lays off 200 workers, including Smiths Falls staff

Ottawa

Third round of cuts for Ottawa-area pot producer since March.

Confederation Line closing for maintenance for seven days next month

City Hall

The Confederation LRT Line is being closed for maintenance this weekend and during another five-day stretch later in May.

Former KNBA marketing boss helping raise aerospace firm Peraton’s profile in capital

Defence and Security

A recognizable face in the Kanata North business community has left the tech park to join a “startup” of a very different kind. Deborah Lovegrove,

U.K.-based equipment manufacturer Detectamet to double size of Ottawa office

Ottawa

A U.K.-based company that makes tools and equipment used in the manufacture of food and pharmaceuticals is doubling the size of its Ottawa branch. Detectamet

Escape Manor offers virtual escape-room fun during lockdown

Tourism

An Ottawa tourism staple is offering residents gripped by cabin fever a chance to escape from the coronavirus-imposed lockdown – on their computer screens or

Mayor Watson to meet Ottawa’s business community in interactive podcast interview

City Hall, Ottawa Business Journal Podcast

Ottawa Bluesfest cancelled for 2020

Sports and Entertainment

One of Ottawa’s biggest annual tourist draws has joined the growing list of events to be scrapped in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bluesfest

Coping with COVID-19: Behind the headlines

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcast

OBJ publisher Michael Curran speaks with editors David Sali and Peter Kovessy about some of the month’s biggest stories and how Ottawa’s business community is