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Whether you’re planning your dream custom home or a renovation, Oakwood provides all the services one needs from one trusted and reliable company.

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate jumps to 9.5%

But latest figures offer hope that job losses in hard-hit sectors have bottomed out

Op-ed: Get ready, Ottawa. Feds’ fiscal snapshot foreshadows upcoming austerity

Columnist Walter Robinson explores whether Liberals’ next budget will be a rerun of 1995 – and how government cuts could weigh on the local economy

National Arts Centre receives $18.2M in federal COVID-19 aid

NAC has cancelled all ticketed performances and public events through to the end of August, but has been promoting a series of live-streamed online performances.

Designing 15-minute neighbourhoods in a post-COVID Ottawa

One of the keys to business growth is ensuring a steady supply of customers. What better way to do that than to build more housing close to them?

Philanthropy in Ottawa: Farm Boy gives CHEO Foundation one million reasons to smile

For more than 20 years, Farm Boy has supported the CHEO Foundation through fundraising campaigns, lottery prizes, coupon books, CHEO Bear cookies and much more.

Sprott School of Business appoints new assistant dean to lead Indigenous programs

Rick Colbourne will help create new programs that promote entrepreneurship and economic development in Indigenous communities.

Indoor use of masks mandatory in Ottawa as of midnight

New rules from Ottawa Public Health come slightly more than a week before city council is scheduled to debate similar restrictions.

Podcast: How Amazon, Air Canada and Solink shaped Ottawa’s economy this week

Audio version available on SoundCloud or Spotify.

Mayor moves to make masks mandatory in indoor public spaces

Proposed bylaw 'would ensure that all businesses are on a level playing field,' Watson says.
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