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Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate plummets to 4.8% amid record job gains in July

Employers on both sides of the Ottawa River collectively added a whopping 12,300 jobs in July

How technology is transforming Ottawa’s property management industry

GPS, cloud-based software and video communications improving experiences of property owners, tenants and employees

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

A round-up of the top federal contracts, standing offers and supply arrangements awarded to companies with a local presence between July 22-26

Prospectus: R&R is pivotal to getting your ROI

In the latest issue of the OBJ newsmagazine, publisher Michael Curran extols the virtues of taking a break – for the good of you and your business

City says LRT work ‘substantially complete,’ final testing to start this week

The city and builders Rideau Transit Group are now holding their collective breaths that the final testing hurdle goes off without a major hitch

Tweed co-founder Chuck Rifici’s cannabis firm Auxly lands $123M from tobacco giant

The additional capital will fuel Auxly's plans to roll out next-generation cannabis products, such as vaporizers, when legalized in Canada later this year

Ottawa’s Portage Power boosts renewable energy generation capacity

As it continues expanding in the U.S. and eastern Canada, a local renewable power generation company is...

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

A round-up of the top federal contracts, standing offers and supply arrangements awarded to companies with a local presence between July 15-19

Op-ed: What Ottawa can learn from Europe’s best cities

In part two of a three-part series, OBJ columnist Bruce Firestone looks at what Vienna and Rotterdam are doing to win the increasingly competitive race for talent

Builder says work on Ottawa LRT complete, looks to enter final testing

Rideau Transit Group says it’s finished its work on Ottawa’s light-rail transit system and is ready to enter the final hurdle of testing
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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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