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.

Westjet increases service on Ottawa-Winnipeg route, adding to growing activity at YOW

Ottawa

WestJet will fly daily from the Ottawa International Airport (YOW) to Winnipeg starting June 3, 2024, the company announced yesterday.

Sarah Allison (Left), co-founder of the Trained to Help Project and Positivist Group owner Erin Patchell.

Ottawa firm The Positivist Group starts pilot to help businesses better serve people with disabilities

Ottawa

Ottawa-based consulting firm The Positivist Group is launching a pilot program to help businesses make their stores more comfortable and accessible for people with disabilities.

Brigil seeking approval to build nearly 2,000 residential units in Kanata North

Ottawa, Real Estate, Residential

In a planning application filed with the City of Ottawa, Gatineau-based Brigil says the proposed development just northwest of the Marshes Golf Club on March

My Ottawa: Joe Thottungal dishes on his favourite eats and his own little piece of tropical paradise

Ottawa

In this instalment of My Ottawa, we learn more about one of Ottawa’s most beloved chefs as Joe Thottungal dishes on his go-to day trips

Toxic positivity: Why workplaces suffer when employees always look on the bright side

Human Resources, Ottawa

Toxic positivity, or what some consultants call “playing pretend” in the workplace, isn’t new, but it can be detrimental as employers strive to improve workplace

TD Place stock image Lansdowne sports teams

Is there room for seven pro sports teams in Ottawa? Observers say ‘clustering’ could be key

Ottawa, Insider Only Sports and Entertainment

Spring housing market surge unlikely as affordability, cost of living weigh on buyers

Real Estate, Canada & World, Ottawa, Residential

After five straight holds of the Bank of Canada’s key interest rate that followed its hiking cycle of more than a year, economists say a

‘I think I can help’: Local communications professional volunteers to assist beleaguered tulip festival

Ottawa, Tourism

As the Canadian Tulip Festival tries to stay afloat among financial worries, one local professional has volunteered to run communications for the organization and hopes

Ottawa gets $37.5M from province to reward ‘substantial progress’ on 2023 housing target

Ottawa

Ottawa will receive $37.5 million from the province in recognition of the “substantial progress” the city has made toward its 2023 housing target by breaking