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Coping with COVID-19: Taking stock of Ottawa’s economy, one month into the crisis

OBJ publisher Michael Curran recently gathered a panel of local business leaders to determine how Ottawa is faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis.

Half of Ottawa hotels now closed in wake of COVID-19, industry group says

With the COVID-19 pandemic decimating the tourism industry and scuttling conventions, there’s plenty of room at local hotels right now.

Coping with COVID-19: Workplace mental health in times of crisis

What signs should employers be looking for when it comes to detecting mental health issues with employees?

How Ottawa quelled the Spanish flu in 1918

Just as in 2020, officials closed schools and theatres and, eventually, churches, pool halls and bowling alleys.

Hexo to raise $40M in new financing

Gatineau cannabis producer Hexo says it is planning to raise $40 million in an underwritten public offering...

Unemployment rate spikes in Ottawa-Gatineau amid COVID-19 slowdown

Initial wave of cuts leads to loss of 17,200 jobs in the National Capital Region

Superette CEO cheers Ontario’s decision to reopen cannabis market

Superette CEO Mimi Lam is taking her cannabis retailing business to the street after the Ontario government backtracked on last week’s decision to shut down all private pot sales in the province.

Ottawa Jazz Festival cancels 2020 edition; other events eye revamped celebrations

Move follows city's extension of ban on public gatherings to June 30.

Retail cannabis ban delivers blow to Donnelly Group’s Ottawa expansion plans

The Ontario government’s decision late last week to change course and order pot stores to close feels like a bit of a double whammy to the owner of Hobo Cannabis.