Ottawa

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Sheraton staffer leads Ottawa Tourism’s Stars of the City winners

Tourism

Colette Latour wasn’t about to let a blackout keep her from being a shining example of customer service in the city’s tourism industry. The Sheraton

Watson faces legal challenge over blocking residents on Twitter

City Hall

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is the target of a test legal case that could prompt politicians all across the country to reconsider their use of

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?

Ottawa

Valcom Consulting Group Inc. 300-85 Albert St. ATESS Trenton / Technical engineering and maintenance services Buyer: DND $3,239,464 Randstad Interim Inc. 410-1600 Carling Ave. Informatics

Founder of iBIONICS among Ottawa entrepreneurs honoured for business leadership after age 50

Ottawa

After a diverse career that included stints as an engineering officer in the Canadian military and the owner of a communications agency, Suzanne Grant was

Canopy Growth buying U.S. hemp researcher in $425M deal

Ottawa

Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a deal to buy Ebbu Inc., a Colorado-based hemp researcher, in a stock-and-cash deal worth more than $425 million. Under the

Amazon favourite Instant Pot cooking up new inventions in Kanata

Ottawa

At a nondescript office in a Kanata North business park, Robert Wang is revolutionizing the way North Americans solve the nightly dilemma of what’s for

Ottawa Real Estate Show: LRT expected to raise demand for east-end office space

Ottawa

One of Ottawa’s largest developers and property managers says the launch of light rail has the potential to breathe new life into an often overlooked

Parliamentary bells will play on despite renos to Ottawa’s most famous landmark

Tourism

In less than three months, the centrepiece on Parliament Hill will go dark for at least a decade. But thanks in part to the lobbying

Watson pledges to cap tax increases at 3%

City Hall

With one week to go before Ottawa residents head to the polls, incumbent Mayor Jim Watson says he’ll limit property tax increases to three per

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?

Ottawa

Atwill-Morin (Ontario) Inc. 87 Bentley Ave. Kingston Mills Lock 46-49 rehabilitation Buyer: PWGSC $10,970,952 Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc. 1000-116 Albert St. Financial and