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Ottawa businesses might be overlooking immigrant talent pool, says survey

Ottawa

Ottawa business leaders say they’re concerned about finding the right talent to grow their businesses, but new data released from the 2018 Ottawa Business Growth

Ernst & Young acquires Ottawa-based Halo Management Consulting

Ottawa

Global accounting giant Ernst & Young has acquired a leading Ottawa consulting firm in a bid to bolster the services it offers to clients in the

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

Ottawa

Emerion 200-368 Dalhousie St. Professional services – TBIPS 2 Buyer: PWGSC $5,797,380 CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc. 1410 Blair Pl., sixth floor Informatics

Op-ed: Why council shouldn’t opt out of cannabis storefronts in Ottawa: Leiper

City Hall

Cannabis is now legal in Canada, and one of the first issues with which the new Council will be seized very soon is whether or

‘Amazing’ talent fuelling Ottawa’s tech boom, TiECon panellists say

Ottawa

Executives from a trio of local companies with global customers delivered a straightforward message on opening night at TiECon: Ottawa has the technology – and

Unemployment rate in Ottawa-Gatineau edges up to 4.6% in October

Ottawa

The unemployment rate in Ottawa-Gatineau nudged up slightly in October, Statistics Canada reported Friday, as one of the region’s biggest job creators cut its payrolls.

Jenna Sudds targeting tech park transit pains in new job as Kanata North councillor

City Hall

One week after her successful entry into municipal politics, new Kanata North councillor-elect Jenna Sudds says she’s not forgetting her tech park roots. Sudds will

Molson Coors readies to sell pot-infused drinks with Gatineau’s Hexo in 2019

Ottawa

News that Molson Coors expects to bring cannabis-infused beverages to the Canadian market as early as next year sent shares of Gatineau-based marijuana producer Hexo –

Ottawa architect promotes plan to make major ByWard Market streets car-free

Retail

A prominent Ottawa architect has spent his own time and money to come up with a plan that he says will revitalize the ByWard Market

Rotating Canada Post strikes hit Ottawa, Arnprior-Renfrew

Ottawa

Canada Post employees are walking off the job in Ottawa and Arnprior-Renfrew this morning as the postal union’s wave of rotating strikes hits the capital.