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Mayor Watson, seven new councillors elected in Ottawa 2018 vote

City Hall

In his third straight term as mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson will work with a crop of fresh faces after voters in seven wards picked

Ottawa votes 2018 update 2: Seven new faces to join Mayor Jim Watson on council

Ottawa

Update #2 – 9:40 p.m. Mayor Jim Watson will work with a number of new faces on council as newcomers took vacant seats or beat out incumbents

Lockheed Martin Canada getting first crack at $60B national warships contract

Defence and Security

Lockheed Martin Canada has been named the preferred bidder to design the country’s next fleet of warships, a potential $60-billion deal that could make waves

Sunwing adds new seasonal Ottawa-Miami flights

Ottawa

Ottawa air travellers seeking fun in the sun this winter now have more options to escape Mother Nature’s chilly grip. Low-cost charter carrier Sunwing Airlines

Following cannabis legalization, Canopy CEO Bruce Linton gets rock-star treatment at Ruckify launch

Ottawa

Crowd clamours for selfies and facetime with one of the pot industry’s most well-known executives.

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