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Ottawa’s Leystone Insurance & Financial acquired by global brokerage firm

Ottawa

An Ottawa insurance firm with roots that stretch back more than four decades has been acquired by a U.S.-based global brokerage. Arthur J. Gallagher &

Canopy Growth shares soar after Corona parent firm Constellation invests $5B

Ottawa

Alcohol giant Constellation Brands will invest $5 billion in Canopy Growth Corp. – the largest strategic investment in the cannabis space to date – which

Preferred proponents for stage two LRT to be named by end of year: memo

City Hall

Come December, City staff are expected to reveal their contractors of choice to extend Ottawa’s light-rail transit lines to the east, west and south, according

Taking care of business: Making music work in Ottawa

Sports and Entertainment

Few people have had a better vantage point from which to witness the maturation of Ottawa’s music industry than Mark Monahan. When the artistic director

Algonquin College launches $640,000 skilled trades scholarship with Weston support

Ottawa

Ottawa’s Algonquin College announced a new scholarship this week aimed at plugging a talent gap in the skilled trades industry. A donation from The W.

Ottawa’s Fleurish Cannabis secures production licence for Kemptville facility

Ottawa

An Ottawa-area pot firm targeting the cannabis industry’s female consumers has secured a production licence from Health Canada. Now certified, Fleurish Cannabis will begin cultivation

Melnyk strikes upbeat tone on LeBreton Flats following meeting with Watson

City Hall

An optimistic-sounding Eugene Melnyk said he’s “very confident” that the RendezVous LeBreton group’s ambitious plan to redevelop LeBreton Flats will go forward after a closed-door

Orléans chamber approves merger with new Ottawa Board of Trade

Ottawa

The drive to bring Ottawa’s chambers of commerce together under one roof has finally succeeded. After months of discussions followed by a week-long online vote

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate edges up to 4.5%

Ottawa

Bucking a national trend, employers in Ottawa-Gatineau collectively contracted their payrolls for the second straight month in July, pushing the region’s unemployment rate up a

Ottawa clothing startup tackling sport hijab and turban market

Ottawa

A new clothing company’s impact is already being felt by recently-arrived Syrian refugees in Ottawa, but the firm’s young founders have ambitions to tackle an