Ottawa

Ottawa-specific coverage of local business news, including tourism, retail, transportation, city hall and more. Issues related to human resources and philanthropy are often featured.

Planning committee sends Château Laurier expansion plans back for redesign

City Hall

The city’s planning committee Tuesday approved a recommendation to send the latest design for a planned extension to the Château Laurier back for more revisions.

Ottawa cannabis companies fret over restrictive branding rules

Ottawa

A haze of regulatory uncertainty surrounding marijuana marketing has Ottawa pot producers and investors worried, even as local companies position themselves to capture a slice

Ottawa-based Gusto goes global with Singapore channel

Sports and Entertainment

Gusto Worldwide Media has made good on the promise of its name with its first international media channel, bringing its made-in-Ottawa culinary programming to Singapore.

Who’s winning government contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?

Ottawa

Lockheed Martin Canada 501 Palladium Dr. Armament training devices – repair Buyer: PWGSC $15,255,000 Thales Canada 1 Chrysalis Way Antennas, waveguides and related equipment Buyer:

Op-ed: Ottawa-area luxury boat rental service worth the investment

Tourism

Should Canadian taxpayers help pay for a luxury boat rental service that began operating recently on the Rideau Canal? I think so, and I wish

Farm Boy, Ottawa tech firms cooking up a retail revolution

Retail

The leader of one of Ottawa’s best-known companies says the time has come for the iconic food retailer to step up its digital game. Farm

#BuyCanadian: Travellers turning to domestic destinations amid U.S. trade tensions

Tourism

Bonnie Hallman of Winnipeg had been booked to board a Disney cruise next summer to bask in the untamed wilderness of Alaska, which she had

Canada Day organizers promising quicker lines, tight security

Tourism

Officials are promising shorter queue times for Canada Day festivities in the nation’s capital this year, but heavy security measures will once again force revellers

Original OSEG chief Bernie Ashe hailed as ‘visionary’ at retirement festivities

Sports and Entertainment

For the past four seasons, Bernie Ashe’s 24-7 responsibilities meant Redblacks game nights were work nights for the chief executive of the Ottawa Sports and

U.K. firm’s Ottawa offices to help feds find new fighter jets

Defence and Security

Commerce Decisions, a U.K.-based company with offices in Ottawa, has secured a contract with the federal government to support the procurement process for 88 advanced