
City ends struggling Ottawa Champions baseball team’s stadium lease
The City of Ottawa is renegotiating its lease deal with pro baseball’s Ottawa Champions after the club fell more than $400,000 behind in rent payments
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City ends struggling Ottawa Champions baseball team’s stadium lease
The City of Ottawa is renegotiating its lease deal with pro baseball’s Ottawa Champions after the club fell more than $400,000 behind in rent payments

Constellation Brands ‘not pleased’ with Canopy’s earnings, but still supportive
Constellation CEO Bill Newlands, however, said challenges were to be expected, pointing to the slow rollout of recreational pot stores in Ontario, among other headwinds

Ontario puts up $1M to protect communities against extreme weather following spring floods
The funds would allow municipalities to make their infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather

Empire Co. to invest $70M in expanding Farm Boy network in fiscal 2020
Farm Boy’s new parent company revealed a few details Thursday about its plans to expand the Ottawa-born grocery chain’s network this coming fiscal year

Council OKs new fund to boost music industry
Fund is part of city’s three-year strategy to promote local musicians and businesses that cater to them.

Ottawa business leaders on board with feds’ support for Via high-frequency rail project
Official say the Ottawa business community is “clamouring” for better transportation connections to Toronto, Montreal and the U.S.

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?
A big win for Calian leads a round-up of local firms winning work with the federal government from June 10-14

Canopy Growth to produce cannabis-infused chocolates in Smiths Falls
Canopy Growth Corp. is putting a cannabis twist on its Smiths Falls headquarters’ tasty roots, launching pot-infused chocolate production at the site

VeloGO bike-share service not returning to Ottawa this summer
A major bike-share service’s sudden decision to pull out of the Ottawa-Gatineau market is “unfortunate” but won’t have a significant impact on the city’s tourism

Infrastructure agency to pitch in to help move along Via Rail project: sources
The federal infrastructure bank is going to put some money behind a few final, financially risky steps in Via Rail’s high-frequency rail project, sources say
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