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.

Ottawa-based CannaRoyalty aims high with rising Q1 revenues

Ottawa

With the first fiscal quarter of the year in the books, CannaRoyalty’s CEO suggested that rising revenues and high-potential acquisitions are positioning the Ottawa-based cannabis

Ottawa-Centre among ridings rife with uncertainty as election looms closer

Ottawa

Yasir Naqvi is running for re-election in what’s widely considered a Liberal safe seat, but he says he’s never seen so much uncertainty among voters

Canopy Growth secures licence for 10th cannabis production facility

Ottawa

One of Canada’s biggest cannabis production companies has passed another milestone with the establishment of its 10th licensed production facility. Canopy Growth Corp. of Smiths

Ottawa’s Icor an armed force in robotics industry

Defence and Security

At an industrial park in south-end Ottawa, robot maker Icor Technology is giving new meaning to the phrase “the long arm of the law.” An

Armed with fresh funding, Ottawa tourism sector avoiding Canada 150 hangover

Tourism

The momentum Ottawa’s tourism industry gained during a record-breaking Canada 150 year appears to be carrying over into the first few months of 2018, industry

New Capital Build Task Force looking to foster millennial-friendly Ottawa

Ottawa

Business and community leaders in Ottawa have assembled as a new task force hoping to put some momentum behind the city’s transformational developments and attract

Seeking cannabis entrepreneurs, Canopy looks to invest $1M in seed capital

Ottawa

One of the country’s largest cannabis growers is looking to invest up to $1 million in startups within the budding industry. Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy

West Ottawa Board of Trade, Ottawa Chamber of Commerce set to merge without Orléans

Ottawa

Two local chambers of commerce have agreed to merge their operations, subject to the approval of their members. At a Mayor’s Breakfast series event on

Ottawa gender and sexuality museum proposed for LeBreton Flats

Ottawa

A national advocacy group is looking to raise $10 million to create Canada’s first museum dedicated to gender and sexuality and plans to house the

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?

Ottawa

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