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Former Dessau executive pleads guilty to bid rigging scheme in Gatineau

A former regional vice-president for the Dessau engineering firm has pleaded guilty to participating in a bid-rigging scheme that cost the City of Gatineau an estimated $1.8M

Canopy Growth shares fall as fourth quarter revenues rise, loss deepens

Shares of Canopy Growth slipped on Friday after the cannabis company reported an uptick in fourth-quarter net revenues but a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss

City says it expects to recoup all LRT delay costs from developers

Ottawa taxpayers won’t be on the hook for an estimated $34.4 million in costs related to the delayed opening of phase one LRT – assuming the city can get the light-rail builder to pay

Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod shifted to tourism portfolio amid Doug Ford’s cabinet shuffle

Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod is one of several high-profile ministers demoted in a major cabinet shuffle announced today by Premier Doug Ford

Sciemetric expands in Kanata North

Landlord KRP Properties finds creative solution to create new home for growing tech firm

Feds greenlight northern airlines merger in wake of ‘monopoly’ warnings

The federal government has approved a merger between two northern air carriers that Canada's competition watchdog has said would amount to a monopoly on key routes

Canopy Growth shareholders approve proposed acquisition of Acreage Holdings

The approvals come after a U.S. hedge fund said that it will vote against the US$3.4-billion offer because it is 'unbelievably lopsided' in favour of Canopy Growth

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate up 2.3 per cent in May

After a steady start to the year Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation kicked up in May, following similar trends across the country

Confederation Line LRT service to start in September: Watson

Rideau Transit Group has not provided a new date to hand over the system, though the city has been told to expect work to finish by the second or third week of August

Businesses bet on Vanier’s future as Montreal Road revitalization breaks ground

As the $50M overhaul of Montreal Road gets underway, business leaders are looking ahead at how the major revitalization project can attract new businesses, shoppers and residents to Vanier
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