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Attendance at Ottawa Sens’ games off to a slow start

Sports and Entertainment

The Ottawa Senators ticket sales woes have continued into the 2017-18 season, with attendance at Tuesday’s game against the Vancouver Canucks dropping to 13,430 –

Ottawa-Gatineau set for two big years of economic growth: Conference Board

Ottawa

Thanks to a federal hiring spree, millions of tourists flocking to Canada 150 celebrations and an LRT-fuelled construction boom, Ottawa-Gatineau’s economy is set to enjoy

Ottawa school bus companies can’t find drivers

Ottawa

A shortage of bus drivers is making things difficult for schools in Ottawa, and the minimum wage increase coming next year may only speed up

Small business week: MediaStyle’s CEO shift ‘a chance to shake things up’

Ottawa

As partners in one of Ottawa’s leading public relations firms, Caitlin Kealey and Allyson Chisnall are usually the ones asking other people what message they

Gatineau’s MosaïCanada150 wraps up with more than 1.3M total visitors

Tourism

A final few visitors took in the top-notch topiaries of MosaïCanada150 this past weekend as the horticultural exhibit wrapped up its widely successful run in

Algonquin, La Cite faculty on strike as part of Ontario-wide college work stoppage

Ottawa

Faculty at 24 Ontario colleges went on strike late Sunday, affecting more than 500,000 students. The Ontario Public Services Employees Union says the two sides

Fields of greens: Take a 360-tour of Hydropthecary’s Gatineau pot greenhouse

Ottawa

The high ambitions of Gatineau marijuana producer Hydropothecary (TSX-V:THCX) won’t stop at Quebec, says company co-founder and CEO Sébastien St-Louis. “Hydropothecary is currently a leader in

Parliament Hill skating rink to cap off Canada 150 festivities in Ottawa

Tourism

Tourists and residents will be able to play shinny and skate a lap on Parliament Hill in December, as the government announced plans Thursday to

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth developing up to 3M sq. ft. of B.C. growing capacity

Ottawa

Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED) says it will develop up to three million square feet of greenhouse growing capacity in British Columbia, more than doubling Canada’s

Ontario colleges, including Algonquin and La Cite, brace for strike

Ottawa

The union representing faculty at Ontario’s 24 public colleges has set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 16. The Ontario Public Service Employees