
Looking to LRT extension, Ottawa businesses renew push for east-end federal offices
The promise of light rail is in the air – but Orléans business leaders say that without a major east-end employer, the trains won’t be
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Looking to LRT extension, Ottawa businesses renew push for east-end federal offices
The promise of light rail is in the air – but Orléans business leaders say that without a major east-end employer, the trains won’t be

Conservatives hang on to safe Ottawa-area seat in easy byelection win
The Conservatives easily hung onto a long-time Tory fiefdom Monday, scoring a convincing victory in a federal byelection held near Ottawa. With all polls reporting

NHL’s Bettman ‘disappointed’ RendezVous LeBreton plan is on the verge of collapse
Gary Bettman isn’t concerned the development deal that would have included a new downtown arena for the Ottawa Senators is falling apart. The NHL commissioner

Gatineau hemp company LiveWell merges with Canadian firm to tackle growing market
Less than a week after it announced it will delist from the TSX and start trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange, a Gatineau-based developer of

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?
Bell Canada 160 Elgin St., floor 5 Elections Canada telecommunications provisioning services Buyer: Elections Canada $24,465,036 Pennant Canada Ltd. 100-1400 Blair Pl. Informatics professional services

Amid growing passenger volumes, Ottawa International Airport prepares for terminal transformation
Enhancements include a new retail, food and beverage program, airport hotel, and LRT connection

Stay for a drink: Kichesippi Beer to open on-site pub at new Bells Corners location
After more than eight years at its west-end location, local craft brewing pioneer Kichesippi Beer Co. will soon be on the move. Kichesippi announced this

A timeline of Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk’s frayed relationship with fans
Two exiles will return to Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday: star defenceman Erik Karlsson and former super-fan Shaila Anwar, who hasn’t been to a

Elgin businesses optimistic in face of redesign road closures
As someone who likes to think of himself as a glass – make that cup – half-full kind of guy, Happy Goat Coffee co-owner Ahmet

Ottawa-area MPP leaves Tory caucus over decisions affecting francophones
A Progressive Conservative legislator who publicly denounced Ontario’s decision to eliminate the independent office of the French-language services commissioner and a planned French-language university has
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