
Ottawa votes 2018 update 2: Seven new faces to join Mayor Jim Watson on council
Update #2 – 9:40 p.m. Mayor Jim Watson will work with a number of new faces on council as newcomers took vacant seats or beat out incumbents
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Ottawa votes 2018 update 2: Seven new faces to join Mayor Jim Watson on council
Update #2 – 9:40 p.m. Mayor Jim Watson will work with a number of new faces on council as newcomers took vacant seats or beat out incumbents

Lockheed Martin Canada getting first crack at $60B national warships contract
Lockheed Martin Canada has been named the preferred bidder to design the country’s next fleet of warships, a potential $60-billion deal that could make waves

Sunwing adds new seasonal Ottawa-Miami flights
Ottawa air travellers seeking fun in the sun this winter now have more options to escape Mother Nature’s chilly grip. Low-cost charter carrier Sunwing Airlines

Following cannabis legalization, Canopy CEO Bruce Linton gets rock-star treatment at Ruckify launch
Crowd clamours for selfies and facetime with one of the pot industry’s most well-known executives.

Sheraton staffer leads Ottawa Tourism’s Stars of the City winners
Colette Latour wasn’t about to let a blackout keep her from being a shining example of customer service in the city’s tourism industry. The Sheraton

Watson faces legal challenge over blocking residents on Twitter
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is the target of a test legal case that could prompt politicians all across the country to reconsider their use of

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?
Valcom Consulting Group Inc. 300-85 Albert St. ATESS Trenton / Technical engineering and maintenance services Buyer: DND $3,239,464 Randstad Interim Inc. 410-1600 Carling Ave. Informatics

Founder of iBIONICS among Ottawa entrepreneurs honoured for business leadership after age 50
After a diverse career that included stints as an engineering officer in the Canadian military and the owner of a communications agency, Suzanne Grant was

Canopy Growth buying U.S. hemp researcher in $425M deal
Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a deal to buy Ebbu Inc., a Colorado-based hemp researcher, in a stock-and-cash deal worth more than $425 million. Under the

Amazon favourite Instant Pot cooking up new inventions in Kanata
At a nondescript office in a Kanata North business park, Robert Wang is revolutionizing the way North Americans solve the nightly dilemma of what’s for
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