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Fields of greens: Take a 360-tour of Hydropthecary’s Gatineau pot greenhouse
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
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
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
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
Who’s winning government contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?
Lesage & Turgeon Electric 739 St-Joseph Blvd. Description: Fit-up of 6th and 7th floor Buyer: PWGSC $3,807,735 The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires 100 Gloucester
Ottawa councillor accuses infill developers of ‘circumventing’ planning process
An Ottawa municipal councillor is accusing the city of allowing developers to circumvent normal approval process to add extra density to new developments. During a
Energy Ottawa celebrates gas-to-energy milestone at Trail Road landfill
At the Trail Road landfill in south Ottawa, one resident’s trash becomes another person’s energy. 2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of the site’s landfill gas-to-energy
Free Form Fitness founder puts entrepreneurial muscle behind new incubator
After selling the chain of fitness boutiques he founded a decade ago, Jean-Luc Boissonneault spent most of this year travelling the world and trying to
Ottawa-Gatineau employment hits 12-month low
The number of people working in the National Capital Region sunk to its lowest level in a year last month as tech, government and tourism
Ottawa’s Sprott School of Business to get new home in $48M Wes Nicol Building
Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business will be getting a state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot new home in the heart of campus as early as 2020, the school
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