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The Beer Store launches home delivery pilot project in Ottawa

Beer drinkers in two Ontario communities can now have their brew of choice brought straight to their door. The Beer Store announced...

With legalization looming, Ottawa-area pot firm Canopy Growth increases production

The largest marijuana producer in the Ottawa area said Tuesday that it significantly raised its revenues, product...

Federal contracts: Calian secures $7.3M in DND work

One of Ottawa’s largest publicly traded companies recently picked up a pair of federal contracts with the...

Photos: Red Bull Global Rallycross at Aviation and Space Museum draws 12K spectators

An adrenaline-packed weekend featuring rally cars whipping around paved and dirt roads – and flying through the...

Canadian Museum of Nature opens new Arctic Gallery

Ottawa residents can gain a new window into a rapidly changing Arctic through the Canadian Museum of Nature’s...

Federal contracts a ‘lost opportunity’ 
for too many SMEs, Telfer study says

A new study that shows fewer than one in 10 small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises does business...

Ottawa real estate veteran Paul Hindo wins $22M in Lotto 6/49

A well-known figure in Ottawa’s real estate and non-profit scene may be $22-million richer, but says he’ll use his lottery winnings for the benefit of the broader community.

Feds lift limit on Gatineau-based Hydropothecary pot production, opening door to expansion

Health Canada has approved two new buildings at Hydropothecary’s Gatineau facilities and granted the pot producer a...

Blogging from Silicon Valley: Lessons from Salesforce

The class of 2017 arrived in San Francisco on a Saturday and enjoyed some leisure time in...

Generating energy from waste: Hydro Ottawa landfill gas-to-energy facilities

Hydro Ottawa is committed to staying at the forefront of “green” energy and non-polluting technologies. While our...
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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