Ottawa

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Roar of the Rings curling tournament leads to a rocking week for Ottawa businesses

Tourism

It turns out Rachel Homan and her teammates weren’t the only big local winners at the Roar of the Rings Olympic curling trials. Many Ottawa

Pot from the Rock: Canopy Growth strikes deal for private stores in Newfoundland

Ottawa

Canopy Growth Corp. will have the first privately run legal weed stores announced in Canada under a landmark deal to supply and produce pot in

Who’s winning government work in Ottawa and Gatineau?

Ottawa

iFathom Corp., SimFront Simulation Systems Corp. and ING Engineering Inc., in joint venture 900 Morrison Dr. Description: Task-based informatics professional services Buyer: PWGSC $8,806,280 Microsoft

City councillors push for additional 0.5% tax hike to boost infrastructure spending

City Hall

Arguing the city urgently needs more cash to repair crumbling infrastructure such as roads and recreation facilities, eight Ottawa city councillors have banded together to

City councillors push for additional 0.5% tax hike to boost infrastructure spending

City Hall

Arguing the city urgently needs more cash to repair crumbling infrastructure such as roads and recreation facilities, eight Ottawa city councillors have banded together to

Turn some Ottawa 2017 events into annual festivities, Watson urges

City Hall

Mayor wants to build on momentum generated as part of Canada 150 celebrations.

Printer Allegra buys Merivale Road KKP franchise

Ottawa

Two well-known west-end Ottawa printing companies have inked a deal to join forces. Allegra Design Print Mail, which has operated in the city since 1987,

‘Forgotten’ Orléans business community asks city for east-end startup incubator

City Hall

As municipal councillors worked to finalize next year’s budget, the head of the Orléans Chamber of Commerce asked the city for more resources to support

Ottawa’s B&Bs push back against proposed 4% hotel tax

Tourism

After an outcry from bed and breakfast owners who say a mandatory four per cent hotel tax could drive them out of business, a city

Canopy Growth plans 40,000 square metre pot production facility in Denmark

Ottawa

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED) plans to establish a 40,000-square-metre cannabis production facility in Odense, Denmark to cater to the Scandinavian country’s medical