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Passengers in hours-long Air Transat tarmac delays in Ottawa describe harrowing conditions

Tourism

Passengers who were trapped aboard two Air Transat jets earlier this summer described hours on end of sweltering heat, a lack of water and the

Ottawa’s Marie Boivin removed from U.S. sanctions list

Ottawa

Local businesswoman and former chair of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Marie Boivin has been removed from the United States Treasury Department’s sanctions list. An

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Small business tools: Igloo app (iOS, Android)

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If you’re looking for a simple, no-hassle way for your staff to collaborate online, Igloo has a service you should know about. It provides a

Who’s winning government work in Ottawa & Gatineau?

Ottawa

DST Consulting Engineers Inc. 2150 Thurston Dr. Description: Hazardous materials assessment and abatement services Buyer: PWGSC $1,575,000 DEW Engineering and Development ULC 3429 Hawthorne

Small business tools: Timepage – Calendar by Moleskine (iOS)

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You probably know Moleskine for its high-quality notebooks, a staple of boardroom meetings. But the Italian manufacturer has also dipped its toe into the digital

Minimum wage increase will cost City of Ottawa $3.6M

City Hall

City staff estimate that proposed increases to Ontario’s minimum wage will cost the city roughly $3.6 million by 2019. Responding to an earlier inquiry by

New collective agreements blamed for slowdown in resolving government pay problems

Ottawa

Problems with the federal government’s public service pay system got worse over the last month as pay system employees struggled to process changes to civil

Ottawa-based CannaRoyalty passes $1M revenue mark as sales, royalties ramp up

Ottawa

After only its second-ever quarter as a public company, a local marijuana holdings firm’s investments have brought in more than $1 million in revenue to

Hydropothecary looks to grow 25K kilograms of pot annually with new Gatineau greenhouse

Ottawa

A Gatineau marijuana producer says it plans to start construction of a new 250,000-square-foot greenhouse this fall as licensed pot growers across the region look

Ottawa serial entrepreneur Cody back in startup mode

Ottawa

One of Ottawa’s most prolific serial entrepreneurs is stepping away from the top leadership role at the software firm he launched three years ago. Steve