Ottawa

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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...

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...

Ottawa Real Estate Show: LRT expected to raise demand for east-end office space

One of Ottawa’s largest developers and property managers says the launch of light rail has the potential...

Parliamentary bells will play on despite renos to Ottawa’s most famous landmark

In less than three months, the centrepiece on Parliament Hill will go dark for at least a...

Watson pledges to cap tax increases at 3%

With one week to go before Ottawa residents head to the polls, incumbent Mayor Jim Watson says...

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?

Atwill-Morin (Ontario) Inc. 87 Bentley Ave. Kingston Mills Lock 46-49 rehabilitation Buyer: PWGSC $10,970,952 Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc. 1000-116 Albert St. Financial...

Ottawa-based insurance firm Rhodes & Williams continues M&A streak with local merger

One of Ottawa’s largest insurance firms has merged with another local brokerage, continuing an M&A spree that...

Data protection firm Titus taps OPIN for website redesign

With no major updates to the company’s website in five years, the time had come for Ottawa-based Titus to hit refresh.

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Consulting Inc. 1000-116 Albert St. Financial and related services, N.E.S. Buyer: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness...