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Federal hiring wanes as Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate rises to 5.7%
A contraction in Ottawa’s construction sector in May contributed to the region’s unemployment rate rising for the second straight month, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Ottawa-Gatineau’s
Gatineau a step closer to getting a new arena
Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin believes the Quebec legislature will soon approve Gatineau’s plan to partner with a private company to build a 4,000-seat arena. Pedneau-Jobin
Breaking the ice: Conversation starters for event professionals
Making the decision to register for a networking event can be the first step into moving outside of your comfort zone, but the battle doesn’t
While attending an event for women entrepreneurs recently, I heard an interesting concept about marketing that I had never really considered. The speaker, Diana Lidstone,
91% of unionized Ottawa Citizen, Sun newsroom staff vote for strike mandate
Staff at Ottawa’s two major daily newspapers have voted 91.3 per cent in favour of giving their union a mandate to strike against employer Postmedia,
Gatineau skateboard apparel merchant on quite a roll
At an age when many Canadian kids are slinging burgers at fast-food joints to earn spending money, Adrien Lavoie was busy educating himself on the
Building a great company takes a great team
What does it take to be named a Top Employer not once, not twice, but nine times in a row? Offer an exceptional place to
Ottawa-based Farm Boy makes first leap into Toronto with Etobicoke location
Ottawa grocer Farm Boy is making good on its word to expand to the Greater Toronto Area, announcing that it will open its first Etobicoke store
Trump travel ban raising interest in Ottawa among event organizers: Shaw Centre CEO
Donald Trump’s threats to bar travellers from several Middle Eastern and African states from entering the United States is causing some conference planners to consider
Rising business confidence in Ottawa to spark hiring, survey suggests
In a sign of growing confidence in the local economy, hundreds of Ottawa business owners and managers say they plan to hire new employees over
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