Algonquin College launches $640,000 skilled trades scholarship with Weston support
Ottawa’s Algonquin College announced a new scholarship this week aimed at plugging a talent gap in the skilled trades industry. A donation from The W.
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Ottawa’s Fleurish Cannabis secures production licence for Kemptville facility
An Ottawa-area pot firm targeting the cannabis industry’s female consumers has secured a production licence from Health Canada. Now certified, Fleurish Cannabis will begin cultivation
Melnyk strikes upbeat tone on LeBreton Flats following meeting with Watson
An optimistic-sounding Eugene Melnyk said he’s “very confident” that the RendezVous LeBreton group’s ambitious plan to redevelop LeBreton Flats will go forward after a closed-door
Orléans chamber approves merger with new Ottawa Board of Trade
The drive to bring Ottawa’s chambers of commerce together under one roof has finally succeeded. After months of discussions followed by a week-long online vote
Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate edges up to 4.5%
Bucking a national trend, employers in Ottawa-Gatineau collectively contracted their payrolls for the second straight month in July, pushing the region’s unemployment rate up a
Ottawa clothing startup tackling sport hijab and turban market
A new clothing company’s impact is already being felt by recently-arrived Syrian refugees in Ottawa, but the firm’s young founders have ambitions to tackle an
Ottawa-area pot firm Canopy Growth to trial medical marijuana treatments for animals
Canadian pets are a few steps closer to getting their paws on pot-based medical treatments in Canada as more cannabis companies research marijuana’s efficacy for
Habitat for Humanity welcomes first four families into Orléans homes
When Annie first learned she had been chosen to become a Habitat for Humanity homeowner, she was in the car taking her son, Hunter, to
Planning an adrenaline-filled summer? Read this first
For a minority of people who suffer serious, life-altering injuries while participating in high-risk activities, the wording of waivers can have huge, lifelong implications.
Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth fully acquires medical subsidiaries
Even with the Oct. 17 legalization of pot for recreational use drawing closer by the day, Canopy Growth Corp. is signalling it has no intention
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