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Ottawa’s Sundae School sweetens Beechwood retail mix

Retail

Strolling with her husband and newborn baby near their New Edinburgh home last summer, Lindsay Taub suddenly came up with a sweet business idea. As

More gardens, greenspace and transit: NCC releases 50-year plan for the capital

Ottawa

The National Capital Commission released a new long-term vision for Ottawa-Gatineau on Tuesday, drawing praise from local business leaders for its potential to help attract

Five new Ottawa grocery stores approved to sell beer and cider

Retail

The Ontario government has approved 76 new grocery stores to sell beer and cider, including five new locations in Ottawa. The new stores include Moncion’s Your

Hats off: Growcer founder Corey Ellis honoured with nomination for Manning Innovation Award

Ottawa

The Ottawa chapter of the Manning Innovation Awards released the 2017 award nominees to recognize outstanding Canadian innovations: Corey Ellis for his innovation The Growcer,

Ottawa pot industry pioneer Chuck Rifici launches cannabis ‘streaming’ firm

Ottawa

Marijuana industry trailblazer Chuck Rifici is turning to streaming – a business model often used in mining – to tackle what he says are growing

Feds close Gatineau offices as hundreds of residents evacuated amid floods

Ottawa

The federal government asked local bureaucrats who work in Gatineau or normally commute across interprovincial bridges to stay home Monday as the region grapples with

Ottawa airport took off on increases in domestic traffic, concessions revenue in 2016

Tourism

The Ottawa International Airport Authority says it was boosted in 2016 by more passengers – and hungrier ones, to boot – as it reported its

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate rises slightly in April to 5.3%

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate rose slightly in April after the region shed about 2,200 jobs from the previous month, according to Statistics Canada figures released Friday.