Ottawa

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Ottawa eyes more commercial space in Hintonburg

City Hall

More stores and restaurants, more cycling infrastructure and more patios — all are part of a vision for the future of Armstrong Street. On Tuesday

Air Canada shifts Ottawa flights from New York LaGuardia to Newark

Ottawa

The trip from Ottawa to Manhattan is about to get slightly longer aboard the country’s largest airline. Starting March 26, Air Canada will move its

Federal contracts: Ottawa’s G. Bird Holdings gets $6.7M for Tunney’s Pasture strategy

Ottawa

The slow-moving plan to redevelop the office complex at Tunney’s Pasture inched forward late last month after the federal government contracted a firm to prepare

UPDATE: Ottawa-area pot firm Canopy Growth delivers Q3 profit as revenues soar

Ottawa

Canada’s largest publicly traded marijuana company says it has had a hard time keeping up with demand for high-potency pot as its list of registered

NHL’s Bettman books ticket to Ottawa as optimism over outdoor game increases

Sports and Entertainment

The final event in Mayor Jim Watson’s much-touted “hat trick” of marquee Canada 150 spectacles appears close to being a reality. New Ottawa Senators president

A decade connecting to what matters: uOttawa’s Telfer School of Management marks its 10th anniversary

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In 2007, mining industry magnate and University of Ottawa alumnus Ian Telfer made what was then the largest donation ever given to a Canadian business

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate drops to five-year low of 5.7%

Ottawa

The unemployment rate in the National Capital Region hit its lowest level since September 2011 last month, driven in large part by a rapidly expanding

12-storey tower part of Château Laurier expansion plans filed with city

Tourism

The owners of Ottawa’s iconic Château Laurier are pushing ahead with their controversial expansion plans and recently filed a site plan application with the city

Connected vehicles: Some Ottawa truckers to get traffic light tech under pilot project

Ottawa

Remember the last time you had to slam on the breaks at a succession of frustratingly ill-timed red lights? By Adam Kveton Or hit the gas

Feds pledge to recoup overpayments from civil servants affected by Phoenix debacle

Ottawa

The federal government will get back all of the money it has overpaid civil servants through its problem-plagued payroll system, the deputy minister in charge