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Update: Ottawa’s Fresco Bistro Italiano, The Guest Room closing on Elgin Street

Sports and Entertainment

Fresco Bistro Italiano’s Elgin Street location, as well as its adjoining cocktail lounge The Guest Room, are both closing on Thursday. Jim Bickford, who co-owned

HR lessons from a collaborative Ottawa kitchen with Ross Fraser

Ottawa

Few industries rely on happy workers like restaurants. For Ross Fraser – who, with his brother Simon, runs the Fraser Cafe, Table 40, The Rowan

In search of the new excellence: Telfer event explores what it means to achieve excellence in business

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In 1977, a failed research project at McKinsey & Co. set in motion the wheels that would lead Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.

Independent report clears City of Ottawa in Rideau sinkhole

City Hall

The massive, van-swallowing sinkhole that opened up on Rideau Street earlier this year was not the city’s fault, according to an external investigation the city commissioned. By Ryan

Ottawa business helps rebuild Nepal, one cashmere wrap at a time

Retail

An Ottawa cashmere company is selling scarves and wraps in this country that help to rebuild classrooms in Nepal. By Ryan Tumilty Corala Cashmere – the

Ottawa’s inflation rate slows to 1.2% in November

Ottawa

The annualized inflation rate in Ottawa ticked downwards last month, part of a national trend driven by lower food prices, Statistics Canada said Thursday. Ottawa’s

Ground contamination latest challenge facing new Ottawa hospital site

Ottawa

Public Services and Procurement Canada say no decision has been made on how to clean up the future site of the Ottawa Civic Hospital or

Ottawa ad agency wants you to ditch your boring out-of-office message

Ottawa

As Christmas creeps closer, outgoing emails increasingly trigger automated out-of-office replies containing standardized, boilerplate messages that most of us scan over at best. McMillan wants

Employment insurance claims fall in Ottawa and Gatineau

Ottawa

The number of local residents receiving employment insurance benefits fell on both sides of the Ottawa River in October, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. In Ottawa,

City site west of Bronson selected for new Ottawa central library

City Hall

City staff are recommending a site just west of Bronson, at 557 Wellington Street, for a new iconic central library that will be a partnership with Library