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Ottawa-specific coverage of local business news, including tourism, retail, transportation, city hall and more. Issues related to human resources and philanthropy are often featured.

Airport Sell-off: Bad for Passengers and Communities

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Since the 1990s, Canada’s major airports have been operating as private, not-for-profit self-sustaining businesses. Today, airports contribute over $1 billion a year in rent and

InsideTrack.show: Shirley Westeinde speaks on ‘Just being yourself’

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At first glance, Shirley Westeinde appears to be an eloquent, fashionable and unassuming. After a little digging, it becomes apparent that not only is she

Swelling federal payroll in Ottawa-Gatineau pushes employment to record high

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The federal government’s local hiring binge continued for a second straight month, pushing the number of people working in Ottawa-Gatineau to an all-time high, Statistics

Hospital, politicians pick Carling Building site for new Civic campus in Ottawa

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The Ottawa Hospital and local politicians say they’ve reached a compromise on the location of a new Civic Campus. Officials said Friday morning that the

Canopy to buy fellow Canadian pot producer Mettrum in $430M all-stock deal

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Ottawa-area marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:CGC) is offering to buy Mettrum Health Corp. (TSXV:MT) in a friendly all-stock deal valued at $430 million. Mettrum

Opinion: Ottawa’s got talent – but it needs the right skills

Ottawa

Talent is the raw material for the new industrial age. It is also global and very mobile. By Jeffrey Dale Neither Ottawa nor Canada has a

Ottawa Hospital rejects Tunney’s Pasture for new Civic site

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The Ottawa Hospital says its board has unanimously rejected a recommendation to construct a new Civic campus at Tunney’s Pasture. The statement from the Ottawa

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth to buy German distributor MedCann

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Canopy Growth Corp. of Smiths Falls, Ont., has an agreement to buy pharmaceutical distributor MedCann, which has placed the Canadian marijuana company’s Tweed-branded cannabis strains

After RedBlacks victory, OSEG staff look to 2017 Grey Cup in Ottawa

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Regardless of what happened on the field Sunday night, the Grey Cup was destined for Ottawa in 2017. And while the players on the

uOttawa gives students ‘a taste for entrepreneurship’ with new co-op program

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Daniel Laframboise doesn’t hesitate when asked what excites him about the prospect of becoming an entrepreneur. “What if you see someone walking down the street