
City looks to add 11% of Old Ottawa East and South properties to heritage register
City staff are recommending that 358 buildings – or, roughly 11 per cent of Old Ottawa East and Ottawa South – be added to the
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City looks to add 11% of Old Ottawa East and South properties to heritage register
City staff are recommending that 358 buildings – or, roughly 11 per cent of Old Ottawa East and Ottawa South – be added to the

Carleton Place pot firm RockGarden prepares for first crop
An aspiring marijuana grower an hour west of Ottawa says it expects to receive Health Canada approval to plant its inaugural crop within the next

Ottawa-Gatineau inflation rate flat at 1% in July
Consumers in the National Capital Region caught a modest break last month as local prices for household goods and services climbed at a slower rate

Update: Thales Canada adding 60 Ottawa jobs with $800M Arctic ship support contract
Contract options could extend up to 35 years, valued at $5.2B

Who’s winning government contracts in Ottawa and Gatineau?
Spartan Bioscience, 3V Mechanical and Asokan Business Interiors are among the local offices that landed a government contract, standing offer or supply arrangement between July

Ottawa’s TD Place among 44 potential stadiums for North America’s 2026 World Cup bid
A preliminary list of 44 potential host cities, including seven in Canada, have been released by the joint North American bid for the 2026 World

Feds prepare fit-out of new Parliament Hill visitor centre, opening in 2018
After some two years of construction, work on a new $130 million visitor centre at Ottawa’s most iconic tourist attraction is entering one of its

Tapping into Vanier’s potential, Modbox maps out St. Charles Market development
Plans for St. Charles Market include a collection of horizontal homes and townhomes wrapping around the original church structure.

Ottawa couple hopes jigsaw business will be a good fit
A local couple is hoping to take a piece out of the jigsaw puzzle business with a new company that aims to bring popular artists

Eight things highly efficient small business owners do
Running a small or mid-sized business takes a lot of time. Most SMB owners can’t just concentrate on one aspect of their business. They need
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