Ottawa

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Canadian Museum of Nature opens new Arctic Gallery

Ottawa

Ottawa residents can gain a new window into a rapidly changing Arctic through the Canadian Museum of Nature’s new gallery focused on the North, which opens

Federal contracts a ‘lost opportunity’  for too many SMEs, Telfer study says

Ottawa

A new study that shows fewer than one in 10 small and medium-sized Canadian enterprises does business with the federal government should be a wakeup

Ottawa real estate veteran Paul Hindo wins $22M in Lotto 6/49

Ottawa

A well-known figure in Ottawa’s real estate and non-profit scene may be $22-million richer, but says he’ll use his lottery winnings for the benefit of

Two Ottawa-area Sears stores to close as retailer shuts 59 locations across Canada

Retail

Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) said it plans to close 59 locations, including two in the National Capital Region, and cut about 2,900 jobs under a court-supervised

Feds lift limit on Gatineau-based Hydropothecary pot production, opening door to expansion

Ottawa

Health Canada has approved two new buildings at Hydropothecary’s Gatineau facilities and granted the pot producer a licence renewal to grow and sell as much

Blogging from Silicon Valley: Lessons from Salesforce

Ottawa

The class of 2017 arrived in San Francisco on a Saturday and enjoyed some leisure time in the Bay area as we waited the start

Bank of Canada’s ‘reimagined’ museum aims to make monetary policy fun

Tourism

The Bank of Canada is embarking on a new mission with its soon-to-be-opened museum to show people just how much fun monetary policy can be.

Airbnb sees big surge in Ottawa ahead of Canada Day

Tourism

Airbnb customers are flooding into Ottawa for Canada Day weekend, and more than twice as many private homes are up for rent this year compared

Generating energy from waste: Hydro Ottawa landfill gas-to-energy facilities

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Hydro Ottawa is committed to staying at the forefront of “green” energy and non-polluting technologies. While our hydroelectric operations at Chaudière Falls receive the most

Armed with $12M in credit, Ottawa marijuana firm CannaRoyalty eyes pot investments

Ottawa

An Ottawa company that finances and invests in marijuana enterprises says it plans to use a new $12-million credit facility to acquire stakes in pot-producing