Ottawa

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.

City projects Lansdowne profits

City Hall

The City of Ottawa now expects to get a share of the profits from the Lansdowne Park project, just months after it appeared the city

He’s got smarts – on the court and in the classroom

Ottawa

When the architect of the Carleton Ravens’ ascendancy as the top men’s basketball program in Canada decided to take a well-earned sabbatical during the 2015-’16

Looming Canada Post work stoppage has Ottawa firms eyeing alternatives

Ottawa

Katrina Barclay is feeling a little uneasy heading into what would normally be a happy Canada Day weekend. Ms. Barclay, the owner of Malenka Originals,

Airport cabbies to join Blueline, Capital fleets

Ottawa

Airport taxi drivers can join Ottawa’s Blueline and Capital fleets, the Ontario labour board has ruled. The 137 drivers will get to choose which company

New parking bylaw passes planning committee

City Hall

The City of Ottawa is closer to curbing its aging parking bylaw. On Tuesday, the city’s planning committee approved changes to a 1960s-era bylaw that

Entrepreneurial association names Algonquin College president to board of directors

Ottawa

Algonquin College president Cheryl Jensen has become the first Canadian named to the board of directors of a U.S.-based organization that promotes entrepreneurship on community

Opinion: Heady days for Ottawa’s retail market

Retail

Business is booming at two of Ottawa’s biggest regional shopping malls – the Rideau Centre and Bayshore Shopping Centre – and the city’s retailers generally

Revenues up, losses down at Canopy Growth Corp.

Ottawa

Canopy Growth Corp., the largest of Canada’s publicly traded marijuana companies, trimmed its losses in its 2016 financial year. The Smiths Falls-based company says it

Fire and ice: Dragon Boat Festival could make an appearance at Winterlude 2017

Ottawa

A new cold-weather take on dragon boat racing could be coming to Ottawa next year, according to organizers of Ottawa’s Dragon Boat Festival. Festival president

Home of ‘Obama Cookie’ hopes president wants seconds

Retail

Here’s hoping the president wants seconds. Staff at the Moulin de Provence bakery in the ByWard Market are busy baking as many maple leaf cookies