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.

Chinese entrepreneurs scout business opportunities in Ottawa

Ottawa

Several Chinese billionaires were in Ottawa Tuesday, meeting with the city’s business leaders and eying investment opportunities in the nation’s capital. Delegates from the China

OC Transpo looking for business help running retail operations

City Hall

With construction of Ottawa’s LRT line in full swing, city officials are drafting plans for station amenities that include opportunities for businesses interested in operating

Hintonburg’s Meat Press taking a bite out of Ottawa’s lunch market

Retail

To celebrate Small Business Week, OBJ will publish stories of the successes and challenges faced by some of the city’s entrepreneurs in the coming days. Today’s

TiECon Canada’s conference ‘slingshots’ Ottawa entrepreneur to success

Ottawa

“TiECon’s goal is to connect Ottawa entrepreneurs to what’s happening in the world,” says Bharat Rudra, president of TiE Ottawa. And you can’t put it

Spartan Bioscience wins IEEE award for DNA testing cube

Ottawa

Ottawa’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) announced this week that Spartan Bioscience is the winner of its 2016 Outstanding High Technology Company Recognition Award for the

Hydro rebates not a temporary measure, Wynne tells Ottawa businesses

Ottawa

Hydro rates, infrastructure and fostering business growth were on the minds of Ottawa’s business leaders as the Mayor’s Breakfast series welcomed Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.

Eugene Melnyk’s purchase of Belleville Senators approved by AHL

Sports and Entertainment

The owner of the Ottawa Senators officially received the green light to buy an affiliate of the NHL team and move it from New York

Ottawa inventor starts marketing ‘glider’ board

Ottawa

Ever wanted to surf, but you’ve got no waves, or glide, but you’ve got no snow? By Adam Kveton Well, an Ottawa-area inventor was thinking along

Work begins on $232M tunnel project to combat Ottawa’s sewage overflow

City Hall

Major Ottawa-area politicians from all levels of government gathered at the banks of the Ottawa River Tuesday for an announcement confirming that funding is lined

Algonquin College to build $44.9M indigenous entrepreneurship centre

Ottawa

Algonquin College says it plans to construct a new learning centre and Institute for Indigenous Entrepreneurship featuring a makerspace for students to experiment with technology