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.

Downtown board game cafe The Loft expands into video-gaming

Sports and Entertainment

Downtown board game café The Loft is levelling up. The business is expanding this month into the lower level of their Waller Street location.

Ottawa councillor to take notes from Montreal’s music scene

City Hall

Some musicians leave Ottawa for more music- and culture-oriented cities like Montreal. This week, an Ottawa city councillor is travelling to La Belle Province to

Planning committee recommends drop in building application fees

City Hall

The city’s planning committee unanimously approved on Tuesday to recommend city council cut building application fees by 10 per cent. Reduced fees would benefit both

Affordable luxury: DineCasa service puts private chefs in your kitchen

Sports and Entertainment

On March 3, chef Brenden Johnstone took over Janelle Zhao’s polished Westboro kitchen. For the first time in weeks, the scent of a home-cooked

Parkwood Hills community members celebrate the grand opening of the new Inverness Park play structure.

New PCL Hard Hat Heroes fund gives back to Parkwood Hills

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Children in Ottawa’s Parkwood Hills now have a new play structure to enjoy, thanks to the PCL Hard Hat Heroes fund. An initiative between PCL

Spark members attend a networking event at Play Food & Wine.

Women drawn to “hands-on” charitable giving

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When it comes to charitable giving, more and more, donors want to know where their money is going and how it will make an impact.

PC leader Brown seeing red over high hydro rates

City Hall

High electricity costs brought on by government mismanagement are driving businesses out of Ontario, provincial Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown told an audience at Ottawa

Local Golf Tournament Takes a Swing to Help Kids Grow Up

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The 7th Annual Help Kids Grow Up (HKGU) Charity Golf Tournament presented by GAL Power was held July 19th at the prestigious Eagle Creek Golf Club. This year’s

Pull up a chair: Ottawa, Gatineau mayors can now participate in NCC board meetings

City Hall

It’s official: Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and his Gatineau counterpart can finally take part in NCC board meetings. The National Capital Commission’s board of directors

Ottawa’s downtown BIAs work to resolve border dispute

City Hall

Two sister groups are getting territorial about downtown commercial districts. Like siblings dividing up a bedroom, the ByWard Market BIA and the Downtown Rideau BIA