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Hollywood awards season means big business for Ottawa’s ByTowne and Mayfair theatres

Paused investments, cancelled orders: Ottawa businesses feeling the tariff pain

Equispheres CEO Kevin Nicholds is nervously wondering what the future will hold after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sunday applying 25 per cent tariffs to most Canadian goods, including his company’s high-tech powder, starting Tuesday.

Jon Martin and Liz Ellwood look for new owners for three Ottawa Maverick’s Donuts locations

Maverick’s Donuts franchisees Jon Martin and Liz Ellwood are stepping away from their Ottawa locations after nearly...

UPDATED: Mayor, board of trade call on Ottawa residents to buy local as city braces for U.S. tariffs

With the United States poised to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods this week, Ottawa...

Ottawa will lose out on major events if city infrastructure isn’t revamped, Sutcliffe says

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said Thursday the city needs to press ahead with major projects such as...

Thousands of Reddit comments help this Ottawa cafe owner open his downtown coffee shop

When Daniyal Zafar opened his cafe in downtown Ottawa with his brother, he had what many marketers...

Homestead looks to build 25-storey residential tower near Island Park Drive

Kingston-based Homestead Land Holdings has filed a site plan for the proposed tower at 210 Clearview Ave., which would include 187 apartment units and about 27,000 square feet of amenity space such as patios and terraces on the building’s podium.

Ottawa economy likely to avoid much of the impact of U.S. tariffs, Conference Board report says

The local economy should not be overly impacted by higher tariffs on imports into the U.S., the Conference Board of Canada predicts, but could be slowed by a reduction in the size of the federal civil service.