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Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate drops again to 6.2% in March

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.2 per cent in March, compared to 6.7 per cent in February....

Bank Street property that sparked ‘demoviction’ saga on market for $14.5M

According to a new listing on Realtor.ca posted Wednesday, the block of Bank Street between Nepean and Lisgar streets is being marketed for an asking price of $14.5 million.

To convert or not to convert? That’s the office-to-residential question for some developers

When it comes to the merits of turning obsolete offices into residential complexes, Jason Shinder doesn’t need...

Olive Garden to take over former East Side Mario’s on Kirkwood Avenue

Ottawa’s newest Olive Garden location will take over the former East Side Mario’s location on Kirkwood Avenue...

End of the line: Rideau Carleton Raceway to cease harness racing operations in 2026

The Rideau Carleton Raceway will close its racing operations as of the 2026 season, ending 64 years...

Will readers fall in love with Ottawa’s new romance-only bookstore? A retail expert weighs in

A new store in the Glebe is tantalizing Ottawa’s romance book community – but one retail analyst...

Op-ed: The office isn’t ‘coming back.’ It’s becoming something else entirely

Every quarter, like clockwork, the same prediction resurfaces. Office vacancy is high, yes, but recovery is just...

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumps as feds, Giant Tiger put space back on market

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumped roughly a full percentage point in the first quarter as the federal...

Ottawa music promoter hopes to turn old building at 473 Bronson into ‘Centretown’s living room’

Once he’s removed the gravestones and the bicycles, Matías Muñoz plans to turn a 100-year-old building at...

‘Life is good’: Bruce Linton on philanthropy, travel and what it would take to get him back in a CEO’s chair

Nearly seven years after Bruce Linton last occupied the CEO’s chair at what was once the world’s...
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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