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.

Pros and cons to divulging salary info, use of AI to job candidates, local HR experts say

Insider Only Ottawa

Bad Boy Furniture aiming to restructure business as it faces ‘challenging’ economy

Ottawa, Retail

Bad Boy Furniture Warehouse Ltd. is aiming to restructure its business through a filing made under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.

Ottawa is ‘off to the races,’ hotel association boss says, and higher hotel room tax won’t hurt

Ottawa, Tourism

While hotel guests spending a night in Ottawa will face a tax increase next year, at least one local industry expert says Ottawa’s “unique” situation

Ottawa doesn’t fit the bill for most gen-Z workers, but Gatineau scores higher, survey shows

Ottawa

Gen-Z employees have high standards for where they choose to live and work, a recent report says, with Quebec cities ranking highest among the country

CFO of the Year Nathalie Cadieux talks work, community and family

Ottawa

With the demand for public health care outpacing the system’s capacity, Nathalie Cadieux’s job at The Ottawa Hospital has never been so challenging, says the

Veteran broker Graeme Webster to lead Avison Young’s new capital markets team

Ottawa, Non-Residential, Real Estate

Avison Young has tapped the co-founder of one of Ottawa’s top boutique commercial real estate brokerages to lead its new capital markets team as the

Investments in public transit, housing headline Ottawa’s draft budget for 2024

Ottawa, City Hall

The City of Ottawa released its 2024 draft budget Wednesday, a proposed $4.6-billion operational portfolio that keeps property tax increases capped at 2.5 per cent

KNBA creates new plan to attract tech talent, companies to Kanata in uncertain economy

Insider Only Ottawa

Gen-Z workers lack teamwork and collaboration skills but have ‘hidden strengths’: survey

Human Resources, Ottawa

Gen Z workers prefer to work alone and now lack collaboration skills as a result, new research suggests, and their managers say the workplace is

Op-ed: Why part of the answer to the labour shortage can be found in our own backyard

Ottawa

In these turbulent times, there’s a promising strategy to addressing the labour shortage that’s often overlooked: investing in youth and identifying local talent.