Ottawa

The OBJ team will be stepping away from our desks for a one-week hiatus from Aug. 5-9. To keep you busy while we’re away, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favourite stories of the summer so far.

After 30 years as the sole owner of Ottawa-based staffing firm MaxSys, Bryan Brulotte has closed a deal to sell the company to Agilus Work Solutions, the largest privately owned, full-service recruitment firm in Canada.

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After a childhood spent helping out at his family’s butcher shop, John Diener took over ownership of Saslove’s Meat Market in the 1980s. On Wednesday, the popular ByWard Market retailer announced on Facebook it would be closing its doors after 70 years in business.

Regional Group said this week it has appointed Innogen Henderson its next chief financial officer.

Geopolitics – once the domain of policy-makers, diplomats and scholars – has begun to draw substantial corporate attention as it starts to disrupt the business environment and affect the fortunes of companies.

Montreal-based developer Rosefellow said Wednesday locally based auto parts retailer AutoShack has signed a deal to lease a soon-to-be-completed 248,000-square-foot building at 405 Huntmar Dr. in Kanata, just north of the Tanger Outlets mall.

As businesses search for ways to cut costs, a majority of Canadian employers say they’ve been forced to hire “underqualified” staff due to recruitment budget constraints – a trend one recruiting firm says is playing out in Ottawa as well. 

Porter Airlines is expanding its services from Ottawa with two new winter seasonal routes that will connect Eastern Ontario to Las Vegas.

The developer behind a plan to build two new residential highrises that would dramatically alter Barrhaven’s skyline...