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Empire Co. to invest $70M in expanding Farm Boy network in fiscal 2020

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Farm Boy’s new parent company revealed a few details Thursday about its plans to expand the Ottawa-born grocery chain’s network this coming fiscal year

Farm Boy to replace Sobeys on Metcalfe Street

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The owner of two well-known grocery chains says it’s swapping its downtown Ottawa Sobeys store for a Farm Boy. Empire Co. says the 28,000-square-foot Sobeys at

Wolf Down: Startup-style restaurant bringing Berlin’s beloved street meat to Bank Street

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Wolf Down, a new restaurant opening in Centretown this weekend, is taking a few lessons from the tech industry in bringing a German-style twist on

Pelican co-owner Jim Foster is hooked on the seafood business

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On the Ottawa seafood scene, Jim Foster is what you’d call a big fish. For years now, the 55-year-old entrepreneur has been the friendly face

Update: Fire crews subdue four-alarm blaze at restaurant in Ottawa’s ByWard Market

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After a long day and plenty of water, fire crews were able to contain a four-alarm blaze at a restaurant in the ByWard Market on Friday. The fire

Ottawa’s retail cannabis stores open to lineups, brisk sales

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Long lineups curling along street corners were seen at select Ottawa storefronts on Monday, heralding the arrival of a new type of retailer in the

Retro style meets modern tech at Ottawa’s Pudgyboy’s

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A simple menu of burgers and fries. Checkered floors. Vintage radios. And something a little futuristic. Walk into Pudgyboy’s at 311 Bank St. and you’ll

Elgin merchants told to ‘plan for the worst, hope for the best’ on traffic closure

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While snow fell among the barricades outside his Elgin Street bookstore in late January, Jim Sherman’s disposition couldn’t have been sunnier. “A year without cars

Update: Jeff Leiper, BIA welcome first Ottawa cannabis shop proposed for Wellington West

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Ottawa’s first legal pot shop may be coming to Wellington Village. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, the provincial regulator in charge of distributing

Can Ottawa save the Canadian cereal bar?

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Saturday morning cartoons were a childhood ritual for generations of Canadians, almost always accompanied by a bowl of deliciously sugary cereal. Now, Ottawa natives Desean