
Ottawa-based IT exec-turned-coffee roaster loving the daily grind
As we kick off small business week, OBJ sits down with a former IT executive who’s finding a second career in coffee beans, specialty soap

Ottawa-based IT exec-turned-coffee roaster loving the daily grind
As we kick off small business week, OBJ sits down with a former IT executive who’s finding a second career in coffee beans, specialty soap

Ottawa BIAs unite for bigger voice on city issues
Ottawa’s BIAs have formed a new advocacy group to give its member businesses an independent say on municipal issues that affect the thousands of merchants

Ottawa BIAs unite for bigger voice on city issues
Ottawa’s BIAs have formed a new advocacy group to give its member businesses an independent say on municipal issues that affect the thousands of merchants

Commuter café: Ottawa’s Happy Goat Coffee to set up shop in four LRT stations
The city announced Thursday that Happy Goat Coffee Co. will set up shop at the Tunney’s Pasture, Rideau, Hurdman and Blair stations early next year

Iconic shoe fits Ottawa firm Bank and Vogue’s ‘upcycling’ strategy
Clothing reseller supplying recycled denim for global footwear giant’s new line of Chuck Taylor All Stars

Ottawa’s last Zellers set to finally close in early 2020
Ottawa’s final Zellers retail outlet, alongside the other remaining holdout in Toronto, will close early next year, owner Hudson’s Bay Co. announced Friday.

Ottawa’s brick-and-mortar merchants benefit from Shopify effect
E-commerce powerhouse’s employees ‘improve themselves constantly’ by getting a crash course in retail at local stores

Ottawa’s mid-tier malls face adapt-or-die retail landscape
With Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre set to be totally rebuilt, OBJ looks at whether community retail plazas still have staying power in a world of

Farm Boy buys Rideau Bakery assets to ‘keep great local brand alive’
Just over a week after it announced it was closing its doors for good, an iconic Ottawa business has found a “white knight” to revive

ByWard Market business owners keen on Mayor Watson’s CCTV proposal
The ByWard Market BIA’s safety and security committee endorsed the pilot project at its latest meeting on Tuesday afternoon
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