
Ottawa designer and entrepreneur Stacey Bafi-Yeboa to show at New York Fashion Week
It’s not often that big fashion news comes out of Canada’s capital, but last week there was a major win for Ottawa and Canadian fashion.

Ottawa designer and entrepreneur Stacey Bafi-Yeboa to show at New York Fashion Week
It’s not often that big fashion news comes out of Canada’s capital, but last week there was a major win for Ottawa and Canadian fashion.

Two Ottawa-area Sears stores to close as retailer shuts 59 locations across Canada
Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) said it plans to close 59 locations, including two in the National Capital Region, and cut about 2,900 jobs under a court-supervised

Downtown Ottawa businesses say enhanced Canada Day security could attract more customers
Downtown businesses are confident enhanced security measures for Canada Day will actually bring more people downtown. Kevin McHale, acting executive director of the Sparks Street

Gatineau skateboard apparel merchant on quite a roll
At an age when many Canadian kids are slinging burgers at fast-food joints to earn spending money, Adrien Lavoie was busy educating himself on the

Ottawa-based Farm Boy makes first leap into Toronto with Etobicoke location
Ottawa grocer Farm Boy is making good on its word to expand to the Greater Toronto Area, announcing that it will open its first Etobicoke store

Famed Ottawa hair stylist and entrepreneur Rinaldo remembered as ‘great man’
An Ottawa hair stylist whose scissors tended to the tresses of some of the country’s biggest political players has died. Rinaldo Canonico died Wednesday after

Ottawa kids’ clothing store gives e-commerce giant Shopify some brick-and-mortar lessons
Shopify markets itself as an e-commerce solution, the simple storefront that allows its merchants to sell everything from coffee to electronics to clothing, all online.

Ottawa’s Sundae School sweetens Beechwood retail mix
Strolling with her husband and newborn baby near their New Edinburgh home last summer, Lindsay Taub suddenly came up with a sweet business idea. As

Five new Ottawa grocery stores approved to sell beer and cider
The Ontario government has approved 76 new grocery stores to sell beer and cider, including five new locations in Ottawa. The new stores include Moncion’s Your

Speed limit and parking reductions on docket for two-year, $42M Elgin Street overhaul
Elgin Street could see a reduction of on-street parking and a speed limit as low as 30 km/h as part of a multi-year, multimillion-dollar renewal
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