Women’s tech collective Toast launches with aim to diversify hiring, reduce wage gaps
“Really our mission statement is to help women get to do the work that they want, at the pay that they deserve,” Toast’s chief executive
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Calling all rising business stars: 2023 Forty Under 40 nominations now open
OBJ is once again looking to celebrate individuals who reflect the economic diversity and entrepreneurial spirit of Ottawa’s business community.
Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate holds steady at 4.5% in December: Statistics Canada
The Canadian economy added 104,000 jobs in December as the unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.0 per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Flexible workplaces with work life balance ‘win win’ for workers, employers: study
A new study on work-life balance says flexible schedules and shorter work weeks can lead to more productive, healthy and loyal workers.
Canadian firms raised $8.2B in venture capital in 2022, down 42% from 2021: Report
CPE Analytics total is still well above the $7.5 billion Canadian companies secured in 2019 before the pandemic triggered widespread economic uncertainty.
Shopify won’t move into The Well, will develop current space at King Portland Centre
The Ottawa tech company is abandoning plans to open an office at The Well complex at King Street West and Spadina Avenue.
Downtown businesses cheer feds’ plan for public servants to start returning to office next month
Employees across all departments in the core public service will be subject to a “phased introduction” of the return-to-office plan starting Jan. 16.
Region’s annual pace of housing starts down 25% in November: CMHC
The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of starts – a six-month rolling average designed to smooth out monthly fluctuations – was
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