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What Ottawa businesses hope to see on the priority list when MPs return to the Hill next month

Power-Tek continues expansion push, acquires ex-CFLer Gordon’s plumbing businesses

Power-Tek recently purchased Tackle Plumbing and Capital Backflow, which serve residential and commercial customers, primarily in Ottawa’s west end. Terms of the deal, which was finalized in late July, were not disclosed.

Annual pace of housing starts up 22% in Ottawa-Gatineau in July, CMHC says

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts rose more than 20 per cent in July as demand for...

Op-ed: What is open banking and why should the average business owner care

Canada is now the only G7 nation without a legislative open‐banking framework and small and medium-sized businesses...

Ottawa couple gets barefoot shoe company Nunorm up and running through bootstrapping

An Ottawa-based barefoot shoe company is getting its feet wet with an in-person business in the ByWard...

Crystal Bay home on Ottawa River most expensive property sold in 2025 at more than $4.9M

A Crystal Bay home that has sold for more than its asking price of $4.9 million is the most expensive residential property sold in Ottawa so far this year.

Spurs & Sparkles gallops past $150K in support of Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation

Event: Spurs & Sparkles at Wesley Clover Parks Funds raised: $151,967 for the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation Seen in...

National home sales rise as long-awaited boost ‘seems to have finally arrived’: CREA

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in July rose 6.6 per cent compared with a...

Local officials keep wary eye on labour disruptions at Air Canada

With more than 500 Air Canada flights set to be cancelled by Friday as a potential strike looms, local officials said it’s unclear how the cancellations, or any sort of prolonged labour disruption, would impact tourism in the capital.