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With business travel in recovery, Ottawa Tourism looks to attract more corporate events

With concerns around cost and remote work, business travel has been the slowest tourism market to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. But one local tourism expert said the city is seeing more conferences and corporate meetings in 2025 than it has in years.

Ottawa tech company PureColo to be acquired by Vancouver-based firm

Ottawa-based telecommunications provider PureColo is set to be acquired by Vancouver data centre company Carrier Connect Data Solutions, the companies announced Thursday. 

Q&A: Sens’ Jacqueline Belsito and Ted Wagstaff talk Ottawa’s growing sports economy

There are possibly no two people better suited to talk about Ottawa’s sports world than Jacqueline Belsito...

‘Third time’s the charm’ for Michelle Groulx with return to OCOBIA as chief advocate

Michelle Groulx has taken on exciting new positions back-to-back, but something keeps drawing her back to the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA).

Eliminating interprovincial trade barriers would add 30K annual housing starts: CMHC

A new analysis by the national housing agency estimates Canada could add 30,000 more housing starts annually...

Former Redblacks linebacker Dan Basambombo on going from the gridiron to the incubator

Linebacker Dan Basambombo believes his career in pro football has equipped him to tackle just about anything,...

Fewer Canadians travelling to the U.S. is benefiting local attractions such as Mādahòkì Farm

Declining numbers of Canadians heading to the U.S. for vacation could mean an even better tourism season for attractions such as Mādahòkì Farm, which had already begun to cater to more domestic travellers.

CREA cuts 2025 forecast again but says home sales are rebounding from ‘chaotic start’

For the second time this year, the Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home...

KTS Properties to convert Carling Avenue office building into apartment complex

KTS Properties has filed an application to turn an eight-storey, 55,000-square-foot office building at the corner of Bronson and Carling avenues into a 70-unit rental complex with ground-floor retail space.

Virtual trivia competition draws in businesses, young entrepreneurs to answer need for startup funding

For the past three months, team members at Ottawa consultancy Alphabet Creative have gathered monthly in their boardroom at lunchtime with one goal in mind — to dominate at trivia. The company is taking part in a new initiative organized by local non-profit Youth Ottawa, a “gamified giving platform” called Trivia 4 Tomorrow.

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