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Feds loosen eligibility requirements on pandemic relief for businesses, workers

Lockdown Program will now offer wage and rent subsidies ranging between 25 and 75 per cent to employers who are subject to capacity restrictions of

Ottawa-Gatineau sheds 4,100 jobs in November, bucking national trend

Ottawa

National Capital Region continued a recent slide that’s seen it lose nearly 30,000 jobs since July, but the unemployment rate still fell to 4.4 per

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate drops to 5.1% in October

Ottawa

That’s the lowest the rate has been since the dawn of the pandemic in March 2020, but it’s mainly the result of a shrinking labour

People on the Move: Canadian Chamber chief economist Trevin Stratton to lead Deloitte’s economics advisory practice

People on the Move

Plus, news about other Ottawa-area executives, managers and professionals starting new positions.

‘The tap remains completely turned off’: Ottawa tourism leaders urge feds to reopen border

Tourism

Local industry says time is of the essence to allow tourism businesses to cash in on what’s traditionally their busiest time of year.

CATA calls on feds to provide billions in emergency aid to tech firms

Techopia

A major Canadian tech industry group is urging the federal government to free up billions of dollars in fast-tracked funding to help sustain companies that

Business, labour groups say Liberals’ COVID-19 wage subsidy too little to help

Canada & World

A growing number of business and labour groups are urging the federal Liberals to up their promised wage subsidy to help companies hit hard by

Why the feds aren’t closing the door on non-essential businesses

Canada & World

While Canada’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken off drastically in the last week, some have found it lopsided across the country. In Ontario

Labour, biz leaders urge federal-provincial common front on COVID-19 impact

Canada & World

Canada’s largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business look to jointly confront the economic fallout from the rampaging