OCOBIA

Downtown merchants carry on amid public servant strike, but biz advocates warn of potential headaches

Ottawa

As more than 155,000 public-service employees took to the picket lines for the second day of a nationwide strike Thursday, a major business advocacy group

Small business pandemic recovery must be priority for federal budget, local advocates say

Ottawa

The head of Ottawa’s BIA network says she’d like to see measures in the March 28 federal budget that will help return businesses to their

Bank of Canada small business pandemic CEBA

Small businesses may be forced to lay off staff or close to repay pandemic debt, survey finds

Ottawa

Many small businesses in Ottawa are struggling with pandemic-related debt and attempting to repay that debt by the end of 2023 would make them unable

‘It just needs a bit of love’: ByWard Market businesses back proposed new governance structure

Ottawa

Business owners are applauding a proposal to dissolve the ByWard Market BIA in favour of a new municipal services corporation structure.

Reopening of Wellington Street ‘welcome news’ to tourism officials one year after ‘Freedom Convoy’

Ottawa

Ottawa’s city council has approved a motion to reopen the street in front of Parliament Hill to traffic a year after it was closed off

Downtown businesses say they’re not busier, even as federal civil servants begin return to the office

Ottawa, Insider Only

What’s on the wish list for small business in 2023? We ask OCOBIA’s Michelle Groulx

Ottawa, Insider Only

Ottawa businesses await a plan from downtown revitalization task force

Ottawa

The Downtown Ottawa Revitalization Task Force has been meeting regularly over the past several months as it seeks ways to inject new life into Ottawa’s

Small businesses welcome federal government’s promised action on credit card fees

Ottawa

The government’s mention of credit card transaction fees in last Thursday’s fall economic statement is “a step in the right direction” but might not help