
Expensive but educated talent pool puts Ottawa No. 2 in CBRE’s annual tech hub ranking
Ottawa’s tech talent market beat out the likes of Montreal, Vancouver and Waterloo for the second year in a row according to CBRE’s annual rankings,

Expensive but educated talent pool puts Ottawa No. 2 in CBRE’s annual tech hub ranking
Ottawa’s tech talent market beat out the likes of Montreal, Vancouver and Waterloo for the second year in a row according to CBRE’s annual rankings,

Ottawa’s SaaS North conference hits gender parity in 2018 speaker lineup
Organizers for this year’s SaaS North have hit a 50-50 split for male and female speakers this year – a rare feat for a tech conference

Shopify surpasses Mitel as Ottawa’s top R&D spender
After years sharing Ottawa’s top two spots on the ranking of Canada’s biggest research and development spenders, Shopify has overtaken Mitel as the capital’s top

Ottawa’s Shopify bans hate groups from using its platform
Shopify has updated its policy standards to ban groups that promote hate or violence from using its platform, the latest step away from the Ottawa

Ottawa’s Shopify buzzes about cannabis commerce in Q3 earnings call
Shopify (TSX:SHOP)(NYSE:SHOP) reported a loss of US$23.2 million but a 58 per cent spike in revenue in the months prior to the company powering cannabis e-commerce

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
Powering pot sales Shopify Inc. will report third-quarter 2018 financial results on Thursday. Shopify-powered online cannabis stores for Ontario, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward

Ottawa’s Shopify opens first brick and mortar spot with goal of helping entrepreneurs
When Shopify Inc. opens its first brick-and-mortar space for the public Thursday, it won’t be crammed with aisles of products that the Ottawa-based company helps

Ottawa’s Shopify invests up to $500 million in Toronto development to open in 2022
Shopify Inc. (TSX:SHOP)(NYSE:SHOP) says it is investing up to $500 million for a downtown Toronto development, more than doubling the company’s footprint in the city.

Ottawa’s Shopify expands on-the-job learning program to York University
After three years piloting the degree program in Ottawa with Carleton University, Shopify is expanding its workplace learning concept to York University in Toronto. Dev

With new iOS, Ottawa’s Shopify leans into augmented reality commerce
After long touting augmented reality as the future of commerce, Ottawa-based Shopify is hoping to make good on its word this week, pushing AR capabilities
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