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Rob Imbeault emerged from dark days to start every morning with a smile
Jun 28, 2022
Co-founder of Ottawa software powerhouse Assent Compliance has a new venture aimed at tackling the planet's growing food sustainability challenges.

OBJ celebrates Ottawa's Fastest Growing Companies with in-person event
Jun 28, 2022
After leading their ventures to new heights despite the pandemic, the founders of some of Ottawa’s top companies took time out to kick back, relax and celebrate their accomplishments on Monday night.
Nash Distribution opens first warehouse outside of U.S. in Ottawa
Jun 28, 2022
The 5,200-square-foot warehouse, located at 2764B Sheffield Rd., is positioned to serve not only Ottawa, but other nearby metropolitan areas, the company said in a news release.
Philanthropy in Ottawa: Happy Roots makes happy children
Jun 28, 2022
The Happy Roots Foundation has dedicated $1 million to CHEO's work supporting infant and child mental health.

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What’s the best way forward for Ottawa small businesses?

Jun 23, 2022
Small business owners chat with Desjardins Group about opportunities and pain points.
Cydef arms the little guy in the fight against cyber-crime

Jun 22, 2022
A blind business date blossomed into a flourishing collaboration when local businessman Paul Hindo joined forces with a quantum physicist to break into the world of cybersecurity.

WEBINAR Logging out: Demystifying an employee's right to disconnect

Jun 28, 2022

While workplace policies have been commonly described as “right to disconnect” policies, they do not create a freestanding “right to disconnect."

Technology could help bring boat-loads of tourists to small communities along the St. Lawrence
Jun 27, 2022
Stephen Burnett thinks he has a strategy that will bring an influx of tourists to hard-hit communities along the St. Lawrence River by inviting cruise ships to send passengers ashore to engage with…
How The Perth Cheese Shop went from closing its doors, to expanding its space
Jun 27, 2022
For Meredith Salvian, owner and operator of The Perth Cheese Shop, it’s all about the customer experience: even if she has to close her shop doors to make that experience better.
$700 pie? It’s the country way
Jun 24, 2022
What is it with homemade pies of pretty much any flavour selling for hundreds of dollars at rural charity auctions?

Canada joins international agreement to help Indigenous businesses access new markets
Jun 24, 2022
Ng paid tribute to First Nations' businesses and said support would be offered by the government to help these companies, including those from Nunavut and remote communities, access international…
Inflation skyrockets to highest level in nearly 40 years as gas prices soar
Jun 22, 2022
The agency said its consumer price index in May rose 7.7 per cent compared with a year ago, its largest increase since January 1983 when it gained 8.2 per cent and up from a 6.8 per cent increase in…
Canadian employers willing to hire workers without direct experience, survey says
Jun 21, 2022
The research released today indicates that experience and education – once crucial to many positions – are becoming less important amid labour shortages.

Check out the coverage of OBJ's 25th Forty Under 40 Awards
This year marks the 25th edition of the awards, which have become widely recognized as the region’s most sought-after business accolade for people under the age of 40.

Rideauwood benefit concert strikes chord with Ottawa business community
"I think we're still embarrassed to admit how profoundly the pandemic has negatively affected mental health and driven people into addictions and other forms of crisis."
Wabano's Igniting the Spirit Gala: Making the Water Sing rushes back to life
How fitting that "Wabano" means "new beginnings" in Ojibwe during a time when the public is venturing back out into the world, knowing the pandemic is waning and life is returning to normal.
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What’s the best way forward for Ottawa small businesses?
Small business owners chat with Desjardins Group about opportunities and pain points.
Excitement high as Forty Under 40 Awards Gala returns to Hilton Lac-Leamy for first time in three years
“It doesn’t end tonight; it starts tonight,” OBJ publisher Michael Curran told recipients. "If you’re a recipient here tonight, this is a cohort you belong to.