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Pumping concrete: With gyms closed, Ottawa entrepreneurs see opportunity manufacturing custom exercise gear
With many shops sold out of home exercise equipment, Garage Gym Guys is seeing rapid uptick of its custom-made concrete weights.
Participants to hear from Dare to Dream Bursary recipient on how financial support helped them to achieve dream of post-secondary school education.
Company says it will start providing service on May 20 from a new stop at the St. Laurent transit station to Toronto, Scarborough and Kingston.
Aries Contracting among local firms helping to offer a brighter summer to more young people across the region.
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Three firms to roll out 1,200 e-scooters in Ottawa in expanded pilot project
Bird Canada, Lime and Neuron have won bids to deliver the two-wheeled electric vehicles in the second year of the scooter pilot.
Greyhound Canada to cut all routes, end operations
Ottawa to lose intercity bus connections to several cities
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Talks to acquire unnamed company were put on hold early last year due to the pandemic.
Kanata-based company reported revenues of $138 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2021, up 33 per cent from a year earlier.
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Sweet deal: Killaloe business owner, BeaverTails founder team up to keep snack franchise afloat
Dave Virk, whose family owns and operates a supermarket in the town west of Ottawa, has purchased the deep-fried snack franchise from previous owners Brent and Linda Bistrisky.
Wills Transfer acquires Carp-based Orange Logistics Centres
Smiths Falls company continues to expand its eastern Ontario footprint with latest deal.
Entrepreneur’s towering vision for environmental innovation gaining fans in Maitland
Philip Ling is using trailblazing green design and construction techniques to create a ‘show-stopper’ on the shores of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
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Sing for Hope musical experience marks community’s first-ever virtual concert fundraiser featuring local artists
Aries Contracting announces plans to match, dollar-for-dollar, the next $15K in donations made to the OGYF Summer Camp Fund
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From laid off to new business launch, pair of ex-Canopy employees take 'charge of our own destiny'
Seasoned copywriter and graphic designer team up as partners of new Ottawa-based creative service studio
'Staying true to our customers': Giant Tiger still a ferocious retail force at age 60
Iconic Ottawa chain has never forgotten where it came from even as it's grown into a nationwide discount retail leader with 259 stores and more than…
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Ontario extends stay at home order to June 2, aims for a 'two dose' summer
Recreational outdoor facilities would remain closed to limit mobility and other behaviour that could contribute to the spread of the virus.
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Coworking space operator, TCC Canada breathes new life into Shopify’s iconic Elgin Street HQ
Move creates opportunities for businesses of any size to access the best designed collaborative workspace in Ottawa.
Canada's Paper Excellence announces deal to buy Domtar Corp. in US$3B deal
Paper Excellence, which acquired Catalyst Paper Corp. in 2019, will invest in Domtar's assets for long-term growth.
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