Hexo co-founders Adam Miron and Sébastien St-Louis, along with writer Julie Beun, reflect on their journey creating the local licensed cannabis producer.
Real Strategy Advisors is cautiously optimistic that the vast majority of executives we speak with are in favour of an eventual return to the physical office in some form.
Virtual care provides clinicians with the opportunity and capability to connect with our clients across the community while limiting the risk of spreading COVID-19.
Family funds provide research and educational opportunities to promising graduate students at The Royal who are making important strides towards better understanding mental illness.
Researchers are using MRIs to examine the brain’s structure by measuring the volume of various brain regions, the thickness of brain tissue and the white matter tracts in the brain that connect…
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a type of neuromodulation that directly stimulates the specific brain circuit known to be dysfunctional in people with major depression.
Newly formed estate litigation group applies resident knowledge and expertise to representing the interests of our clients in contentious or non-contentious litigation matters.
New publication combines commercial real estate market trends with insight on best practices for workplace strategy and how to create amazing office cultures.
Michael Wernick retired in 2019 after a 38-year career as one of the key leaders of Canada’s federal public service, culminating in his appointment as clerk of the Privy Council.
Rapidly evolving area of law includes contaminated land and brownfield sites, due diligence in complex real estate transactions and environmental liability, among others.
Internet- and cloud-based technologies, tools and applications have enabled the abrupt shift to work-from-home operations. But they have also created more opportunities for cybercriminals.
Business professionals can brush up on their networking skills at the Access MBA event in Ottawa on March 18 where they will have the opportunity to connect with representatives of top international…
Public affairs consultant Chris Day examines the potential impact on Ottawa's tourism sector, local public servants and the third phase of LRT from the newly unveiled federal cabinet
Longtime baseball executive Duncan MacDonald says the sport can still be a hit with fans in the capital – if the ballpark is relocated to the heart of the city
In a move of great interest to many Ottawa businesses, both the federal and Ontario governments recently announced plans to proceed with centralized procurement systems.
The experience of renegotiating NAFTA has highlighted Canada's vulnerability to one dominant trading partner that buys roughly 75 per cent of our exports.
Cannabis is now legal in Canada, and one of the first issues with which the new Council will be seized very soon is whether or not to allow its sale in retail storefronts.
Enrolment at several of the region’s top business schools is on the upswing as universities roll out new programs specifically tailored to emerging and high-growth industries, experts say
Six teams of Indigenous entrepreneurs travelled to Ottawa last week to compete in a Dragons’ Den-style pitch event for a $5,000 prize and the opportunity to work on upcoming projects with
A California-based optical networks company flew several of its executives to Canada’s capital this week to announce an expansion of the firm’s “fastest-growing” R&D lab and kick off
Tens of thousands of people flooded through the Glebe in Ottawa to enjoy the week-long Grey Cup festival, generating a surge in foot traffic for businesses in the area.
After helping to draw large crowds downtown this summer to Ottawa 2017 celebrations, Nathalie Carrier’s next job is to entice visitors and residents alike to venture a little farther east
Silicon Valley is well-branded as the largest technology hub in the world. Other regions in the world tried to duplicate it to a lesser degree of success.
Long Ma the dragon horse wasn’t the only winner in the four-day-long march of La Machine through Ottawa as downtown businesses were packed with customers.
Day six of the Telfer Executive MBA’s Silicon Valley experience was spent in San José, where we visited two highly successful tech companies and long-time residents of the Valley: IBM Alm
A business trip to San Francisco simply wouldn’t be complete without visiting Silicon Valley, the epicenter where big tech companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google, IBM and just about e
Ottawa’s housing market had a strong start to the year, with a 5.5 per cent jump in the average home price compared with this time last year, according to the latest trends r
The federal government will get back all of the money it has overpaid civil servants through its problem-plagued payroll system, the deputy minister in charge of overseeing the system vowed Wednesd
Ottawa City Council has made its final choice for the new central library's location, approving the site at LeBreton flats, with one dissenting vote and one abstaining.
The minister responsible for the federal government's troubled payroll system says she's more concerned about paying employees who haven't received what they're owed than she is about recouping mon
Ottawa home builders aren’t optimistic they’ll see a better 2017 after several years during which a shrinking public-service workforce weakened the local housing market. By Ryan Tumilty.
La Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) is offering riders discounts and will not provide service to Winterlude this coming weekend, all because of an ongoing labour dispute.
Local tech firm Shopify joined dozens of Canadian tech companies on Sunday condemning President Donald Trump’s ban on nationals from seven Middle Eastern and African countries entering the United S
Nearly one in five federally owned buildings in Ottawa are listed in critical or poor condition, according to the government’s own list of its buildings, the Directory of Federal Real Property.
A proposed towering condominium in Lebreton Flats encountered some pushback this month, thanks to a decades-old rule restricting buildings from blocking views of Parliament Hill. By Dylan C.
Gatineau commuters are feeling frozen out, as the union’s work-to-rule pressure tactics lead to cancellations along bus lines of the Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO).
With tax season just around the corner, the federal government is still trying to clear a backlog of paycheque problems for thousands of its employees.
The second phase for Ottawa’s light rail transit has cleared another hurdle, with the NCC approving of the city’s construction plans on its lands in the west.
You won’t find overbearing heat and sand in Ottawa’s food deserts, but fresh, healthy food options are definitely scarce, especially if you’re traveling on foot.
By Adam Kveton
Some business owners are pushing back against a proposal to significantly redesign Elgin Street by lowering the speed limit and removing parking, among other measures.
It's unlikely that any single person will be held accountable for the government's failed employee pay system, a senior federal bureaucrat told a news conference Wednesday.
The massive, van-swallowing sinkhole that opened up on Rideau Street earlier this year was not the city’s fault, according to an external investigation the city commissioned.
Public Services and Procurement Canada say no decision has been made on how to clean up the future site of the Ottawa Civic Hospital or how to pay for those costs.
By Ryan Tumilty
One of the biggest workplace fundraising campaigns in Canada will fall short of its $19-million goal this holiday season, and the Grinch in the works is the federal pay system that handles most of
A union representing public servants has reached a tentative contract that it says gives federal scientists the right to share their research with the media without first being designated official
The extra hours for police, paramedics and a host of other city services for Ottawa 2017 events will cost about $3.5 million next year.
By Ryan Tumilty
You will now be able to live out your fantasy of executing a heist from the Canadian Museum of Nature, but the gems are fake and you’ll have to pay for the privilege of trying.
A Gatineau-based medical marijuana firm with a self-declared goal of becoming the “Coca-Cola of cannabis” has unveiled a new 36,000-square-foot growing facility as well as plans to go public on the
First of 34 trains arrives in Ottawa
There is still a lot of concrete to pour and track to lay down, but the first Confederation Line train will be on the rails within days.
The annual inflation rate in the nation’s capital increased for the second straight month, driven in part by a rise in gasoline prices, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
Medical marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp. has been expanding its growing facilities to keep up with demand, as the company's client base grew 47 per cent during the quarter.
That new hairstyle, perfect manicure or lower back tattoo may be coming with more than style risks and Ottawa Public Health is looking for a new bylaw to make such facilities safer.
Despite our conservative reputation, a survey released this week suggests that there’s a high number of people in the city with an empty savings account – twice the national average.
Consumers in the nation’s capital found themselves paying a little bit more for household goods and services last month as the city’s inflation rate accelerated, Statistics Canada reported.
The federal government says it will likely miss a self-imposed Oct. 31 deadline for eliminating a backlog of problems with its new employee pay system.
An Ottawa dentist previously convicted of tax evasion has been handed an additional five-year prison sentence for deliberately choosing not to pay her original fine.
Wells Fargo was recently fined $185 million by federal regulators in the United States – the largest penalty ever imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
With nearly 98 per cent of Canadian businesses employing fewer than 100 people, it’s not hard to see why SMEs are the driving force behind the economy, contributing more than half of the country’s
The Glebe along Bank Street looked busy with foot traffic on Thanksgiving Day, likely owing to the recent OMB ruling allowing the neighbourhood’s shops to remain open
The federal government is forbidding the construction of new embassies on Ottawa's Sussex Drive following a stark RCMP assessment of the potential for "violent events" in the high-profile neighbour
After spending more than three decades at Ottawa-based insurance provider Encon Group, growing the company during a major economic downturn, Jean Laurin is retiring.
By Jacob Serebrin
Auditor general Michael Ferguson has been asked to determine how a move to modernize the federal government's payroll system turned into a fiasco in which more than 80,000 public servants were paid
It’s the biggest buzzword in Canadian business today, and seemingly no entrepreneur – or politician, for that matter – can get through a conversation without uttering it at least once.
A major player in the Ottawa management consulting scene has announced it is merging with one of the country’s largest accounting firms in an effort to expand its national presence.
Scotiabank and the Royal Bank of Canada say they aren't providing accounts to companies associated with the marijuana industry, including Ottawa-area firm Canopy Growth Corp., leaving some business
A former entrepreneur-in-residence at Invest Ottawa says it’s time for the city-funded economic development agency to get out of the business of promoting innovation.
A former employee of an Ottawa-based tech company has been sentenced for her role in a bid-rigging scheme that saw her former company, Microtime, awarded millions of dollars in federal cont
An Ottawa-based firm has become the first property management company in Canada to be certified as carbon neutral by a national organization that provides education and resources to help Ca
An Ottawa taxi company that filed a lawsuit against the city over the way it handled the arrival of ride-hailing service Uber is in for a tough fight, according to a legal expert.
As the city’s main economic development agency, Invest Ottawa is responsible for selling the world on the merits of doing business in the nation’s capital.
Transforming a 75-year-old former city maintenance facility into a state-of-the-art hub of innovation is a mammoth task that doesn’t come without its hiccups.
Business owners in the Glebe and Ottawa hoteliers say they’re expecting to see a boost to their businesses when the nation’s capital hosts the Grey Cup in 2017.
Ottawa-based KRP Properties has acquired nine new properties, expanding the company’s presence in Kanata and – for the first time – in other parts of the National Capital Region.
Imagine pushing back from the keyboard and picking up a machine gun that fires 100 rounds per minute.
How about swapping your BlackBerry for a mine detector?
Confederation Park might be ground zero for Ottawa Pokemon Go trainers but a swath of other events – including two pub crawls – are luring them into the city’s business areas.
He might be riding his proposal for a privately backed commuter train into uncharted territory, but that hasn’t dampened Joseph Potvin’s sense of optimism.
For one small Ottawa company, getting the contract to completely redevelop the Bermuda government's online presence meant going up against some of the biggest players in the industry.
With a recent rise of streaming opportunities on the internet, Canadians are dropping their cable subscriptions and are watching television shows online.
For Ottawa’s retailers of geek culture goods, like comic books and collectibles, Gatineau’s bilingual anime convention, G-Anime, is a chance to connect with a passionate niche market.
An Ottawa-based software startup wants to make it easier for people to access mental health services using mobile software that the firm says will also be a lucrative platform for independe
Business conferences don’t usually have a reputation for being fun and casual but the Montreal International Startup Festival isn’t the average business conference.
Ottawa will be home to 19 new electric vehicle charging stations at 10 locations as part of the Ontario government's effort to encourage more residents to use electric vehicles.
It should be no surprise that up to 600 OC Transpo employees could lose their jobs when light rail opens, the transit commission chairman said Tuesday.
The annual pace of housing starts in Ottawa was down slightly in June – but the six-month trend was up, reversing a four-month downward trend, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporati
The National Capital Commission’s draft plan for the next 50 years envisions a more populous Ottawa region, home to about two million people by 2067, where the federal government might play
Justin Trudeau arrived at the White House in March for his first official visit as prime minister at the exact time as the White House announced its release of a draft policy for the U.S.
The health and education sector overtook public administration to become Ottawa’s largest employment sector in 2015, according to an economic update prepared for city council’s finance and
The City of Ottawa now expects to get a share of the profits from the Lansdowne Park project, just months after it appeared the city would see no cash returns on its investment in the redev
When the architect of the Carleton Ravens’ ascendancy as the top men’s basketball program in Canada decided to take a well-earned sabbatical during the 2015-'16 season, the perfect substitu
The recent concerns and undeniable failures with large government IT projects could actually prove beneficial for small and medium-sized enterprises in Ottawa.
Employers need to offer more than just competitive salaries if they expect to attract and retain the best and brightest tech talent, a group of experts said during a panel discussion last w
Ottawa’s video game industry is growing steadily thanks to a strong local talent base, experts said during a weekend event devoted to bringing game developers and major studios together.
After five years as the capital’s “VP of sales,” Bruce Lazenby stayed true to form in his last major public appearance as head of Invest Ottawa on Thursday, touting the city’s strengths and urging
A 2008 OBJ Forty Under 40 recipient is in Orlando this week as part of an all-woman Canadian trade mission she says has the potential open “a lot of doors” for her translation company.
Scott Gibson has clients from coast to coast in North America, but the 71-year-old president of Gibson Product Design says he has no desire to really go global.
In a basement testing facility near the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Jim Hill is helping to shape the future of air traffic control technology.
The video game industry may not be as developed in Ottawa as it is in larger markets like Toronto and Montreal, but last year’s introduction of a local game jam may have been the kickstart
In its first budget earlier this spring, the Liberal government announced it is going to invest $800 million in innovation, entrepreneurship and technology cluster development over the next four ye
A student at Carleton University is working with partners and advisers around the world to bring to life a startup that aims to address one of his homeland’s “silent epidemics.”
The region’s best and brightest young business minds got a rare chance to kick back Thursday night when OBJ and the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce celebrated their achievements at the annual Fo
The cause of Ottawa’s giant downtown sinkhole remains a mystery, but one neighbouring restaurant owner is already considering a class-action lawsuit to recoup lost money.
There’s a new fresh veggie haven coming to Centretown this summer, as the Chinatown Craft Market launches a new weekly flea and farmer’s market this weekend.
The latest federal budget promises to improve living standards in communities across the country, in part by infusing billions of dollars into new infrastructure spending over the next five years.
A growing skills gap in the information technology sector is shackling Canada’s gaming and other tech industries, a panel of industry experts said Wednesday.
The head of Canada’s most prominent defence industry lobby group is urging the federal government to revamp its defence procurement strategy as part of its drive to make the country a world leader
The Ottawa 2017 Bureau will invest $250,000 in a marketing and outreach campaign to boost the city’s festivals throughout Canada’s 150th birthday year, Mayor Jim Watson announced Thursday.
When the National Capital Commission announced RendezVous LeBreton group as their preferred bidder in the competition to redevelop LeBreton Flats, it marked a major next step in the ambitious proje
First, the city disagreed with the National Capital Commission on a western light rail transit plan. Then, a church congregation railed against their agreed-upon route.
Clint Eland echoes a refrain familiar to many CEO in Ottawa’s high-tech sector these days: his office is bursting at the seams and he says he couldn’t find enough skilled workers to fill th
The Ottawa Senators are one step closer to the downtown home that has eluded them since their inception after the National Capital Commission’s evaluation committee announced Thursday it prefers th
It turns out size did not matter for the fifth annual Ottawa International Game Conference and its event director said Wednesday the smaller format could allow the conference to have an eve
Attracting talent and capital are common issues for Ottawa businesses, and the gaming industry is no exception, the Ottawa International Game Conference heard this week.
Lockheed Martin Canada is hoping its new Kanata IMPACT centre, which opened earlier this week, can be an economic driver, not just in Ottawa, but across the country.
One of the newest members of the Westboro Village BIA is striking a much more conciliatory tone as the organization launched its new street festival, dubbed Westboro Fuse.
Buckle up. It could be a wild ride as changes to city rules for taxis and “Private Transportation Companies” (PTC's; that'd be Uber) go from zero to sixty in three months flat.
More than a year after Uber cruised into Ottawa – ignoring bylaws and infuriating cab drivers – city staff are taking steps to make the ride-hailing app legal.
Students at the University of Ottawa looking to innovate healthcare technology will unveil their designs Tuesday for affordable oximeters bound for Gaza, all part of this year’s Makerspace
A laptop with 10 terabytes – or 10 trillion bytes – of memory could retail for less than $1,000 by 2018, a software engineering veteran said in a recent Technology Innovation Management (TI
High electricity costs brought on by government mismanagement are driving businesses out of Ontario, provincial Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown told an audience at Ottawa Ci
Ottawa city council will not echo Toronto and Calgary in supporting a controversial decision that forces big telecom companies to share their high-speed Internet lines.
The announcement of eight new Canada Research Chairs for the University of Ottawa is a huge “brain gain” for Canada, the university’s vice-president of research said Friday.
One Ottawa councillor’s attempt to rally support for a controversial ruling on high-speed Internet providers may prompt debate on whether the city should build its own municipal broadband
A Silicon Valley-based organization is exploring options to come to Ottawa in order to help would-be entrepreneurs get started while keeping their day job.
The TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) stopped in Ottawa this week on its country-wide tour aimed at improving the listing and diversifying it with more tech companies.
The Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University first launched what was then called the Open Source Business Resource in July 2007.
An 11th-hour rule change by the National Capital Commission has touched off a public-relations battle between the rival groups vying to redevelop LeBreton Flats.
Entrepreneurs and investors need to focus on innovation over invention, a local tech entrepreneur told the crowd at the February Tech Tuesday event earlier this week.
The Glebe BIA is preparing an educational package for its members on the labour rights of its employees should its stores be allowed to open on some statutory holidays.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson delivered his state of the city address Wednesday at the first city council meeting of the year, calling 2016 the "year of collaboration."
A major facelift of the National Arts Centre got a step closer to reality on Wednesday when the National Capital Commission’s board of directors approved the project.
The RedBlacks’ magical Grey Cup run ultimately came up a touchdown short, but not even Edmonton’s late-game comeback could wipe the smile off Bernie Ashe’s face at season’s end.
An Anglican Church in Sandy Hill that went up for sale last summer has been sold to a group of residents planning to turn the building into a community hub on Laurier Avenue.
A controversial condo project in Gatineau is facing another obstacle after a nearby private school announced it would not sell part of the land planned for development.
A new report has outlined some lessons learned while implementing stage one of the city’s light-rail project, in hopes they will be applied to stage two.
Windmill Developments officially began construction Thursday on Zibi, welcoming environmentalists and Algonquin partners to the launch of the $1.5-billion project on the banks of the Ottawa
The Assembly of First Nations chiefs passed a controversial resolution Tuesday to oppose the major development project slated to transform Ottawa’s waterfront near Chaudière Falls.
Downtown nightclub Zaphod Beeblebrox has a “new lease on life,” owner Eugene Haslam said Wednesday when he announced he has sold the York Street establishment.
A new government on Parliament Hill is a time for new ideas. The recent federal election certainly signalled that Canadians want real change and a more positive future.
While the recent proposed consolidation of big beer companies has sparked concern among craft brewers that it will be even more difficult to get their products on tap at major sporting even
Blues in the Schools, Be in the Band and a year-round music school could be axed if the city makes Bluesfest pay for transit, festival executive director Mark Monahan warned Thursday.
A $23.6-million settlement for Lansdowne Park roof repairs is “very fair,” despite the fact that the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group will be footing the bill, according to a private
The city’s auditor general says he will audit how the city managed its Lansdowne contract with Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group next year, three days after the city announced it won’
If city staff stopped collecting building permit fees today, they could still run the office for two years – a clear sign the city is overcharging, according to Coun. Allan Hubley.
Canadian Football League commissioner Jeffrey Orridge charmed the crowd at Thursday morning’s Mayor’s Breakfast with his wit, but he wouldn’t deliver the news the city was hoping to hear mo
Like many NHL teams this off-season, the Ottawa Senators set out to attract a few high-priced free agents in their drive to succeed at the sport’s highest level.
As Opera Lyra prepares for opening night of its 2015-16 season on Saturday, general director Jeep Jeffries said the organization’s new director of development is already drumming up leads f
The Ottawa Senators’ biggest upgrades this season might not even be happening on the ice, as reporters discovered during a tour of the revamped Canadian Tire Centre early this week.
The Westboro Village BIA’s decision to opt out of its title sponsorship deal with Westfest does not mean there will be no summer festival in the neighbourhood in 2016, BIA board chair Dan H
With the regular season coming to a close and the team in the thick of a playoff race, the Ottawa Champions drew their 100,000th fan to Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park over the weekend.
Uber and its brawl with the taxi industry and the government seems to be a pulsating topic of discussion among news outlets and on social media these days.
Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney scored another victory at city hall Wednesday when council rejected a 27-storey hotel and condo development on Metcalfe Street.
The Gladstone Theatre has been conditionally sold to a buyer who is committed to keeping the building a theatre, the building’s current leaseholder said Wednesday.
The co-artistic director of the company that holds the lease for the Gladstone Theatre said Tuesday he could be part of a group of investors to acquire the building now that current owner S
A Kemptville golf course hopes to ride a new wave of popularity by letting players “surf the turf” on a device described as a cross between a skateboard and a cart.
The strong turnout for a film and television job fair this past weekend suggests there’s a “big interest” in Ottawa for the growing industry, Invest Ottawa’s senior business development man
City council gave the green light Wednesday to a review of Ottawa’s taxi bylaw that could potentially introduce new regulations for ride-sharing services such as Uber.
Your first year in business is about survival. The success of your business will depend on that most basic business equation: You need to bring in more revenue than you have in costs.
Beset by falling revenues, Gatineau’s Casino du Lac Leamy is hoping a bid to reverse its fortunes with a $47-million renovation project will come up aces.
The Ottawa Senators say the planned new premium seating area at Canadian Tire Centre is shaping up to be a big winner with fans in the business community.
Despite some hurdles, many observers say Ottawa’s tech sector has had a banner year in 2014. We’ve seen major deals and significant growth, both in numbers of tech employees and tech companies.
Mitel Network’s friendly acquisition of southern Ontario-based Aastra Technologies created a billion-dollar company with 60 million customers around the world, making it the city’s biggest tech dea
The Canadian monitor for insolvent Nortel Networks is appealing last month's US$1.01-billion court-approved interest settlement that puts most of the company's remaining money into the hands credit
Mitel Network’s friendly acquisition of southern Ontario-based Aastra Technologies created a billion-dollar company with 60 million customers around the world, making it the city’s biggest
After launching Canada’s biggest tech IPO in the past four years – not to mention the country’s largest software-as-a-service public offering ever – Kinaxis is an easy choice for Ottawa’s finance d
Jeff Hunt might be the face of the group that brought professional football back to Ottawa, but there is no denying he is a team player through and through.
The man who spearheaded the effort to bring NHL hockey to Ottawa nearly 25 years ago said Wednesday the Ottawa Senators’ current owner deserves credit for considering a plan to build the team’s nex
As a former restaurant owner who traded in the hustle-bustle of kitchen life for a new gig as a consultant, Caroline Ishii has a few words of advice for those who aspire to run their own di
To mark the official opening Monday of its fifth Ottawa location, Lone Star Texas Grill has raised $15,000 for a bursary program at the Algonquin College School of Hospitality.
General Dynamics announced Thursday it has signed two contracts with the Department of National Defence, one for construction and the other for servicing a network of anchor stations for the Mercur
Eugene Haslam is not known for being a man of few words, so a recent Facebook post from the owner of the popular York Street nightclub Zaphod Beeblebrox caught many by surprise not only for
Businesses could have as much to cheer about as spectators when the city hosts part of the FIFA Women’s World Cup next year, a Canadian Soccer Association executive told a group of local entreprene
When the Canadian Golf & Country Club first experimented with putting larger-than-regulation six-inch cups on the greens at its nine-hole course earlier this summer, it didn’t take long
The Westboro headquarters of Ottawa’s self-professed “biggest and best” entertainment law firm, with its bare concrete floors and quasi-warehouse feel, looks more like it should be home to
Minto Group Inc. has closed its downtown Minto Suites Hotel operations earlier than expected as the company aims to fully convert the Lyon Street property by October.
Two major developments are bringing hundreds of engineering and high-tech jobs into Bells Corners, creating momentum for the oft-overlooked west-end neighbourhood.
The head of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association says he is hopeful his group won’t have to go to the Ontario Municipal Board to fight a city council decision to raise development charges.
An Illinois-based company has raised its offer to take over Ottawa’s Nordion after another potential buyer submitted a higher bid for the company.
By Jacob Serebrin
With the amount of venture capital deals in Canada increasing, investors say they’re more confident this year than they've been in a while.
By Jacob Serebrin
While the number of housing starts in Ottawa is forecast to decline this year, the resale market is expected to stay balanced into 2015, according to a new report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing
After spending almost six months reviewing its business strategy, Ottawa-based WiLAN says it now plans to refocus its operations and increase the dividend it pays to shareholders.
Executives at Ottawa’s DragonWave didn’t spend much time talking about what they described as a disappointing fourth quarter during a conference call with investors on Thursday morning.
Growth is still the No. 1 priority for Halogen Software, the Ottawa-based firm said late Thursday after posting first-quarter revenue gains.
By Jacob Serebrin
Government adoption of new technologies will mean big opportunities for business, according to Shawn Cruise country manager at Adobe Systems and the company’s area vice-president for the public se
Ottawa-based digital TV software provider Espial Group (TSX:ESP) doubled its revenues during the first quarter, helping the company to transform a multi-million dollar loss last year to jus
As this term of city council draws to a close, those involved with economic development are assessing its progress and thinking about how the municipal politicians elected this fall can mak
Higher vacancy rates in office buildings are pushing rents down in Ottawa, according to a new report by real estate firm Colliers International.
By Jacob Serebrin
The proponents behind a new east-end Ottawa cyber security centre want to turn the nation’s capital into an exporter of technical tools with which to fight online criminals.
Workspace renter Regus has opened a second business centre in Ottawa.
By Jacob Serebrin
The new 17,678-square foot location is on Preston Street in Little Italy.
The prospect of the Progressive Conservatives toppling Ontario’s minority Liberal government has several Ottawa solar firms looking at relocating to new markets, just as the industry starts
The prospect of the Progressive Conservatives toppling Ontario’s minority Liberal government has several Ottawa solar firms looking at relocating to new markets, just as the industry starts
Two new satellites along with a reduced cost of borrowing pushed revenue and profits up at Ottawa-based Telesat Holdings during its fiscal year despite a decline during the fourth quarter.
Two new satellites along with a reduced cost of borrowing pushed revenue and profits up at Ottawa-based Telesat Holdings during its fiscal year despite a decline during the fourth quarter.
The announcement of eight new Canada Research Chairs for the University of Ottawa is a huge “brain gain” for Canada, the university’s vice-president of research said Friday.
If you are not familiar with it, the Canadian Toy Testing Council is a 55-year-old non-profit that enlists the volunteer aid of families to subject toys to the most rigorous testing possibl
Condominiums accounted for 16.3 per cent of owner-occupied households in Ottawa in 2011, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
Gatineau homebuilder Brigil Construction has decided to move into the full-service retirement home business with the purchase of a 1.23-acre property in Ottawa’s west end for $2.4 million.
Ottawa’s construction industry is largely supporting a city plan to implement a rating system to grade the work done by construction companies that receive contracts from the city.
Ottawa’s housing market is expected to weaken over the next two years, according to a new report by the Conference Board of Canada, with declines expected in sales of both new and existing homes.
Interest in two commercial condo developments from local firm Huntington Properties is picking up after a slow start to sales, according to an executive with the company.
Activity in Ottawa’s condominium market will slow down in 2014 as developers wait for buyers to snap up already-finished units before going ahead with new projects, the lead economist for Ottawa at
“Innovate or die” is a motto that successful entrepreneurs of Ottawa’s heyday not only promoted – for a good reason – but also embraced, lived and eventually left behind as an inheritance t
Ottawa housing sales are going to rise over the next few months before slowing down again in mid-2014 due to an expected increase in mortgage rates, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
Royal LePage has added to its Ottawa operations with the acquisition of the local offices of Prudential Town Centre Realty, the firms announced this week.
The new owner of land around the Carp Airport says he intends to start constructing residential and commercial space around the west-end property next year, more than a decade after previous propon
With Prime Minister Stephen Harper undertaking the most significant shuffle since his first election in 2006, several key appointments are relevant for the National Capital Region and its b
Local developer Tamarack Homes is one step closer to breaking ground on a massive new development planned for the eastern edge of Orleans.
By Mark Brownlee.
City councillors took the unusual step of rejecting a developers’ proposal for a high-rise residential building on Tuesday, voting to turn down a request from developer Tega Homes.
Discouraging youth employment rates and a surge in condominium buying contributed to an increase in the percentage of vacant apartments in Ottawa during the spring period, the Canada Mortgage and H
Local developer Tamarack Homes is seeking the green light from Ottawa city councillors to add a massive new development of housing and store space to Orleans.
By Mark Brownlee.
The city has cleared the path for new development southwest of downtown Ottawa by agreeing to rezone several properties clustered together on Woodroffe Avenue, north of Strandherd Drive.
The organization responsible for administering homebuilding laws on behalf of the provincial government is sounding the alarm about illegal construction in the Ottawa area.
A committee of city councillors has given Ottawa developer Claridge preliminary approval to construct the city’s tallest building in the south end of Little Italy.
Mark McQueen, CEO of well-respected Wellington Financial, told BNN viewers last week that Halogen Software is the best high-quality Canadian initial public offering prospect in the last two
Tearing down the former Ogilvy’s department store will cost the owners of the Rideau Centre approximately $2.7 million, according to municipal records.
By Kane Van Ee
Ottawa developer Minto received an endorsement Tuesday from a committee of city councillors to build an eight-storey condominium its proposed for a growing neighbourhood east of downtown Ottawa.
City councillors gave their OK to two high-rise tower projects located along Parkdale Avenue Tuesday, the latest sign that new developments are rapidly taking over the neighbourhood west of downtow
Amid the highly anticipated unveiling of its latest smartphone, the Canadian company behind the device announced it was renaming itself from Research in Motion to “BlackBerry.” In the words
City councillors have taken the first step towards rezoning the site of a contentious seven-storey condominium proposed for the Beaverbrook neighbourhood west of downtown Ottawa.