The Ontario government’s decision late last week to change course and order pot stores to close feels like a bit of a double whammy to the owner of Hobo Cannabis.
While most Ottawa kids are struggling to fill their days amid an unexpectedly extended March Break, two young entrepreneurs in Kanata are finding opportunity in the disruption and launching their f
Hexo's CEO said that restrictions put in place to help stem the spread of the virus will have a material impact on the Gatineau-based company’s earnings
An Ottawa-based startup that makes flexible headgear for Muslim and Sikh athletes has shifted its production into making masks aimed at reducing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic
The spreading COVID-19 pandemic has closed the doors on the capital’s business hub as Invest Ottawa looks to remote options to support the city’s fledgling startups through the uncertainty.
While Ericsson has long had a relationship with Carleton to attract co-op students and new graduates, the formal partnership will help bolster the networking giant’s local talent pipeline
Traffic figures at the Ottawa International Airport are bouncing back in the early weeks of the year following stagnant annual passenger volumes in 2019
Ottawa city council came together Wednesday in an effort to uncover more information on the controversial procurement process to construct phase two of light-rail transit
Shopify confirmed plans Wednesday to open an Ottawa-based R&D centre to trial new robotics and fulfilment technologies as the company reported a rare profit in its fourth-quarter earnings
The Smiths Falls-based cannabis producer opened its first local store under the Tokyo Smoke brand Monday as the provincial government looks to expand where Ontarians are permitted to get high
A hub for Ottawa’s crafters and creators is finding its way to profit through a new model that carves up the industrial site into personal workshops for entrepreneurs.
Ottawa digital agency Soshal is splitting up its operations between its marketing and technical sides, an effort the CEO says is meant to present a clearer picture of what the companies do
An Ottawa-based company looking to ride the global wave of e-commerce demand is hoping its new artificial intelligence persona will help workers in the field feel a bit more fulfilled on the job
The Ottawa International Airport is turning to a third-party aviation services company to fill lounge space left vacant a year ago when Porter Airlines pulled up roots from YOW
Newly released documents show the extent of the failings in SNC-Lavalin’s original bid to take on the southern extension of Ottawa’s light-rail transit system
Erin Blaskie, the director of marketing at L-Spark and a staple of the Kanata North tech community, is heading downtown for her next post with up-and-coming startup
A popular route to Chicago’s O’Hare airport is coming back to the Ottawa airport’s list of direct connections as the local travel hub reports a slight decline in overall passenger volumes in 2019
The makers of a unique metal powder developed in Ottawa are feeling light on their feet after an $8-million cash injection from a federal government fund this week
One of Ottawa’s publicly traded companies has shifted its headquarters from the capital after it struggled to find the talent it needed to grow locally.
AutonomouStuff, which develops a test platform for companies looking to develop apps for self-driving vehicles, announced its expansion plans to Ottawa at CES this week
A slew of journalists are leaving CTV Ottawa this week as the shifting business model for local television news continues to put pressure on broadcasters
We asked Ottawa tech execs how Shopify's rise has affected the local sector and whether today’s deluge of public companies puts the city at a disadvantage
L-Spark and its corporate partners celebrated the first round of their secure IoT accelerator program Wednesday at the Brookstreet Hotel as they looked to the future with new program part
We asked our editorial roundtable whether we’re back in the golden days of funding flowing into Ottawa and about how the trend towards co-working is affecting commercial real estate in the city
In our 2019 roundtable, we asked about how Ottawa tech firms are overcoming a tight talent market and whether the LRT has had any tangible impact on business in the first few rocky months
As it builds out its own fulfilment network, Ottawa’s Shopify is planning to launch its own distribution facility in the National Capital Region as a “centre of excellence"
The University of Ottawa is turning to a well-connected member of the Kanata North community to lead its partnership strategies with companies in the tech park
Ottawa’s e-commerce giant has crossed an impressive employee threshold in the capital, which newly released stats say remains a top tech hub in Canada.
Humility permeated every speech from the marquee award winners at Friday evening’s Best Ottawa Business Awards, as the local community turned out in droves to honour the city’s brightest business…
The National Capital Commission unveiled its cohesive vision for the future of LeBreton Flats Thursday morning, featuring numerous public spaces, sections designated for a series of mixed
Twelve-7 Ventures is seeking established companies committed to long-term bootstrapping with the hope of hitting annual revenues of $12 million in seven years
With last year’s summit bringing out 350 attendees and organizers expecting as many as 500 for this year’s instalment, CENGN is proving its ability to build effective networks goes beyond just 5G tech
OSEG's proposal to assume control of Lansdowne Park’s public spaces has been thoroughly revised after a horde of concerned residents turned out to a city committee meeting on Tuesday
After 10 years in business, Ottawa-based Iversoft is only now naming its first CEO – the firm’s attempt to maintain its momentum from a high-growth year
Four immigrants making an impact on Ottawa’s economy – leaders in fields from data analytics to stonemasonry – were honoured Friday morning at TiECon Canada.
A local cybersecurity company is getting support from the Business Development Bank of Canada as it looks to stem the rising tide of data breaches affecting some of the biggest organizations around…
While few are expecting a Liberal minority to bring Ottawa to new economic heights, local observers are satisfied that the next few months will be business as usual in the nation’s capital
Ottawa’s BIAs have formed a new advocacy group to give its member businesses an independent say on municipal issues that affect the thousands of merchants under their collective banners.
Fresh off its enormous industrial development for Amazon in Ottawa’s east end, Broccolini is gearing up to build a new 700,000-square-foot warehouse in North Gower designed for similar use
As demand for new live entertainment experiences grows, Escape Manor has become the go-to destination for tourism operators looking to add a jolt of excitement to their offerings
With a growing roster of Fortune 500 clients turning to Relogix for insights on how to better manage their massive real estate portfolios, the Ottawa-based firm announced this week it has
A long-running but rapidly rising tech firm in Kanata has been acquired by a company south of the border in a deal the firm’s CEO believes will help the business reach new levels
Two groups have come forward looking to take over the struggling Ottawa Champions’ stadium lease as some councillors question whether baseball can really work in the capital
The phased approach to developing LeBreton Flats has members of the National Capital Commission’s board of directors feeling more in control of the long-vacant land
Save for a few minor hiccups, the Confederation Line LRT ran 'very, very well' over its first few days in service, according to the head of Ottawa’s transit agency
As Ottawa transit riders gear up for their inaugural trips on the city’s long-awaited light-rail system this weekend, OBJ is taking score of who is winning and losing as the trains take on passengers…
Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store has announced plans to add a second location in Ottawa, though the company will have to pass through some regulatory hurdles before it’s granted a retail licence
United Airlines is set to cancel its service between Ottawa and Newark next year, just as the air carrier is expected to resume its direct connections between YOW and Chicago
An Ottawa-Gatineau hemp firm is laying off a substantial number of employees as it searches for an acquisition, additional financing or another strategy to remain in business
An Ottawa-based mould removal company is turning its machine learning solution over to the open source community in hopes of developing a robust platform to speed up the identification of dangerous…
An Ottawa company’s artificial intelligence solution could help reduce the hydro bills of some local businesses thanks in part to a funding boost from a federal government fund
Leonovus is making some changes to its product lineup in an attempt to get cash flowing into the business, claiming its latest major offering was too “futuristic” to garner public interest
Royal LePage said Wednesday that the median price per square foot of condominium space rose 17.9 per cent year-over-year in the first seven months of 2019 to $395
Workers in Kanata North had the chance to take an autonomous pod for a spin around the Marshes Golf Club this week, a pilot run that could be a first step in alleviating some of the research park’s…
A year after his company was acquired, Jean-Sylvain Sormany’s studio has doubled its headcount – and his biggest problem is that it’s not growing fast enough.
Trinity Development Group is lowering the planned height of its proposed apartment complex next to the future Gladstone Station, according to updated plans filed Thursday with the city
An Ottawa software developer is taking the Government of Canada to court, alleging a federal department is using its intellectual property without paying licensing fees – a claim the feds dispute
Strapped with fresh financing and with a new CEO in place, a local cybersecurity company is building out a sizeable sales team to take its platform to a series of enterprise customers
Ottawa’s next pot shop may land in Barrhaven – with an application for Orléans waiting in the wings – after the results of Ontario’s second cannabis retail license lottery were made public Wednesday
Participants in Escape Manor’s new cybersecurity-focused experience might walk off with more than just the self-satisfaction of cracking complex cryptography
After more than a year on the 'pitch circuit,' the founders behind local sports marketing app FanSaves have seen their hard work pay off with a $100,000 win at the RC100 competition
Kanata-based PureColo is more than doubling its footprint to attract larger customers seeking to peer at the first home of the capital’s Internet Exchange Point
A Montreal-based real estate investment trust is bolstering its Ottawa portfolio with two fully leased properties in Kanata South and the central business district
Two years after setting out to reshape the federal government’s digital presence, Alex Benay is leaving the public sector to join one of Ottawa’s fastest-rising tech stars
Heritage Ottawa launched a GoFundMe page late Monday looking to raise $150,000 to help fund a legal challenge against the owners of the Château Laurier
Transparent Kitchen is looking to disrupt the way we choose where we eat in the same way streaming services such as Spotify changed the way we listen to music
Well-known Ottawa arts centre SAW reopens to the public Friday evening following two years of construction to triple the size of its gallery and event spaces
Algonquin College has tapped a 20-year veteran of the post-secondary institution to succeed the outgoing Cheryl Jensen and lead it through the next five years
Even under the effect of a 'brain drain,' Ottawa’s labour market remains among the most concentrated in technology across North America, according to CBRE’s annual tech talent scorecard
Call it startup summer school: Kanata’s L-Spark accelerator is putting its years of practice helping entrepreneurs score customers and investment into a one-day workshop to help other com
Two of Ottawa’s serial entrepreneurs are setting their sights on a public listing for their latest venture, citing a torrent of investor interest as grounds for their ambitious goals
Though a call to revoke council approval for the Château Laurier’s controversial addition was initially defeated, a move to reconsider the motion on Thursday will see the debate stretch into a second…
Ottawa’s transit boss delivered a positive update on the long-awaited light rail transit line Wednesday morning, indicating Rideau Transit Group is on track to deliver the system next month
A major facelift of a long-vacant federal government building is set to begin next month as contractors ready a temporary home for the Supreme Court of Canada.
A pending motion for city council to rescind approval of the controversial addition to the Château Laurier could land the municipality in a tough court battle
Martello shares were up 43 per cent to 38 cents in late afternoon trading after co-chair Bruce Linton shined a light on the firm amidst his high-profile exit from Canopy Growth
Executives at an international commercial real estate company believe Ottawa's tech scene will embrace its brand of flexible office space in the downtown core
Ottawa taxpayers won’t be on the hook for an estimated $34.4 million in costs related to the delayed opening of phase one LRT – assuming the city can get the light-rail builder to pay
The National Capital Commission outlined its role and vision for several major Ottawa building projects – including the controversial Château Laurier addition – on Thursday
Rideau Transit Group has not provided a new date to hand over the system, though the city has been told to expect work to finish by the second or third week of August
Ottawa’s planning committee approved the site plan for the Château Laurier’s proposed addition Thursday following hours of debate over procedure and the finer points of heritage design
One of Ottawa’s leading artificial intelligence firms has secured $29.6 million in series-B financing, matching a contribution from the federal government with venture capital
Two years after the automotive giant moved into Kanata, Ford Canada’s chief engineer says the company has doubled its headcount and intends to keep growing in the capital
The federal government has awarded a massive contract to a consortium of designers and developers to install and maintain clean energy systems across the National Capital Region.
Ottawa’s light-rail transit line will not be ready by June 30 as promised due to issues with the trains, OC Transpo head John Manconi told Ottawa councillors Tuesday morning.
As six Ottawa startups prepare their pitches for AccelerateOTT in June, Techopia talked to Mistral Venture Partners’ Code Cubitt and Panache Ventures’ David Dufresne to get their dos and
A plan to repurpose plastic into affordable pairs of glasses caught the eyes of some angel investors this week, as Ottawa-based EcoVision walked away from a pitchfest with an extra $10,00
One year after doubling in size through a major merger, Natural Partners Fullscript is primed to expand again after landing US$25 million in a series-B round announced on Tuesday.
A Gatineau-based company looking to disrupt the property management space has closed a multimillion-dollar seed round and is setting expectations sky high for additional funding and hires
A software firm that prides itself as the “original sales engagement platform” is primed to double its Gatineau headcount with an additional 30 hires thanks to fresh funding.
A new tech conference coming to Ottawa next month is looking to bring together government, industry and academia to explore the opportunities in location-based technologies.
A few years after spinning off from parent company DataKinetics, omNovos is finding enough success in the retail industry to make a major purchase of its own.
Two Toronto real estate firms have staked their claim to the Ottawa-Gatineau market with a pair of apartment building acquisitions in the National Capital Region.
Invest Ottawa is teaming up with Ontario’s other economic development agencies to help scale a new generation of companies past $100 million in revenues.
A few days after the National Capital Commission approved final designs for the revitalization of a prominent public-sector workplace in Gatineau, the federal government has awarded a mas
Ottawa founders unsure where to start on building their businesses are finding their answers in a community born out of a new entrepreneurial boot camp from Invest Ottawa.
A major global acquisition will have a sizable impact in Ottawa, as French multinational Thales Group completed its $7.3-billion acquisition of Netherlands-based digital security firm Gem
An autonomous shuttle-maker will be among the first companies to put its vehicles through the paces at Ottawa’s custom-made test facilities this spring.
The City of Ottawa has closed the first of two deals to extend the forthcoming light-rail transit line even as councillors continue to express concerns about the decision-making process f
City Council will consider a motion at its next meeting to have the auditor general look into the procurement process surrounding the $4.7 billion in contracts for the second phase of Ott
An innovation in hearing tests born out of an Ottawa hospital is taking its mission worldwide following a recent acquisition by a billion-dollar company.
The Liberal government’s final budget of its mandate puts a focus on getting municipal infrastructure projects off the ground, including a controversial plan for a new interprovincial cro
A local startup’s software is not only giving Ottawa firefighters valuable insights before arriving at a frenzied scene, but could also lay the foundations for a smarter and safer nation’
Following a banner year that saw his firm’s user base grow 300 per cent, the co-founder behind an Ottawa app maker says the company’s local foundations set it up for international success.
The National Capital Commission said Thursday morning it is moving ahead with a new process to redevelop LeBreton Flats, one that will start with a piece of land next to the new central l
Ottawa city council has approved two multibillion-dollar bids to develop the second phase of its light-rail transit network following a vigorous debate on the tight timeline to go ahead w
The consortium building the first phase of Ottawa’s light-rail transit system will miss its third handover deadline, with the system now expected to be delivered in the second quarter of
Ottawa-based Espial Group’s revenues dropped sharply in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 as the company increasingly focused on its burgeoning SaaS-based business.
A couple years after generating buzz around a product aimed at automating the laborious proposal-writing process, Ottawa-based reDock has raised fresh capital to take a pared-down solutio
Before she was leading Shopify’s data science team, before she was working at one of the world’s biggest investment banks and before she was researching breast cancer predictors in univer
The Liberal government is adding $40 million in federal money to a $310.5-million pledge from BlackBerry aimed at supporting the development of self-driving car technologies in Kanata.
With the growing popularity of International Women’s Day events around Ottawa, a few local business leaders recently started asking the question, “Why just one day?”
A staff report imagining the shifts Ottawa’s economy might see in the coming century could help to guide upcoming creation of the city’s new Official Plan after receiving planning committ
The head of the consortium constructing Ottawa’s light-rail transit line said Tuesday he’s “confident” the system will be ready to be handed over to the city on March 31, but the city’s t
The local game developer behind a viral sensation is returning to his roots to grow his burgeoning studio, acquiring Ottawa-based Karman Interactive – the same company that gave him his s
Ottawa youth will soon have the chance to experiment with artificial intelligence, quantum computing, nanotechnology and more through a new local chapter of
The Vancouver-based shipbuilder tasked with providing Canada’s navy with a new fleet of support ships is turning to a defence giant’s local operations to power the brains of the vessels.
AccelerateOTT will shift farther downtown from its traditional home at Lansdowne Park’s Horticulture Building to the National Arts Centre on Elgin Street when the annual entrepreneurship
A handful of Ottawa-based firms are among a roster of artificial intelligence suppliers that will aim to bring the federal government into the digital age with a new wave of service offer
You know things are going well at the office when your boss shows up to hand out cheques for $6,000 to you, your co-worker, your team and the rest of the company.
The chief executive of a Vancouver real estate firm says Amazon’s long-term lease on its new distribution facility in Ottawa was a deciding factor in his fund’s deal to buy a 90-per-cent
Ottawa Tourism is pressing pause on new efforts to attract and cater to Chinese tourists in light of strained relations between the Asian country and Canada.
A vote of confidence from a large portion of its shareholders put a spring in the stock price of a local cannabis holding firm on Monday as prospective buyers knock at the company’s door.
The feuding partners in the LeBreton Flats redevelopment have entered mediation in a last-ditch effort to salvage the project before the National Capital Commission officially terminates
With the first pick out of the picture to redevelop LeBreton Flats, second-place Devcore Canderel DLS is arguing the National Capital Commission is legally obligated to enter into negotia
The unravelling of the RendezVous LeBreton partnership continued Tuesday as Trinity Development Group executive chairman John Ruddy announced he’s countersuing Ottawa Senators owner Eugen
City councillors approved a staff recommendation Thursday to allow pot storefronts in Ottawa, despite a number of complaints about the lack of local zoning powers in the province’s privat
A Silicon Valley fintech firm announced its money transfer service’s expansion to Canada earlier this week, but the well-heeled startup’s founder and workforce are both already firmly roo
As Huawei’s Canadian operations come under increasing scrutiny amid an international brouhaha, the Chinese firm’s Ottawa-based research partners are adopting a holding pattern until the p
The kingpin of Mitel, and some would argue the whole of Kanata North, has left his chairman role at the company he co-founded more than 45 years ago after the telecom firm announced last
Two Colonel By Secondary School students have teamed up with Nokia’s Ottawa outpost for a new conference aimed at showing girls that coding is not just a boy’s game.
The other team that submitted a proposal to redevelop LeBreton Flats says it’s ready to resume negotiations with the National Capital Commission as talks with the Crown corporation's pref
A local cleantech startup is bringing the decision-making power of artificial intelligence to grids in Ottawa and around the world in an effort to optimize and reduce cities’ energy consu
The future of the internet in Ottawa has never looked brighter thanks to the efforts of numerous groups aiming to improve the National Capital Region’s network infrastructure.
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, but the elusive top spot remains in To
“Unresolved issues” within the consortium tapped to redevelop LeBreton Flats have pushed the National Capital Commission’s board to set a January ultimatum for RendezVous LeBreton: “Get y
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 and a priority that will inform the annual event’s
A new report is predicting the Liberal government will soon come under pressure to curtail federal spending, putting a drag on the National Capital Region’s economic growth.
One of Ottawa’s hottest tech firms announced Monday that it’s bringing one of the city’s most vaunted tech executives back into the game to lead the company’s scaling efforts.
Quality mentorship and family ties were major themes of the evening at the 2018 Best Ottawa Business Awards as the capital’s top companies and entrepreneurs were honoured for the past yea
With fresh funding from some high-ranking sports executives, You.i TV is looking to add up to 100 employees to its bench in a play to dominate the sports media market.
The chaos of Brexit has accelerated demand for digital visas and identification software, opening up opportunities for an Ottawa-based software firm that’s been in the game for two decades.
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 firm’s previous attempts to remain politically neu
One week after her successful entry into municipal politics, new Kanata North councillor-elect Jenna Sudds says she’s not forgetting her tech park roots.
Gatineau-based hemp and cannabis company LiveWell Canada reported its first public earnings on Monday since going public via reverse takeover in June, giving investors the first look into the firm
The City of Ottawa is surveying residents about whether to allow private cannabis retailers to set up shop in the capital, an all-or-nothing choice that puts decisions about local pot shop location
An Ottawa company says it made history in the skies above Ontario with a test of its low-Earth orbit satellite – a demonstration that could have bearings on the future of connectivity in air and ma
A nine-figure series-C round is the next big step in Assent Compliance’s quest to dominate its industry, the Ottawa-based firm’s CEO told OBJ on Tuesday.
In his third straight term as mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson will work with a crop of fresh faces after voters in seven wards picked new councillors in the 2018 municipal election.
Two Ottawa lawyers have filed an $80-million class-action lawsuit against Google, claiming the search giant’s results are inadvertently revealing names protected by a publication ban.
With technological disruptions leaving two generations of industrial maintenance workers untrained, an Ottawa-based firm is using its simulation software to bridge an emerging skills gap in the man
Ottawa’s real estate market had a banner first six months of 2018, according to a report released Wednesday that said two landmark office building sales in 2017 have piqued investors’ interest in t
A slew of expansion announcements and fresh attention on Gatineau-based Hexo have driven the company’s share price up nearly 40 per cent in the three weeks following shareholder’s calls to explore
After three years piloting the degree program in Ottawa with Carleton University, Shopify is expanding its workplace learning concept to York University in Toronto.
After spending 14 months carefully curing a single cut of meat in a specialized refrigerator, few things are less welcome than a weekend without power.
Startups from across Ottawa opened their doors on Thursday night in hopes of attracting talent and showing the public what’s happening in the capital’s burgeoning tech scene.
The investment arm of Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth went public on the TSX Venture Exchange Thursday morning, sending an already-hectic cannabis market into even more of a frenzy.
After years spent searching for the best path to scale up and take on Canada’s cloud communications market, Ottawa-based Versature has decided being acquired by a larger firm is best way to grow.
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 for merchants with the latest version of i
Martello Technologies rang in its public listing at the TSX Venture Exchange on Wednesday to a roar of applause, but with more acquisitions already in the pipeline, the Ottawa-based firm was lookin
Ottawa’s light rail system will not be ready by the Nov. 2 handover date and trains aren’t expected to start carrying passengers until 2019, city staff announced Monday morning.
An Ottawa semiconductor firm that attracted international attention for improving the efficiency of solar panels and power storage technology has been acquired by a Chinese electronics giant.
Gatineau-based cannabis firm HEXO is under pressure from one of its largest shareholders after the group, disappointed in what it perceives as an undervalued share price, sent a letter to the firm
An Ottawa-based biotech firm is solving a long-standing problem for research labs on a shoestring budget, all while making margins on its microwave-like machine.
Former Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder will take the wheel at Myers Automotive Group as the organization’s first CEO, a move that keeps the well-known businessman right where he wants to be:
Days after breaking ground on a massive new warehouse in Ottawa’s east end, Amazon is clearing out of its research and development post in the west just two years after moving in.
The Growcer has returned to its University of Ottawa roots, this time installing its hydroponics system on campus to contribute to the cafeteria’s produce supply.
The National Research Council might have just taken the first step towards eliminating the need for physical archives with a new blockchain-based database developed by an Ottawa firm.
A new clothing company’s impact is already being felt by recently-arrived Syrian refugees in Ottawa, but the firm’s young founders have ambitions to tackle an enormous global market.
One of Ottawa’s up-and-coming studios has been acquired by an Ireland-based gaming giant in a move the firm’s co-founder says could elevate the city’s entire industry.
Organizations trying to solve some of the world’s toughest medical problems are doing so with the help of made-in-Ottawa software – and the firm behind the solution is reaching new height
Bayview Yards is looking for a new vendor to run its digital media laboratory and manufacturing shop roughly one year after the facilities first opened.
Huawei’s global sales continued to climb in the first half of the year even as concerns about the smartphone maker’s links to the Chinese government permeated security discussions around the world.
Employees at Shopify, Pythian and Assent Compliance are the most well-connected in Ottawa according to a newly released list from a Toronto startup focused on the power of relationships.
A glut of under-utilized real estate in office portfolios around the world has brought enormous customers such as Amazon and Starbucks to the door of Kanata-based Internet of Things firm
It may not be a red-hot Tesla Roadster, but a local firm’s satellite was set into orbit by one of the world’s fastest-rising space companies following a successful launch this past weeken
There’s a hole in the capital’s internet infrastructure and a new organization’s efforts to solve the only-in-Ottawa problem could mean an opportunity for a local business.
Mitel shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of Searchlight Capital Partners’ proposed acquisition of the Kanata-based firm on Tuesday, marking a key approval in the $2-billion deal
Invest Ottawa CEO Mike Tremblay gave city councillors an idea of the agency’s economic impact on Tuesday, looking to court future funding when the organization’s budget is up for renewal
While Ottawa’s share of the top 250 ICT companies in Canada may be down in 2018, many of the local firms appearing on the latest edition of the Branham300 list are moving up the rankings.
Ottawa entrepreneurs will open up about their own mental health at an event this week aimed at promoting honest and oftentimes difficult conversations in the workplace.
From a security perspective, the recent G7 summit in Charlevoix, Que., passed mostly without incident. Now, an Ottawa company is stepping up to take a bit of credit.
A First Nations-owned coffee company in Ottawa is tackling the subpar water conditions in many of Canada’s Indigenous communities with a little help from Shopify.
Hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors and mentors made their way to the sold-out AccelerateOTT conference on Wednesday hoping to make new connections, pick up some valuable insights or perhaps just
The controversial proposed addition for the Château Laurier finally won city staff’s seal of approval, but not all are pleased with the architects’ latest designs.
With the help of local universities and other players in the capital’s autonomous vehicles hub, Ottawa-based Smats Traffic Solutions is putting smart sensors on the roads where they’re ne
A delegation from India’s burgeoning economy will descend on Ottawa next week at an event hoping to reveal investment opportunities between the National Capital Region and the South Asian powerhous
Despite common age restrictions for young entrepreneurs, three Ottawa teenagers have launched a startup to help parents find babysitters in their neighbourhoods.
One of the United States’ largest defence contractors is investing US$5 million in an Ottawa-based material sciences startup with ambitions to take 3D printing to the next level.
With the first fiscal quarter of the year in the books, CannaRoyalty’s CEO suggested that rising revenues and high-potential acquisitions are positioning the Ottawa-based cannabis holding firm to c
For eight years, Ottawa-based creative agency Soshal has been building up a portfolio of clients ranging from huge brands such as Honda to local startups including Solink and ChangeJar.
Business and community leaders in Ottawa have assembled as a new task force hoping to put some momentum behind the city’s transformational developments and attract more millennial workers
An Ottawa tech firm has shaken the foundations of the concrete and construction industries, bringing an age-old sector into the modern era with the latest developments in the Internet of
When Alex Hebert and Ian O’Halloran were looking to start a business in 2013, they were in search of a traditional brick-and-mortar sector they could bring to the web and scale up.
Espial had its worst market opening to date in 2018 on Friday as the Ottawa-based firm announced significant revenue declines alongside numerous office closures and layoffs around the wor
Ottawa’s three chambers of commerce are again considering plans to formally amalgamate, though an upcoming vote may leave one of the regional bodies out of the mix.
Two Ottawa artificial intelligence firms announced separate funding rounds this week, raising a combined $14.5 million and elevating the capital’s AI profile.
Ottawa businessman Maher Arar is hoping a focus on the fundamentals will bring like-minded entrepreneurs to his new coworking space in Vanier – a neighbourhood he believes is forging a ne
As physicians and techies alike gather Friday night for the second-ever Hacking Health Ottawa event hosted at Shopify, a few of the successful projects from last year’s hackathon are cred
Several of Ottawa’s leading business organizations are throwing their support behind the Hard Rock Ottawa casino, a redevelopment that could see millions of dollars swing back across the
The news this week that Mitel would be acquired in a US$2-billion deal may have come as a bit of a surprise, but the Kanata-based communications firm is no stranger to big-money M&A p
A shift back to private ownership will help Mitel focus on its long-term cloud strategy, CEO Rich McBee told OBJ Tuesday after the firm announced that it had been acquired by an investor
Though the original plan in 2014 called for 120 employees in five years, Swedish design house Syntronic has just passed a headcount of 200 in Ottawa with plans and provincial funding to grow furthe
A would-be cannabis producer is eyeing 225 acres outside Burnstown in the Ottawa Valley for an outdoor grow-op, a production method that’s not yet legal in Canada but that could have a su
Ottawa’s entrepreneurs have the right mindsets to launch and scale up their businesses, but the startup community could use a bit more cohesion, according to the latest report from a global entrepr
The parent company of one of Ottawa’s largest life sciences firms has announced plans to sell a segment of Kanata-based Nordion, with roughly 150 employees changing firms as part of the d
While Monday’s unseasonable ice storm may have led many Ottawa businesses to hunker down, the chaos meant a busy day for some – and opportunity for others.
Martello Technologies will soon conduct a reverse takeover of a publicly listed shell company to secure a listing on the TSX Venture Exchange, the Ottawa-based firm announced Thursday morning.
Fed up with the grow-fast-or-perish mantra that has dominated startup communities around the world, two Ottawa entrepreneurs are introducing an alternative funding model to support local
A revised contract for Ottawa’s green bin organics disposal service will cost the city an extra $626,000 annually, adding dog waste and plastic bags to the scheme while skirting further l
An Ottawa-based IT and management consulting firm says being acquired will give it the capacity to meet increasing demand from the feds, as the Liberal government increasingly makes digit
Klipfolio, the Ottawa-based developer of business analytics dashboards, debuted its new 17,000-square-foot space in the World Exchange Plaza to guests at a Techopia VIP event on Thursday night.
A new report is resurrecting security fears related to the Chinese state's influence on Huawei, a telecom firm with a sizable presence in Ottawa that's among the leaders in developing nex
CareWorx, an Ottawa-based provider of managed IT services and senior care tech, announced Tuesday morning that it has closed $17 million in funding to expand its reach into a rapidly matu
The developer behind Kanata, its business park and neighbourhoods across the National Capital Region is being remembered as a visionary with a “demand for excellence,” as well as an inspi
Gatineau-based startup Foko Retail believes untapped customer insights from brick-and-mortar stores are the secret to both sustaining retail chains and maintaining its own impressive grow
As an Ottawa photonics manufacturer drops deeper into the red, its management is indicating that the firm’s future is at risk without financing to bolster its production capacity.
Confidence: That was the word Kinaxis CEO John Sicard used repeatedly during the firm’s year-end earnings conference call, in which the Ottawa-based supply chain software supplier recorde
A depressed fourth quarter wasn’t enough to bring down a year of record annual revenues for Quarterhill, as the firm says its acquisition strategy introduced last year is now poised to be
Artists playing this weekend’s Megaphono festival might be the first in the world to be paid royalties in cryptocurrency, thanks to an Ottawa firm’s app.
Ottawa’s light-rail transit line will open by the end of November, almost six months after the original date the city was to take possession of the system, Mayor Jim Watson announced today.
Calling all Ottawa railfans: If you’re feeling nostalgic or have an extra few thousand dollars just lying around, you could be the owner of the city’s old O-Trains.
In a big white warehouse on Hamilton Avenue, a local company has been turning customers’ photos into works of art without a cent of venture capital for nine years.
The successes of Ottawa 2017, the city’s booming development scene and trepidation about incoming marijuana legalization were top of mind for Mayor Jim Watson as he delivered his State of City addr
A local indie studio will soon find its popular characters on mobile app stores and mainstream consoles thanks to some key partnerships and the viral success of its games.
As anticipation for legal recreational marijuana reaches new highs, one Ottawa cannabis company doesn’t want consumers – or investors – forgetting about the medical side.
After more than 40 meetings and 120 hours of negotiations, the National Capital Commission and RendezVous LeBreton Group have officially reached an agreement to transfer ownership of LeBreton Flats
The prospect of offering realtors a full-suite of video and VR options has brought Ottawa firms 3Dshowing.com and Waterbridge Media together to form Bookmylisting.com.
A local startup is helping the federal government take its first steps into the blockchain with a pilot program to publish open data on grants and other financial contributions.
In its most active year yet, the Capital Angel Network invested $3.3 million in 20 companies, giving many up-and-coming local startups their first taste of funding.
“Optimistic” Ottawa entrepreneurs intend to invest more into growing their companies than the provincial average in 2018, according to a report from the Business Development Bank of Canada.
One of Ottawa’s newest prospects will be in attendance this year at hockey’s all-star annual showcase – working its magic in the stands rather than on the ice.
BlackBerry is hoping its latest offering can provide peace of mind to automakers developing connected cars, a rapidly-accelerating field fraught with security concerns.
News that one of the U.K.’s largest contractors is folding may be sending shockwaves in business circles around the world, but a local health-care facility that relied on Carillion to bui
An Ottawa founder believes your DNA is the extra personal touch that will separate his new startup from legacy competitors in the skincare and supplements industries.
BlackBerry QNX knows how to play the game at the Consumer Electronics Show, so instead of just telling you that they’ve locked down a deal to underpin a self-driving platform for NVIDIA, they also
The Kanata North Business Association’s search for a new leader will continue, but the tech-focused BIA has named an interim executive director until a permanent replacement is found.
The hazy state of legal cannabis in the United States spurred a tumultuous week for Ottawa-area pot firms, with local companies approaching the end of 2018’s first trading week on a low n
Ottawa firm buys SaaS company ClearSlide, a San Francisco-based developer of sales support software that counts The Economist and Buzzfeed among its clients.
Officials from around the country hoping to establish Ottawa as a hub for autonomous vehicles seem to have set the pace car in their efforts: BlackBerry QNX.
Late last month, Techopia sat down with three local entrepreneurs to hear their views of the past year in Ottawa tech, how they feel the city’s industry is doing today and what challenges
In an attempt to help tourists discover Ottawa’s top sites, the city’s tourism body has partnered with a local startup to put a tour guide right in the pockets of visitors to the National
Patients with complex healthcare needs in the Ottawa region are using a local startup’s platform to better connect with doctors and family, thanks to $1.2 million in public and private fu
After going several quarters starved for sales of its secure data storage technology, Ottawa-based Leonovus is turning heads in the market with its latest blockchain offering.
Year two of SaaS North nearly doubled the exhibitors’ space and inspired a fresh crop of startups, but organizers and attendees say the Ottawa-based conference has a bigger ambition: turning global
Whether they choose a traditional hotel room or make use of platforms such as Airbnb, Ottawa tourists may find a new tax on their stays in the new year.
The Ottawa startup hoping to revolutionize personal DNA testing has pivoted its portable solution to detecting airborne Legionella bacteria in office buildings.
Ottawa is the second-best tech city in the country, according to a report by a national real estate firm released today, but the capital’s tech sector’s strengths and shortcomings reveal
The CEO of Sciemetric Instruments says the Ottawa company has an opportunity to shift its growth into “high gear” in the aftermath of its acquisition by an Ohio-based company.
Digital initiatives could soon be hitting Ottawa’s streets with the goal of turning the capital into a “smart city,” according to a report going before the city’s Finance and Economic Dev
Even though it was Halloween, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke was not spooked by a “short-selling troll” as he defended the firm against what he called “preposterous claims” during its quarterly earnings ca
Silicon Valley, a land of dreamers, seems at first glance like the perfect place to build a company working with “magic internet money.” But Bitaccess CEO and co-founder Moe Adham told Techopia Liv
After four successful years at the organization’s helm, today marks Jenna Sudds’ final day as the executive director of the Kanata North Business Association.
The National Capital Region’s two mayors sent off a collaborative bid to Amazon today, imploring the e-commerce giant to consider the benefits of locating its HQ2 in Ottawa-Gatineau.
A final few visitors took in the top-notch topiaries of MosaïCanada150 this past weekend as the horticultural exhibit wrapped up its widely successful run in Gatineau’s Jacques-Cartier Pa
Spurred by backlash to the federal government’s proposed tax changes, the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance has launched a campaign calling for the government to pause and reset its priorities
Fresh off Martello Technologies’ listing on the Profit 500 list, CEO Bruce Linton told Techopia Live the coming year will likely see the firm make an acquisition or two and possibly even launch a…
While Ottawa’s central downtown population grew at the fastest rate last year, data from the city’s annual development report show neighbourhoods just outside of the greenbelt are gaining ground.
From its humble beginnings as the Open Source Business Resource to its status today as an internationally acclaimed journal for academics and businesspeople alike, the Technology Innovation Managem
Speaking to a crowd of aspiring merchants on Wednesday night, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke advised them not to let their customers’ retail experiences fall by the wayside, lest their businesses end up li
ChangeJar, an Ottawa-based mobile solution to carrying pesky coins, has just added two mainstream functions that its founder says will rapidly help with user adoption.
Wireless connectivity speeds in Nunavut may see a 20-fold increase thanks to a long-term contract between an Ottawa-based satellite operator and Bell Canada.
Amazon is looking for a city to build its second headquarters – a $5-billion project that will bring roughly 50,000 jobs to the successful applicant – and local officials are eagerly putt
Techopia Live dealt with some dense topics this week – literally – as Giatec founder Aali Alizadeh joined us to talk about how the company is hoping to “revolutionize the concrete industr
Local businesswoman and former chair of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce Marie Boivin has been removed from the United States Treasury Department’s sanctions list.
After only its second-ever quarter as a public company, a local marijuana holdings firm’s investments have brought in more than $1 million in revenue to date.
The federal government’s efforts to close a tax “loophole” are drawing backlash from industry observers who say the “ill-conceived” legislation could end up hurting entrepreneurs and smal
A survey sent to members of Ottawa’s business community offers a glimpse at some of the fresh directions Invest Ottawa is considering under its new president.
Cushman & Wakefield’s latest acquisition puts a few local properties under new management and continues an expansion of the global brokerage firm’s Canadian services.
Techopia Live took to the skies this week to hear from local firms about the opportunities for drone pilots and the restrictions concerning entrepreneurs.
Invest Ottawa is hoping a new name for its incubator space at Bayview Yards will excite – or rather, incite – the types of hard-working firms it hopes to attract.
Kinaxis executives may be excited about the firm’s pace of growth, but were forced to lower the Ottawa-based company's guidance for its fiscal 2017 year due to the loss of a large Asian c
A recently announced community housing project in Little Italy has a prominent neighbourhood developer and property manager eagerly anticipating the incoming growth in foot traffic.
A group of insiders in the Ottawa gaming industry is setting out to fix a glaring glitch in the local sector: A worrying scarcity of women working in games.
Entrepreneurs make thousands of decisions every day, from major ones such as where to pivot their startup to minor ones such as what to eat for breakfast.
An Ottawa cybersecurity company is taking its solution to market with the feds behind it, thanks to a program focused on giving startups their first step into the industry.
Ottawa’s largest hotel got a little bit bigger this week as renovations finished on a new glass-enclosed event space that features sightlines of the refurbished National Arts Centre, the
The thousands of travellers passing through the Ottawa International Airport daily will get a peek at one of the city’s top technology companies as well as a piece of Hollywood hardware.
Tech leaders and politicians often like to pitch Ottawa as a potential hub for automotive software, but it may be more accurately described as a battleground.
The company has posted regular losses and suffered declining revenues, subsisting largely on funding from local tech icon and Magor chairman Terry Matthews and his companies.
Ottawa-based Learn Leap Fly is among 11 semifinalists in an international competition designed to discover how technology can improve access to education for hundreds of millions of youth
As companies scour the globe for markets that are both financially and physically safe to explore, Invest Ottawa says it’s helping local companies capitalize on shifting political tides.
Sir Richard Branson led the marquee on an all-star panel of entrepreneurs in Shopify’s Ottawa office on Thursday to launch Amplify, a new initiative aimed at promoting female entrepreneur
Gymnasts from across the globe will soon have a new place to tumble in Ottawa after veteran developer Bruce Firestone announced a $20-million-plus development for a new sports facility in Orleans.
Global automaker Toyota Motors is dropping BlackBerry QNX’s infotainment software from its best-selling Camry vehicles in a move that analysts say reveals a growing threat to the technolo
Quaterhill may be in the midst of diversifying its revenues, but it showed this week that the patent licensing business can still pay dividends as the Ottawa firm settled deals with two b
Though the Claridge name often calls to mind highrise condos and new-built suburban homes, the Ottawa family-owned residential developer is continuing to diversify its portfolio with a ne
Staff at Ottawa’s two major daily newspapers have voted 91.3 per cent in favour of giving their union a mandate to strike against employer Postmedia, according to a union representative.
The two projects may be in early days, but emerging details surrounding the long-unused Booth Street and Gladstone Avenue properties are earning positive reviews from the Preston Street B
City staff are proposing a new umbrella organization, modelled as an innovation centre for the arts that brings together representatives of local creative industries, to help boost Ottawa
With roughly 72 million square feet of managed property valued at more than $800 million between them, two Ottawa condo management firms are joining forces in preparation for impending ch
More defence work is coming to the nation’s capital after Lockheed Martin Canada secured a contract to replace the combat management systems for three of the Chilean Navy’s frigates.
DragonWave’s struggles to reduce its debt load and avoid a de-listing by the NASDAQ continued as investors drove down the Ottawa-based company’s share price to an all-time low after it re
With nearly $1 billion in funding at stake, the country’s economic development minister travelled Wednesday to one of Ottawa’s top tech firms to unveil details about how businesses can access the c
Shopify markets itself as an e-commerce solution, the simple storefront that allows its merchants to sell everything from coffee to electronics to clothing, all online.
Fans of the action-adventure video game series Legend of Zelda have an opportunity to become heroes in their own rights next weekend by solving puzzles at a local ‘temple’: the Canadian Mu
Shopify believes an additional share offering worth about $500 million will better position the firm for future acquisitions, the Ottawa-based e-commerce firm told OBJ on Friday.
Five years after first making its impact, Ottawa’s hub for social enterprise has moved into an office with the room and functionality to provide resources to a growing community.
Ottawa physicians, coders, designers and entrepreneurs came together this past weekend to find some common ground on some of healthcare’s most pressing problems.
At a time of renewal for the National Capital Commission, board member Bob Plamondon will succeed Russell Mills as interim chair, ending the 10-year tenure of the prominent Ottawa leader.
When you’re trying to get from the Rideau Centre to Bayshore Mall, you may know that starting on Sunday you’ll have to take bus route No. 11 instead of the traditional No. 2. But how will Google Map’…
Roughly 130 Kanata businesses are poised to unite under a new banner this year after a city committee endorsed a budget and appointed a board for the Kanata Central Business Improvement Area.
Capital Gaming Expo’s new owner hit the reboot button on the annual event this past weekend, bringing Ottawa’s gaming community together with industry leaders from inside and outside the city.
Almost exactly one year ago, we published an article asking the question, “Can Ottawa be an autonomous vehicle hub?” Today, with Ford’s announcement that it would be investing $337.9 million to build…
Companies such as Neptec and QNX Software Systems brought their test vehicles to the showroom floor to show off the work candidates could potentially get their hands on.
Changes to government procurement were among the highlights of Wednesday’s budget for local businesses alongside cash for technology firms across the country.
Algonquin College and Siemens Canada are expanding their partnership with new programs aimed at meeting the demand for skilled workers with advanced manufacturing expertise.
As craft brewing continues to grow in popularity, Clocktower Brew Pub is looking to assert itself as the Ottawa original with another expansion downtown and its first in the suburbs.
As university graduation season nears, the minds of students in Ottawa are turning towards their legacy. Specifically, the Legacy Conference, aimed at encouraging students to develop their…
Hire Immigrants Ottawa has been championing the integration of newcomers into the local economy for a full decade, and at its annual summit this week, reflected on its progress and honoured its par
Just a short trip down Carp Road will take you to the headquarters of Senstar, the 35-year provider of perimeter security systems for jails and prisons worldwide.
Representatives of both the public and private sector came together at Ottawa’s Westin Hotel on Thursday to break down the frustrating features of federal government procurement and to make suggest
In February, in a cozy room in the Lord Elgin Hotel, I was part of a crowd of IT professionals and public servants attending a seminar called “Digital Transformation Under the Obama Administration:
After Tuesday’s Amazon Web Services outage brought much of the internet to a standstill, an Ottawa cloud services provider says there’s still no reason for businesses to turn their backs on the clo
Shopify chief operating officer Harley Finkelstein was honoured at the Canadian Startup Awards in Toronto last night, taking home the Canadian Angel Investor of the Year award.
Hintonburger, the popular Hintonburg burger joint with meals named after nearby streets such as The Parkdale and The Armstrong, may soon need to add The Somerset to its menu as today it announced p
Some 600,000 pounds of lumber, numerous hotel bookings and more than a fair share of hype have gone into preparations for Red Bull Crashed Ice, one of the first marquee events scheduled for what’s
Mitel Networks CEO Rich McBee struck an optimistic tone about the Ottawa-based firm’s post-mobile future, despite announcing a loss in the company’s fourth quarter Thursday.
Coming off a strong holiday retail season, Shopify executives were in a cheery mood as they shared details of the company’s fourth-quarter earnings results in a call to investors and media this mor
The owners of Ottawa’s iconic Château Laurier are pushing ahead with their controversial expansion plans and recently filed a site plan application with the city that contains new details about the
An Ottawa startup has brought a new approach to public consultation in the city, using artificial intelligence tools to break down how residents feel about proposed developments.
Less than a month after communications company Avaya filed for bankruptcy protection, local competitor Mitel has begun targeting its Kanata neighbour’s clients.
Ottawa entrepreneur Michael Golubev, founder of 3DPrintler.com, is showcasing his latest venture at the TechCrunch Crunchie Awards next week in San Francisco.
With the help of foreign investment, an Ottawa-based entrepreneur is hoping to make his models the faces of Indian advertising by expanding his talent agency to Mumbai.
Cyril Leeder gave few hints about his future as he expressed his gratitude to the Senators executives, his family and local hockey fans in his first public comments since being dismissed as preside
In a major executive shakeup with implications for the city’s tourism industry, the Ottawa Senators have replaced team president Cyril Leeder with Tom Anselmi, the former president and chief operat
A stretch of Bronson Avenue south of the Queensway is set for a major facelift after the City of Ottawa’s planning committee has unanimously approved two proposals for buildings on the street near
A student residence developer is proposing a 12-storey, 172-unit tower a kilometre north of Carleton University, near the intersection of Bronson and Carling avenues.
Claridge Homes says it wants to turn a barren plot of land near the Canadian War Museum into a 1,600-unit, five-tower complex aimed at mixed-income households.
Shares of Shopify spiked before market close on Thursday in anticipation of an announced deal that allows the company’s merchants to sell on the Amazon marketplace through the platform.
As Apple offers a rare glimpse into its App Store sales data, several Ottawa developers say the California tech giant has made several significant changes that make publishing to the popular platfo
Klipfolio has kicked off the new year by landing a $12-million series-B financing round that the Ottawa-based company says will help it hire dozens of new employees.
An Ottawa-based marketing and events firm has has acquired Capital Gaming Expo (CGX), and the new owner is hoping to turn the annual event into a beacon for Ottawa’s burgeoning gaming sector.
Mitel shares plunged Tuesday morning, the day after the Kanata telecom company said it was divesting its mobile division, but analysts say a simplified Mitel is well-positioned for growth and futur
BlackBerry (TSX:BB) (NASDAQ:BBRY) subsidiary QNX is stepping up its work on autonomous vehicles in Ottawa, announcing Monday morning that it would open a new $100-million “innovation centre” dedica
Trinity Development’s proposal for its Bayview Station highrises flies a little too close to the sun, concerned residents told the group at a public consultation on Wednesday night.
Zighra is hoping to double its local presence and expand its customer base in the New Year after a stellar 2016 that saw the Ottawa-based company land a pilot project with Barclays, win “Best Tech”
Construction of Ottawa’s first coach house is underway, and builder Ottawa General Contractors (OGC) is hoping the discrete form of infill represents a big market opportunity.
The Ottawa-based CEO of one of Canada’s largest marijuana firms is lauding yesterday’s federal report that recommends how the Liberal government proceed with its plans to legalize pot.
Condo owners across the province could find it more difficult to rent out their units for short periods using services such as Airbnb following a landmark court ruling involving an Ottawa
Developers took the first step in establishing Zibi as a go-to outdoor event space today with the announcement that Cirque du Soleil will bring a new show to the site, starting in August
After slowly building up its headcount in Ottawa over the last two years, California-based software firm SurveyMonkey plans to go on a local hiring binge in the new year by adding dozens of staff,
As a growing number of businesses confront what they perceive as a shortage of skilled workers in Canada’s capital, an association representing the city’s festivals is making the case for companies
Shopify Inc. (TSX:SHOP) (NYSE:SHOP) isn’t slowing down as it approaches the holidays, announcing today that it has made its third acquisition of the year in the form of app studio Tiny Hearts.
Ottawa fintech firm Telepin Softwarehas landed a deal to become the mobile financial services platform provider for Mascom Wireless Botswana, the country’s largest wireless provider.
Four years ago, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist returned to Canada to start something bold: An Ottawa-based fund with a focus on Canadian startups.
Intouch Insights Ltd. (CVE:INX) was well on its way to break even on its third quarter this year, but an unexpected bankruptcy of a customer put the company in the red.
The future site of the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus became a little clearer today as the NCC officially recommended a parcel of land on Tunney’s Pasture for the development.
The development team behind the controversial proposed addition to the Chateau Laurier presented a revised vision of the plan to the public on Thursday night that scaled back the size of
Carleton University is preparing to launch a $50-million initiative to reduce its carbon footprint by making its facilities more energy efficiency, retrofitting several building as well as creating
Ottawa’s Halogen Software (TSX:HGN) reported an increase in revenue and profits in the third quarter, but the company says it still has work to do in acquiring and retaining customers.
Kinaxis (TSX:KXS) said a growing customer base helped the Ottawa-based firm record a sharp increase in third-quarter revenues, although higher expenses dragged down the software company’s profits.
Shopify’s core strategy of focusing on helping its merchants sell more products is paying off, the CEO of the Ottawa-based commerce technology firm said Wednesday morning after reporting significan
Ten years after discussions first began about developing a prime Sparks Street property, one block south of Parliament Hill, Ashcroft Homes says it plans to break ground on its condo and luxury ren
Despite an overall drop in revenue year-over-year, Thermal Energy International (CVE:TMG) trimmed its net loss and boasted a strong order backlog in its fiscal first quarter.
Several Chinese billionaires were in Ottawa Tuesday, meeting with the city’s business leaders and eying investment opportunities in the nation’s capital.
“TiECon’s goal is to connect Ottawa entrepreneurs to what’s happening in the world,” says Bharat Rudra, president of TiE Ottawa. And you can’t put it much simpler than that.
Hydro rates, infrastructure and fostering business growth were on the minds of Ottawa’s business leaders as the Mayor’s Breakfast series welcomed Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne.
DragonWave (TSX:DWI)(NASDAQ:DRWI) executives say restructuring efforts are improving the Ottawa-based tech firm’s financial picture, even as the company reaches six straight years without turning a
The spending slowdown in North America’s oil and gas sector contributed to a dramatic drop in quarterly revenues and profits for an Ottawa tech company that counts the industry among its customers.
Algonquin College says it plans to construct a new learning centre and Institute for Indigenous Entrepreneurship featuring a makerspace for students to experiment with technology and a multimedia p
The Kanata North BIA commissioned Doyletech Corporation to perform a market gap analysis study alongside its economic impact study to assess what’s still missing in the local tech hub.
Creating prototypes, finding clients, building revenue streams, getting to scale – starting a business isn’t easy. It can all be very daunting, especially to a new entrepreneur.
Frank Bouchard, one of the founders of Wipebook, knows a thing or two about crowdfunding. His first run at Kickstarter had a modest goal of $4,000, but he ended up raising more than $400,000.
Eight companies from the first cohort of L-Spark, the Kanata-based incubator and accelerator program, walked across the stage at the SaaS Showcase on Thursday night.