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- Ex-Nortel employee finds recipe for success with high-tech pressure-cooker that’s become an online sales sensation
- Deal gives Ottawa company instant access to the European market, boosting its customer base and beefing up its service offerings.
- The former CEO of the Minto Group shared his lessons in family succession as well as his thoughts on the LeBreton Flats redevelopment at a Thursday evening event.
- In a corporate world increasingly obsessed with algorithms and big-data analytics, Ford’s approach still comes down to an age-old axiom: If his gut’s telling him it’s not a good deal, it probably isn…
- Linton jumped on a once-in-a-generation opportunity, building a Smiths Falls-based firm into a pot powerhouse with a market capitalization of more than $13B.
- Ottawa’s largest independent commercial real estate brokerage has been sold to a U.S.-based industry giant.
- Parliament Hill's renovations, Airbnb and boosting public safety in the Byward Market were all talking points as Ottawa's mayoral candidates squared off with three weeks left in the campaign
- Revised development proposal scraps hotel; calls for 303 apartment units.
- Company has seen triple-digit growth in recent years and currently has 37 staff on Riverside Drive.
- Former Ottawa Senators executive says diversity is 'imperative' for organizations.
- Under the deal, which is expected to close in early 2019, Farm Boy will be set up as a separate company and continue to be led by Jean-Louis Bellemare and Jeff York
- Despite fears the local hotel industry would take a hit after last year’s record-setting Canada 150 celebrations, some properties say popular tourist attractions helped stave off the expected…
- Two Ottawa firms with remarkably similar stories struck an M&A deal earlier this month
- Local businesses taking a wait-and-see attitude toward cannabis-related activities while provincial legislation gets sorted out
- Business group calls for regular updates on multibillion-dollar project after survey points to widespread ‘concern’ about plan’s long-term prospects
- As the pot industry’s need for skilled workers ramps up ahead of legalization, more and more schools are stepping up with training programs to fill the gap
- Chief executive Kevin Ford was in a celebratory mood Wednesday evening, calling Calian's new offices a 'big milestone.'
- Group expected to bring together urban planners, architects, engineers, lawyers and academics with an interest in planning and development issues.
- Both firms have a sizable presence in Ottawa.
- Set to open his first new condo project in the nation’s capital in years, brash T.O. developer Brad Lamb says the city is still a prime buyer’s market – but likely not for much longer
- Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin supported the heritage designation, calling the museum district 'very precious.'
- Facility expected to create between 500 and 1,000 new jobs for crew members and other cultural sector workers
- Carleton, the University of Ottawa, Algonquin College and La Cite launch $5M program to help graduates with disabilities enter the workforce.
- Sabra Ripley is the city's point person on all things music. It's her job to amplify the economic impact and other benefits of Ottawa's growing music scene.
- The company confirmed this week it is pulling up stakes from its longtime home in the Kanata North business park and moving to new, larger digs at 770 Palladium Dr.
- Overall vacancy rate in the core stood at about eight per cent in the second quarter of 2018, down from more than 11 per cent a year earlier
- Entrepreneurs and city hall are teaming up to build a stronger business case for the music industry
- Two-time founder beat out 350 other applicants for venture capital role
- Another prominent hotel chain is planning to add to the ByWard Market’s stable of accommodations with a new lodging near the Andaz Hotel
- “I have more confidence today than ever,” the owner of the Ottawa Senators said.
- Orléans chamber says its members voted 72% in favour of merging with the newly named Ottawa Board of Trade.
- Kanata company raises guidance as it stretches profitability streak to 67 straight quarters
- Analysts question impact of trade barriers on Ottawa-based supply chain software firm.
- Fresh off $9M injection of venture capital, Kanata tech hardware firm says move into cybersecurity space will be springboard to new growth
- Also at council meeting, Broccolini secures interest-free deferment of development charges for new Amazon distribution centre
- NeuroGym’s products include a wheelchair that allows patients to exercise their trunk and lower extremities while sitting in it, as well as an interactive video game system.
- The airlines have about 800 employees each, with a combined fleet of 32 aircraft.
- But some question whether market can absorb flood of new units
- One of Ottawa’s leading corporate advisory consulting firms has added a high-profile executive to its team with the aim of grabbing a bigger share of the business valuation market
- Councillor calls proposal 'overwhelmingly tall and out of scale' with surroundings.
- New GOHBA executive director forecasts elevated levels of new home construction in Ottawa
- Claridge's "East Flats" would feature more than 1.5 million square feet of residential space along with nearly 230,000 square feet of commercial space northeast of the Pimisi LRT station.
- Local analytics firm omNovos' data-mining know-how set to drive Farm Boy's new app
- Outgoing Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group boss Bernie Ashe's farewell event raises $200,000 for the OSEG Foundation.
- BluArc, which launched its first product in 2006, employs more than 30 people and has thousands of subscribers across the country.
- Backed by major investors, city’s new scaleup hub hopes to lay the foundation for a new wave of world-beating software companies
- Firm attracts tens of millions of dollars from investors who believe it is poised to revolutionize the 3D printing industry
- City to allow microbreweries and other small manufacturing operations more leeway to set up shop in retail neighbourhoods
- Taggart grew the family business into a multimillion-dollar operation that now manages more than 800,000 square feet of retail and commercial space in the region.
- Voter turnout was low, with only 10 per cent of the two organizations' members casting a ballot.
- A boutique Ottawa law firm that caters to small and medium-sized businesses is joining forces with a Calgary firm in a bid to broaden its expertise and raise its market profile.
- Founded in 2011, Fullscript is an online dispensary for natural health products such as vitamin supplements.
- Kanata-based Calian Group is keeping its foot on the gas pedal in its aggressive drive to grow through acquisitions, announcing Monday it has snapped up local IT security firm Secure Technologies.
- With their sights clearly fixed on shoring up the business side of their operations, the Ottawa Senators have hired a veteran communications and marketing expert to be their first chief operating…
- East Ottawa firm to work with major engine manufacturer on next-generation sensors
- South-end Ottawa company’s tactical and bomb-disposal technology becoming a vital tool for law enforcement officials in dozens of countries
- Airbnb to charge 4% tax on rentals, making Ottawa first Ontario municipality to reach agreement with home rental service
- Minto says the average rent of the properties in the new entity would be the highest among all public multi-residential rental REITs focused on the Canadian market.
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- CEO Kevin Ford, who suffered a “cardiovascular event” in early April, told analysts his recovery is going well and that he expects to “ramp up back to full-time status” in the next few weeks.
- If the plan is approved, it would further boost Ottawa’s downtown hotel inventory following a spate of new openings and planned developments that’s expected to add hundreds of new rooms to the market.
- 2018 Fastest Growing Companies: #1
- Adam Newlands, the co-owner of Stalwart Brewing in Carleton Place and a member of Lisgar Collegiate’s class of 2004, will be pouring two of his company’s most popular summer brews at the school's…
- For forty years, Ian Boyd and his brother James have been retailing music in Ottawa – in every format you can imagine.
- Aimers, who's a partner in Pomeroy House, Fraser Cafe and the Rowan Gastropub and sold The Works burger chain eight years ago for $10 million, is looking to scale back as he looks towards retirement.
- “On the Quebec side in our area, there are no other competitors. The market share is there.”
- If Kitchissippi Coun. Jeff Leiper has his way, Ottawa could soon be Canada's music city.
- Company officials say their goal is to become the country’s No. 1 brand for female customers
- OneEleven can be the next stage of a “feeder system” for L-Spark and Invest Ottawa grads looking to scale up, executive says
- Ottawa entrepreneur Nicki Bridgland calls project to revamp former members’-only tennis facility ‘a manifestation of everything I’ve done in my career so far’
- CannaRoyalty, which finances and invests in marijuana companies, posted revenues of just over $3 million for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31.
- New Hilton lodgings are set to open this fall at the site of the former National Hotel & Suites at 361 Queen St.
- If all goes according to plan, new leaseholders could start moving into their new digs by the fourth quarter of 2019.
- All-star centre Jon Gott and spouse Nicole Hilstob team up to target downtown fitness market with new spinning studio
- Industry veteran Scott MacFabe says Ottawa wastewater treatment company poised to shed status as ‘one of the best-kept secrets’ in cleantech
- Plans calls for five mixed-use towers of 25 to 45 storeys with 1,950 residential units near new Pimisi LRT station.
- Local firm recently made history when its seeds were used in the first biofuel-powered commercial flight from the United States to Australia.
- Kivuto has approximately 100 employees and makes a turnkey platform that delivers software, subscription cloud services and digital textbooks to businesses and educational institutions in more than…
- With airlines around the world stepping up their pledge to cut greenhouse gases, Gatineau biotechnology firm Agrisoma Biosciences says its plant-based jet fuel is the solution the industry’s been…
- Governments and lending agencies must broaden perceptions of innovation to give more women-owned businesses access to capital, new report from Ottawa researchers says
- Westboro resident steps down as CEO of Toronto’s CellWand to take on new role
- Sudds will square off against former Ottawa Champions president David Gourlay for seat currently held by Marianne Wilkinson.
- “Where did that money come from?"
- New development would feature retail, office or restaurant space on the lower floors and either about 60 residential units on the top five floors or a hotel.
- Wild winter weather turning 2017-18 ski season into a 'rollercoaster ride' for hill operators.
- Former mayor Jim Durrell is all too familiar with failed plans to redevelop LeBreton Flats, but he believes this time all the right ingredients are finally in place to revitalize the long-vacant site
- Online rental platform acquires Kanata tech firm in bid to capitalize on ‘synergies’ between two ventures
- Local tourism officials in talks to bring popular spectacle back to capital as early as 2020
- Under the deal, Fancy Boys will be dissolved and founder Martin Gomez will move to McMillan to oversee its digital user experience team.
- Ross Video now employs about 650 people and has annual revenues approaching $200M
- Ottawa Tourism forgoes Peace Tower for local entrepreneurs, artists in new videos
- More than 30 local music-related businesses will be showcasing their products and services at this weekend's Music Maker Fair.
- As the new man in charge of overseeing Ottawa’s city-owned markets, Jeff Darwin is aiming to rejuvenate one of the capital’s biggest tourist draws.
- Ottawa’s robust economy helped dramatically cut the number of unsold housing units in the region over the first three quarters of 2017, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said in a report released…
- More than a decade after the closure of Chesterville’s Nestle plant rocked the Eastern Ontario town, a new group of investors is sowing the seeds of an economic revival inside the former chocolate…
- Incoming OSEG boss Mark Goudie knows he has big shoes to fill as he prepares to succeed friend and mentor Bernie Ashe as the organization’s next chief executive.
- The city’s first legalized marijuana grow operation could eventually create up to 800 jobs in rural south Ottawa if the proposal gets the go-ahead from city council and Health Canada, one of the…
- Chris Knight’s company is aiming to make a major foray into foreign markets in 2018.
- Gusto’s new studio provides another option for producers in Ottawa, but some industry insiders say it could be a while before the city gets a facility large enough to lure big-time movie shoots.
- The benefit of pulling together a region-wide bid outweighs the disappointment, say those who sought to woo the Seattle-based tech giant.
- Chief operating officer Mark Goudie appointed CEO
- The 30-year-old firm has a team of 75 in Ottawa developing software to stop would-be fraudsters before they get started.
- Local tourism industry needs a long-term plan to make sure the goodwill generated by city’s Canada 150 celebrations doesn’t go to waste once the glow has faded, experts say
- Changing commercial real estate landscape presents both challenges and opportunities for owners of lower-tier properties looking to entice new style of tenants
- “Being able to say, ‘We’re in this prominent museum and look at the work we’ve done,’ definitely helps.”
- Ottawa charities land $125,000 for plan to employ at-risk youths to produce promos for paying clients.
- The couple “plunked down 100 grand” to buy a 20-ton container of honey without having a clue where they’d store it or who would buy it.
- Airbnb hosts will still have to collect the charge, which is expected to raise $12M annually for Ottawa Tourism
- Investors in Solink’s new $5M funding round include big-name Chicago firm with portfolio that features Elon Musk’s Tesla and Space-X
- Venerable tourist attraction eyes more interactive approach, puts renewed focus on local innovations as part of $80M overhaul
- Several Kanata hotels sold out during what is usually a slow period for tourism
- Local cybersecurity firm sells majority stake to U.S. private equity firm
- Both businesses are independently owned and operated members of the Alliance Franchise Brands network.
- Several owners of small B&Bs told city councillors that they'd see minimal benefit from the destination marketing tax, which would simply mean more paperwork for operations that already run on a…
- It would be the first rental property in Ottawa for Katasa, which also said it plans to develop retirement homes and student residences on the Ontario side.
- Keynote speaker at Ottawa’s Economic Outlook says public subsidies for pro sports can be controversial
- CannaRoyalty is purchasing Kaya Management and Alta Supply, which manufacture and distribute marijuana vaporizer pens, chocolate and other products.
- Residents asked for input on 'most important things for the City to consider to ensure the future success of Sparks Street.'
- State-of-the-art new home will help Carleton business school attract top students and faculty, raise profile in community, proponents say
- Kanata company records $15.4M profit in fiscal 2017 year, up 8.5%
- Lansdowne visionary John Ruddy, Calian CEO Kevin Ford among homegrown business titans honoured at record-setting ceremony
- ‘Visionary’ behind Lansdowne’s revival forged his reputation in business as a trailblazing retail developer, but it’s his passions for football and philanthropy that have left the most indelible mark…
- Pilot project could eventually render physical driver’s licences, health cards obsolete
- The agreement is a way to shed pot’s “stoner stigma” and give the industry more credibility among investors and some segments of the public, expert says.
- All-stock deal is first full-scale acquisition for Cannabis Wheaton, which provides seed investment to marijuana producers in exchange for a cut of future production at a fixed price.
- A west-end kid made good, Calian boss Kevin Ford has embraced a work hard-play hard philosophy
- Local craft brewer, fitness entrepreneur and escape room founder discuss engaging millennial employees at CEO talk
- Firm's technology can “listen in” on wireless signals and determine if they come from a “friendly” device such as an iPhone or something potentially more nefarious such as a surveillance bug.
- Ottawa-Gatineau’s economy is expected to create an average of 9,100 new jobs this year and next, the Conference Board said, a significant boost from the five-year annual average of 5,900. That growth…
- Faced with founder’s departure, Ottawa public relations firm took fresh look at its reason for being and reaffirmed its core mission.
- A self-driving car made its way down a public street in Kanata on Thursday afternoon – a Canadian first that puts Ottawa in the driver’s seat when it comes to being an autonomous vehicle
- Former fitness biz boss Jean-Luc Boissonneault’s newest venture, Miyagi School, is aimed at giving aspiring business owners a lift
- Well-known Ottawa entrepreneur and Carleton alumnus Wes Nicol, who died late last year, later served on Carleton’s board of governors and donated $10 million to kickstart funding for a new business…
- The award will be officially presented during the Best Ottawa Business Awards (BOBs) gala at the Westin Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
- CEO says deal means there’s 'definitely' an upside for jobs at Ottawa-based firm.
- A new program that will see local startups tap directly into the computing power of Big Blue to develop cutting-edge technologies in fields such as artificial intelligence and big-data analytics made…
- The head of Ottawa’s hotel association is renewing his call for tighter regulations on Airbnb and services like it after a new study revealed the vast majority of hosts are turning their entire pro
- The record-breaking $480-million sale of Constitution Square is “a harbinger of things to come” for Ottawa’s commercial real estate market as investors get ready to ride light rail’s momentum, a new…
- Today, the 53-year-old is a partner and vice-president at Ottawa’s Mercury Filmworks, one of Canada’s most recognized animation studios. Over a 25-year career, he’s had a hand in some of the most…
- With the Equifax scandal and other high-profile corporate security breaches making headlines around the world, an Ottawa firm believes its “passwordless” digital authentication technology is an idea…
- The new international flights continue the upward trend in the number of routes operating out of Ottawa International Airport.
- Driven by client demand, old-fashioned legal files are going the way of the typewriter – a move that could have a significant impact on the legal industry’s bottom line.
- With a task force working on a bid to bring Amazon’s second headquarters to the capital, Ottawa’s top planning guru said Tuesday it’s time for the city to step up its game when it comes to going…
- Percentage of international delegates to downtown convention facility on the rise thanks to aggressive marketing efforts with Ottawa Tourism, CEO says
- Firm has no local customers, but that’s no problem – its reputation for cutting-edge engineering has gained it clients in all corners of the world.
- Buyers include Greystone Managed Investments, Canderel and Canstone Realty Advisors.
- Company's cutting-edge proposal-writing software earns company coveted spot in Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups accelerator
- Addition of Simons, H&M and other big names has helped boost customer traffic ‘significantly’ at downtown shopping centre, GM says
- Kanata company’s next-generation semiconductor technology attracts multimillion-dollar injection of equity led by German automaker
- Local software firm decides to share chief executive duties between two tech veterans
- A tireless entrepreneur who has founded no fewer than 15 businesses, Mr. Cody told OBJ he’d achieved all of his “key objectives” at the Better Software Company, which now employs about 30 people and…
- Longtime staffer Nyle Kelly believes best is yet to come for Kanata resort, thanks to hotel’s new banquet and meeting facilities and beefed-up marketing efforts
- Development proposal calls for three highrise buildings of 59, 55 and 50 stories that would feature a mix of office, retail and residential space.
- Software firm raises $40M in latest financing round in growing enterprise’s drive to become a ‘truly global company’
- Kanata firm recently landed $5.5 million in funding.
- Tenants began receiving Estoppel Certificates last week, which is generally considered a sign that a sale is on the path to completion.
- Multimedia exhibit in unfinished LRT station makes history – thanks in large part to renowned Montreal entertainment firm with strong Ottawa connection.
- “Hitting cash-flow positive is an important goal for the company, and we are now very much in reach of doing so.”
- Last-minute decision to apply for national competition pays off with ‘unique opportunity’ for 22-year-old Alana Couvrette.
- A decade after bringing tea retailing to the masses, Ottawa native David Segal is back home with an ambitious new plan to make salads the next big thing in fast casual dining.
- High-tech 3D printers, the latest VR equipment – even a water jet that cuts through steel. It’s all part of what makes the new $5M MadeMill facility at Bayview Yards unlike anything else in Ottawa
- “We’re growing the company by about 30 per cent overnight."
- 2002 CEO of the Year remembered for "incredible ability to get people onto his team"
- Latest cash injection comes just over a year after the 225-employee firm received $20 million in series-A equity investment
- An Ottawa builder’s revamped plan to build three mixed-use towers at a coveted downtown development site could include a supermarket, a consultant who worked on the proposal says.
- The Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards has received a $1.3-million boost to help fund services such as
- Wet weather, perception that rooms are sold out have tempered what many hoteliers felt would be a record year, industry leaders say.
- Most small Canadian firms don’t see government as a potential client, according to new research from University of Ottawa professors.
- Software firm employs 210 staff at main R&D facility in downtown Ottawa
- The federal government is set to expand its downtown footprint after subleasing long-vacant space in the head office of the Export Development Corp.
- Ottawa researchers set to follow up landmark report on female business owners with in-depth look at how women-owned companies in Canada approach innovation
- A local commercial real estate firm specializing in tenant representation has brought one of the city’s more experienced brokers on board as a new partner.
- At an age when many Canadian kids are slinging burgers at fast-food joints to earn spending money, Adrien Lavoie was busy educating himself on the finer points of online retailing.
- The federal government took a lot of heat earlier this year for its decision to strip billions of dollars in near-term spending out of the national defence budget.
- Ottawa professional services firm says deal for smaller local competitor will shore up training offerings in nuclear sector and expand geographic reach
- $4.7M investment from aerospace giant Lockheed Martin latest win for industry-leading Ottawa firm
- MMIST, WR Davis Engineering, Thales Canada, Gastops and cybersecurity firms among companies worth watching, experts say
- 2017 Fastest Growing Companies: Honourable mention
- 2017 Fastest Growing Companies: #8
- 2017 Fastest Growing Companies: #5
- 2017 Fastest Growing Companies: #4
- 2017 Fastest Growing Companies: #1
- “Why can’t we talk to our technology?” asks Niraj Bhargava, the CEO of Fluent.ai and former chief executive of Ottawa-based Energate.
- Eatery is already earning top grades from local tech entrepreneurs.
- Fast-growing Ottawa IT services firm Pythian has landed a new round of investment to help fund its ambitious expansion plans, announcing this week it closed a $15-million mezzanine financing deal…
- Janice McDonald has just added another leadership role to her already impressive résumé.
- With boom phase over, Canada’s website domain name registry is banking on new products to help reverse recent trend of declining revenue growth.
- Iconic celebration of Dutch gift to Canada welcomes back former director with new events to mark historic anniversary.
- Local firm lands $6.5M financing round for app that allows buyers and sellers of crops to directly negotiate their own deals
- One of Invest Ottawa’s most recognizable faces is leaving the organization to join one of the city’s fastest-growing sof
- Marie Fiala believes she has a solution to Ottawa’s chronic shortage of tech talent that doesn’t require looking beyond
- Nancy-lee Glover still remembers her reaction when her mom told the family she was buying a business.
- Don’t count Gabe Batstone among those who believe automation is the enemy of the blue-collar worker.
- Ottawa’s main economic development agency is joining forces with the city’s largest BIA in an effort to lure tech workers from other North American hot spots such as Silicon Valley.
- If you suspect your “high-speed” Internet service is regularly stuck in a traffic jam, the City of Ottawa and the agency
- March 5-11 was National Procrastination Week, but if you never quite got around to celebrating it, don’t worry – you’re probably not alone.
- As product endorsements go, NASA’s seal of approval likely ranks right up there with the best of them.
- The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s drive to find a private operator for the Rideau Carleton Raceway casino is heading closer to the finish line, with the agency expected to announce this
- Bruce Lazenby didn’t waste time making his presence felt on Solacom Technologies’ board of directors.
- An Ottawa startup that says its battery system allows electric cars to be recharged almost as quickly as gas vehicles can be refuelled has landed $1.2 million in federal funding.
- Cole Miller might be majoring in cognitive science at Carleton University, but the 21-year-old entrepreneur has really been a student of business for most of his life.
- A spacious new headquarters in Hintonburg is just one more sign of bigger and better things to come from Ottawa startup Signority in 2017, the firm’s new CEO says.
- The final event in Mayor Jim Watson’s much-touted “hat trick” of marquee Canada 150 spectacles appears close to being a reality.
- One of the NHL’s most gifted offensive defencemen, Erik Karlsson is known to hockey aficionados everywhere as the engine that drives the Ottawa Senators’ attack.
- Much like the store they’re in, the Ottawa Lynx throwback hats on sale at Elgin Sports are a stark reminder of a bygone era.
- After a flurry of activity in 2016 that saw the Rideau Centre unveil a $360-million expansion and Costco open a new outlet in Barrhaven, the Ottawa retail sector is set to experience steady if unsp
- With employment surging and funding announcements already emerging, 2017 is shaping up to be another big year for Ottawa's tech sector.
- Although the city’s glut of unsold condos is easing and local realtors reported a sharp jump in November sales compared with a year earlier, Ottawa real estate experts don’t see a great condo comeb
- GaN Systems believes it’s on the verge of becoming a clean-tech industry powerhouse, and Larry Spaziani can barely contain his own energy when talking about it.
- An Ottawa-based company that uses groundbreaking laser technology to restore sight to people with impaired vision has been named the latest winner of the Startup Canada Innovation Award.
- Aviation software maker Mxi Technologies announced Tuesday it is being acquired by Swedish enterprise software firm IFS, calling the deal a springboard for growth that will allow the Kanata-based c
- Ottawa’s recently completed Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards will be receiving millions of dollars worth of advanced communications equipment that proponents say will help local startups break in
- When entrepreneur Wes Nicol addressed students at Carleton University’s convocation ceremony in 2006, he offered words of wisdom that couldn’t have been more appropriate coming from a man so humble
- One of Ottawa’s fastest-growing companies has acquired a Toronto firm in a bid to expand its cloud-based services.
- With health-care spending eating up nearly half of the provincial government’s annual budget, an Ottawa company says its software can help stop the bleeding when it comes to soaring medical costs.
- Of all the entrepreneurs who took the stage at this month’s Best Ottawa Business Awards, probably none had a bigger grin than FileFacets co-founder Chris Perram.
- In the aftermath of a U.S.
- Craig Fitzpatrick is on a mission to “fix the Internet” – one he hopes just got a little easier thanks to millions of dollars in new funding.
- A veteran entrepreneur and mentor to a host of successful startups, Leo Lax has no doubt that Canadian tech enterprises can thrive head-to-head against competitors from around the world.
- One of the true titans of Ottawa’s “golden generation” of high-tech leaders, Michael Potter took a small consulting company named Quasar Systems, renamed it Cognos and built it into the city’s pree
- Real estate developer Morguard has scrapped its original plan to build a new hotel and apartment complex at 361 Queen St.
- An Ottawa biotech startup has received a US$41-million injection of venture capital to further develop its groundbreaking treatments that use the body’s own immune system to battle cancer.
- Eight years ago, David Ross decided he needed to do something dramatic to shake his company out of the doldrums.
- In what’s been a roller-coaster year for Ottawa’s Better Software Company, founder Steve Cody and his team have received perhaps their
- When March Networks CEO Peter Strom tells people what he does for a living, the response is usually not what the head of the video-surveillance technology company is hoping for.
- Fifteen years ago this month, fall brought a blast of chilly news through the halls of what was then Ottawa’s largest technology company.
- Bolstered by a solid product and $1 million in fresh funding, it appeared that Ottawa startup Signority was set for a breakout year at the beginning of 2016.
- To celebrate Small Business Week, OBJ will publish stories of the successes and challenges faced by some of the
- The term “wearable technology” usually conjures up images of devices such as the Fitbit or Apple Watch, but organizers of this weekend’s Maker Faire Ottawa say the concept is about to go to a whole
- News that another acclaimed ByWard Market restaurant is closing its doors is a further indication of a shift in the city’s culinary landscape, industry observers say.
- While Canada’s major cable companies were taking heat over their $25 skinny basic TV packages at CRTC hearings this month, an Ottawa company was stepping up its efforts to promote a local product t
- The head of Canada’s largest medical marijuana producer had a message for Ottawa businesspeople Thursday morning at city hall: legalized weed is coming soon, and his company is ready to be No.
- In a bid to “further strengthen its market position and drive corporate growth,” local aviation software maker Mxi Technologies announced Tuesday it has tapped the former president of FedEx Canada
- When Greg Burwell and Tyler Eyamie were laid off as part of a purge at Ottawa tech firm Protus in 2010, they found themselves with plenty of time and a “little bit of a nest egg” to start the next
- Every entrepreneur knows there will inevitably be a few bumps on the road to success. But Lainie Towell is feeling them a little more tangibly than most.
- The way Kevin Bidner sees it, the hotel industry has been stuck in the ’60s for far too long.
- Jim Watson might not know everyone in the nation’s capital, but it often seems like it.
- In a 20-year business career that has seen him tackle a variety of roles at various tech firms – including guiding a company from a startup to a successful IPO – Hugh Chow figured he had crossed ju
- The Rideau Centre officially cut the ribbon on its $360-million expansion project on Thursday, a massive redevelopment designed to bring a more “sophisticated” shopping experience to the city’s dow
- From his vantage point overlooking the ByWard Market in what will soon be the Rideau Centre’s newest department store, Peter Simons sees a different Ottawa than the one he used to know.
- Half a dozen years ago, Chris Pointer was a website designer trying to make a name for himself like legions of others, working out of his condo and landing contracts where he could.
- Ottawa’s newest independent commercial leasing broker knows he has his work cut out for him, but he says he’s up for the challenge.
- The crowd at the opening of Morguard’s state-of-the-art Performance Court at 150 Elgin St.
- Ottawa rates high as an overall travel destination in a new survey, but the city lags behind other many major Canadian cities in air access and needs to better define its identity in mark
- After a globetrotting high-tech career, Les Rechan would seem to be just the right person to lead Halogen Software’s quest to become an international software powerhouse.
- Avivagen CEO Cameron Groome was sounding an upbeat tone Friday morning after his company announced it had secured $3.6 million in new funding in a private placement.
- Buying up companies is getting to be old hat for Mitel Networks CEO Rich McBee.
- Colliers International has turned to a veteran broker to fill the post of managing director at its Ottawa office.
- Canada is falling behind in the global innovation race because its tech sector too often fails to scale startups into sustainable companies, the head of one of Ontario’s leading business sc
- Fullscript CEO Kyle Braatz will never be accused of lacking ambition – a drive that is reflected in his vision for his company.
- When Natalie Baddour and her University of Ottawa colleague Edward Lemaire first began researching wearable devices nearly a decade ago, watches that tracked a user’s every step and smartph
- When tech veterans and longtime friends Paul Butcher and Jim Stechyson each found themselves looking for a new business challenge a few years ago, it didn’t take them long to hit upon the perfect b
- After nearly a year of speculation, it’s finally official: Costco is planning to move its Gloucester location to Shoppers City East.
- When Kevin Porsche kept getting requests from his company’s human resources department to find out what websites employees were visiting, he knew there had to be a better way than checking
- Trinity Development Group’s proposed mixed-use complex that would span the O-Train tracks near Bayview station could become the centrepiece of Ottawa’s next great urban gentrification project, real
- The Ontario government’s plan to allow municipalities to mandate affordable housing in new developments will hurt homebuyers by jacking up prices, a key local industry advocate says.
- When Kevin Loiselle needed a partner to help finance the installation of his company’s water management and sanitation systems, he had to jet across the Atlantic to find one.
- Fintech is “one of the most exciting categories in tech investing at the moment,” industry veteran Marwan Forzley says, and he believes his hometown could play a prominent role in its growt
- Even as a young computer science student at the University of Ottawa, Marwan Forzley was fascinated by the world of business – and in particular by enterprises that were turning established
- For nearly a decade, Pat Kelly tried to entice business to Ottawa’s downtown convention centre as its CEO. Now, he’s on the other side of the table.
- Before a gag order was imposed on the two groups vying to redevelop LeBreton Flats, Devcore president Jean-Pierre Poulin told OBJ the process was “fair” and he was confident the Senators wi
- From a modest office on Carling Avenue, Joe Gerard and his colleagues are running a global business helping companies around the world stop corporate corruption in its tracks.
- Companies in Kanata North generate $7.8 billion in economic activity each year and employ more than 30,000 people, according to a new study.
- Among the three local firms on Deloitte’s annual Canadian Companies to Watch list released in November is one that garners few headlines but is ready to make a big splash.
- Calling both plans to redevelop LeBreton Flats “very impressive,” the head of one of Ottawa’s most influential business organizations nonetheless didn’t hesitate to endorse the RendezVous L
- In a development that is sure to shake up the local real estate scene, one of Ottawa’s top office leasing teams announced this week it has left Colliers International to join rival brokerage Cushma
- Apple has leased space at a Kanata office complex in preparation for setting up a facility in the National Capital Region, several sources have confirmed to OBJ.
- Most analysts agree 2015 was a year of uncertainty in Ottawa’s commercial real estate sector, with a federal election and a topsy-turvy economy leaving everyone wondering where the market was heade
- Befitting a city that buzzes with energy 24 hours a day, You.i TV’s suite at the sprawling Encore casino resort complex in Las Vegas was a whirlwind of activity this week.
- With Star Wars: The Force Awakens triggering a new wave of interest in George Lucas’s enduring sci-fi saga, a small Ottawa mobile gaming company is hoping to cash in.
- A who’s-who of Ottawa tech heavyweights broke out the bubbly at PageCloud’s ByWard Market headquarters Monday night to celebrate the city’s most-anticipated software launch in years.
- Ottawa’s commercial real estate market continued its slump in the first nine months of 2015, reflecting skittishness over the economy and the federal election, according to a new report from Collie
- Two of the city’s leading property managers announced Tuesday they are joining forces to become the largest commercial landlord in Ottawa.
- Remco Volmer sounded awfully excited Friday about the big happenings at Lansdowne Park this weekend.
- A major high-tech trade association’s call for a beefed-up science and technology ministry was answered on Wednesday.
- As the CEO of one of Canada’s leading tech companies, David Ross is a regular at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas every January.
- When Mxi Technologies vacates more than 50,000 square feet of class-A office space at Blair Place in November, an east-end commercial real estate market that has already seen its vacancy rate soar
- When Ian Glenn was in charge of the Canadian army’s unmanned aerial vehicle program nearly two decades ago, drones were strictly the domain of the military.
- You.i TV’s banner 2015 got even better on Monday, when the Ottawa software company announced it has landed $15 million in venture capital funding.
- Rand Peppler still remembers how, as a young man in Ottawa in the mid-1980s, he felt “inspired” after reading a newspaper article about an entrepreneur who made it big south of the border.
- About 100 of the city’s brightest business minds gathered in a ByWard Market office in late June, cloaked in excitement and curiosity about a sector many are calling a potential game-changer: weara
- The first time Brad Loiselle visited India, he didn’t think he would ever go back.
- A local startup that created the world’s first 3D-printable hydroponics system is looking to a pioneer of the medical marijuana industry to help take its business to the next level.
- When rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler intercepted Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson in the dying seconds of Super Bowl XLIX, the New England Patriots clinched their fourth NFL title in fr
- GaN could be the beginning of ‘Gallium Valley North’ It’s fitting that GaN Systems is suddenly growing at what feels like lightning speed.
- New York is famous for being the “city that never sleeps.”
- The Shaw Centre’s new boss definitely can’t be accused of setting the bar too low.
- The city’s planning committee on Tuesday approved a local builder’s proposal for a Barrhaven business park that could include developments such as a hotel and a medical facility.
- The developer behind a proposed west-end condo tower says he intends to work with city officials to create an “iconic” top for the building so it meets the Ontario Municipal Board’s standard for “l
- Buoyed by the company's direct sales growth, executives at Ottawa’s DragonWave told investors on a conference call Wednesday morning they expect the firm to be cash-flow positive by the middle of f
- After years of flying under the radar – metaphorically speaking – local aviation software company Mxi Technologies is hoping a change of scenery will help raise its profile.
- The Ontario Municipal Board’s decision to allow a Toronto developer to go ahead with a 12-storey west-end condo tower if it features “landmark architecture” could give builders a loophole to circum
- Calling Ottawa “a thriving technology hub and a great place to do business,” networking equipment maker Ciena Corp.
- Renowned entrepreneur Adam Chowaniec had a simple approach to life: “Always look forward, never look back.”
- When Toronto’s “condo king,” Brad Lamb, raves about the opportunities in the Ottawa market these days, he’s actually not talking about condos.
- One of downtown Ottawa’s prime office complexes is undergoing a multimillion-dollar renovation in an effort to attract new tenants and accommodate a major LRT station.
- Local cybersecurity firm CloudLink has been acquired by international data storage giant EMC Corporation, the companies announced on Thursday.
- As a busy college professor, entrepreneur and part-time employee of the National Hockey League, Chris Elliott knows the importance of time management.
- Much like the mid-April weather, the Ottawa commercial real estate market appears to be warming up after a prolonged cold spell.
- There was plenty of fire in the Dragons’ Den when a couple of Ottawa entrepreneurs made their pitch on the popular CBC program Wednesday night – most of it directed right at them.
- When Pat Kelly was named CEO of the Ottawa Congress Centre in 2007, one of the first things he did was find out how many conventions would have to be relocated while the archaic facility was torn d
- Frank Bouchard and Toby Maurice are expecting an opportunity to come their way on April 1 that could triple their company’s sales practically overnight.
- The Ottawa lawyer who chairs the private corporation that protects buyers of new homes in Ontario says the organization has boosted consumer protection dramatically in his 10 years on the b
- In the early days of the personal computer, Adam Chowaniec made such an impact on Silicon Valley he was ultimately hailed as one of the founding fathers of the industry.
- The business of construction is going high-tech at a new Algonquin College research facility.
- After a forgettable 2014 for the city’s commercial real estate market, a major Ottawa appraisal firm says there’s nowhere to go but up.
- When Pat Kelly arrived in Ottawa to become GM of the Westin Hotel in 1988, the main topic of conversation in the local tourism industry was the need for a larger downtown convention centr
- Much like the tree for which it is named, marketing and design firm Jackpine Digital was born out of less-than-ideal circumstances.
- It’s a cutting-edge local tech company that has drawn comparisons with its much more famous e-commerce counterpart, Shopify, and even occupies the same downtown office its bigger, brasher cousin on
- It’s a cutting-edge local tech company that has drawn comparisons with its much more famous e-commerce counterpart, Shopify, and even occupies the same downtown office its bigger, brasher c
- In its first year of operation, Smiths Falls-based medical marijuana grower Tweed has been creating quite a buzz – and not just among the users of its product.
- From their rapidly growing startup’s new headquarters in the Byward Market, Frank Bouchard and Toby Maurice are rewriting the book on business success.
- If Fluidware co-founder Aydin Mirzaee were to rate his online survey company’s acquisition by SurveyMonkey after the first three months, it would be close to a perfect 10.
- From his humble desk at Invest Ottawa, George Borovec is hoping to turn the online classifieds business on its head.
- The federal government announced Friday it is contributing up to $7.7 million over the next five years to fund incubator and accelerator programs for small businesses in eastern Ontario.
- While the NHL season is just beginning, an Ottawa-based manufacturer of safety products for hockey and other high-risk endeavours is already celebrating its own Stanley Cup of merchandising
- A private Ottawa post-secondary college has launched a new certificate program it says will make the city a leader in training and employing network security professionals.
- The arrival of Ottawa’s first “micro-condo” development is another sign housing has become out of reach for many local buyers, a leading industry advocate says.
- Building a successful business usually requires a lot of heavy lifting, but the young entrepreneurs behind a new Ottawa startup are taking that analogy more literally than most.
- A new Ottawa-based facility designed to find ways of bringing cutting-edge medical technology to market faster will give the local life sciences sector a shot in the arm, industry insiders
- A California-based network security firm with a significant local presence says it might have to scale back growth projections for its Ottawa operations because it can’t find enough qualifi
- Since beginning her career at Shopify a couple of years ago, Anna Lambert has attended her share of technology conferences.
- As one of only a few women who run high-tech companies in Ottawa, Sue Abu-Hakima has become known as a bit of a trailblazer.
- A new outdoor rink at Bayshore Park might mean more fun for residents, but the company that funded the project says it will ultimately be good for its bottom line as well.
- Michael Golubev doesn’t temper his enthusiasm when asked where the business of 3-D printing is headed.
- When Daniel Levesque retired in 2010 after a three-decade career as an engineer at Nordion, the last thing he ever thought he’d need to worry about was his pension.
- Ian Curry is a happy man, and with good reason.
- A pair of planned new office buildings at Tunney’s Pasture and the Ottawa Train Yards could be a signal that developers believe the federal government is ready to shed more real estate in the downt
- Most people still think of Ottawa as a city of civil servants. Kyle McInnes has a different view, one that might be surprising.
- Shopify’s foray into bricks-and-mortar business is still in its early stages, but it’s building into something big, the company says.
- When it comes to skyrocketing policing costs, Eli El-Chantiry points his finger squarely at fingerprinting.
- Listen up, all you Sens fans: the next time you’re admiring a replay of an Erik Karlsson end-to-end rush on the big screen at the Canadian Tire Centre, you might want to spare some thanks f
- Management blunders, market changes and a “black cloud” of eroding customer confidence were just some of the factors that ultimately led to Nortel’s epic collapse, a new report from the Uni
- Ottawa’s main taxi dispatcher is about to give the green light to technology that will let local residents book and pay for cabs on their smartphones.
- Ottawa’s Mistral Venture Partners fund gets its name from a fierce northerly wind.
- Shopify’s recent success in securing $100 million in venture capital should help Ottawa step out of the shadows of more-hyped technology centres such as Waterloo when it comes to landing ca
- That chill in the air Matthew Sachs felt in late December had nothing to do with the arctic-like temperatures gripping the capital.
- Developer Fred Carmosino might live in Dunrobin, but he knows all about the benefits of downtown living.
- The National Capital Commission on Tuesday awarded a $2.13-million contract to Ottawa’s Exel Contracting to upgrade a section of Laurier Street in Gatineau in front of the Canadian Museum o
- Carleton University officials want to find out if allowing the private sector to build and manage a new student residence will pay off in the long run.
- Imagine letting the Crown Jewels gather dust in an attic. As far as Mark Brandt is concerned, that’s pretty much what’s happened to Chaudiere Island.
