While thousands of government workers are facing return-to-office mandates, many local tech companies are stocking the fridge, booking caterers and finding other ways to encourage employees to spend at least some time in the office.
An Ottawa-based professional has started a national campaign to support the construction of Canada’s first high-speed rail line with the message: “Canada has waited long enough. Build Alto.”
Adam Wilk is the Ottawa-based founder of Zerowriter, which makes a distraction-free word processor that uses e-ink displays, the same low-glare technology found in e-readers. It connects to nothing. There’s no browser, no notifications and no video player.
A poster hanging on the wall at Hub350 has not changed in almost two decades. It maps the family tree of Ottawa’s technology companies in hundreds of tiny boxes and traces the lineage of local firms back to institutions such as Bell-Northern Research and the National Research Council.
One of Ottawa’s longest-running and most beloved fundraising events, Evening in the Maritimes (EiTM) marked its 30th anniversary, raising more than $275,000 in support of ABLE2: Support for People with Disabilities.
When you think of Indian food, what comes to mind? For most people, it’s takeout curries, naan and aromatic rice dishes that allow you to over-indulge for a reasonable price. Perhaps the warm spices that fill the air of your local takeout spot that you’ve been ordering from every other Friday for the past five years.
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