
Algonquin College launches $640,000 skilled trades scholarship with Weston support
Ottawa’s Algonquin College announced a new scholarship this week aimed at plugging a talent gap in the skilled trades industry. A donation from The W.

Algonquin College launches $640,000 skilled trades scholarship with Weston support
Ottawa’s Algonquin College announced a new scholarship this week aimed at plugging a talent gap in the skilled trades industry. A donation from The W.

Ontario to sell cannabis online in fall, private retail coming next year
Recreational cannabis will be sold online in Ontario when legalized this fall and in private retail stores across the province early next year, the government

Gymtrack co-founder Pablo Srugo joins Ottawa’s Mistral Venture Partners
After spending the better part of the past five years exercising his entrepreneurial muscles, Pablo Srugo has decided it’s time to change up his business-building

Toronto firm proposes 17-storey Hampton Inn by Hilton in ByWard Market
Another prominent hotel chain is planning to add to the ByWard Market’s stable of accommodations with a new lodging near the Andaz Hotel. Toronto-based Bayview

Ottawa’s Fleurish Cannabis secures production licence for Kemptville facility
An Ottawa-area pot firm targeting the cannabis industry’s female consumers has secured a production licence from Health Canada. Now certified, Fleurish Cannabis will begin cultivation

People on the Move: Deziel named Sens CMO; Nanos chairs Carleton’s board
Aimee Deziel is joining the Ottawa Senators as the organization’s new chief marketing officer effective Aug. 13. A graduate of Carleton University, Deziel most recently

Chair of LCBO to step down at end of August: Ontario government
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government says the chair of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario will step down at the end of the month after less

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Pot for puppers Canopy Growth Corp. releases first quarter results on Tuesday. The Smiths Falls, Ont.-based cannabis giant is the latest medical pot company to

Beyond Canada 150: Ottawa Tourism taps OPIN to revamp digital presence
With travellers seeking ever-increasing amounts of information about would-be destinations online, Ottawa Tourism understood that strengthening its digital presence would be key to building on

Melnyk strikes upbeat tone on LeBreton Flats following meeting with Watson
An optimistic-sounding Eugene Melnyk said he’s “very confident” that the RendezVous LeBreton group’s ambitious plan to redevelop LeBreton Flats will go forward after a closed-door
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