
CIBC raises dividend following better-than-expected Q1
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce set the tone for banks’ earnings season with a dividend hike and better-than-expected first-quarter net income, helped by a

CIBC raises dividend following better-than-expected Q1
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce set the tone for banks’ earnings season with a dividend hike and better-than-expected first-quarter net income, helped by a

Mitel shares drop 9% after Kanata telecom releases Q4 results
Shares of Ottawa-based Mitel plunged on Thursday after the telecom released fourth-quarter results that showed a large uptick in revenue due to last year’s acquisition

Lobbyist and former Ottawa Champions president David Gourlay to run for city council
David Gourlay, a government relations executive and until recently the president of the Ottawa Champions baseball club, said he plans to run for a city

Steve Cody, Bruce Linton buy Better Software Company assets
Two of the capital’s brightest entrepreneurial stars are now business partners in a pair of ventures they project will each be generating millions of dollars

People on the move: Sybil Johnson-Abbott named partner at Soloway Wright
Soloway Wright welcomed Sybil Johnson-Abbott as a partner in the firm. Johnson-Abbott is a member of the firm’s real estate and development and commercial leasing

Ottawa’s Vicki Saunders brings farm dreams to female entrepreneurship
Growing up in the Ottawa Valley, Vicki Saunders learned the value of hard work and entrepreneurship on her family’s farm. Her parents bought what would

Amid a flood of plastic, global companies try to clean up image
Once a month, accountant Michael Byrne pulls on his rubber boots and makes his way to a spot on the banks of London’s River Thames.

Quebec loosens Prohibition-era liquor laws, making it easier to get alcohol permits
Quebec restaurants that do not have a bar licence such as Montreal’s Ye Olde Orchard must sell a bowl of pasta or other small plates

Ottawa-based Shopify to raise US$657.6M in latest offering
Shopify says it plans to bolster its balance sheet with a fresh share offering that the Ottawa-based e-commerce firm says it expects will raise US$657.6

Plans revived for 16-storey Barrhaven towers
Plans are once again being proposed to construct what’s believed to be the tallest building in Barrhaven. Earlier this month, a consultant working for Saint
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