Ottawa Business Journal

Do women entrepreneurs innovate differently than men?

Ottawa

With the federal Liberals promising to make their “innovation agenda” a key priority, Janice McDonald says it’s time to find out exactly how some of

Former Ottawa Senators owner Bruce Firestone leading $20M Orleans sports facility development

Non-Residential

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

Watson says city can’t regulate Airbnb in Ottawa just yet

Tourism

Ottawa won’t be following in Toronto’s footsteps to regulate room-sharing services like Airbnb, at least not for now. City staff in Toronto announced this week

Canadian merchants may soon start levying credit card surcharge

Canada & World

Canadian merchants may soon start charging customers extra to pay with certain credit cards thanks to a settlement agreement in a class action suit. The

Rise of the machines: Canadian retailers on ‘cusp’ of using more robotics

Canada & World

Back in 2009, Sobeys found itself at a crossroads. Labour costs were rising, employee productivity was waning and the grocer knew that it had to

Video: Latest startup cohort graduates from Ottawa’s L-Spark accelerator

Techopia

It had everything but the freeze-frame cap toss at the end of the movie: L-Spark grads walked across the stage Tuesday night, but pitched their

BlackBerry QNX on the defensive over loss of Toyota to open-source Linux software

Techopia

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

Montreal startup Element AI scores US$102M in financing from tech heavyweights

Canada & World

A Montreal startup said Thursday it is getting US$102 million from Microsoft, Intel and several other investors to fund the company’s goal of becoming a