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Over the course of my 30-year career in financial services, I’ve had a lot of investors find a remarkable number of different ways to ask

Tech firms make top employer list

Techopia

Three Ottawa tech firms have made Mediacorp’s fourth annual list of Canada’s Top 100 Small & Medium Employers. Halogen Software, Kinaxis and Pythian all made

Wynne, Liberal MPPs get earful on tech talent shortage

Techopia

Initiatives in the latest provincial budget to make post-secondary education more accessible are part of the solution to a key problem plaguing the tech sector,

Taxi union fumes over Ottawa’s Uber-friendly bylaw

City Hall

More than a year after Uber cruised into Ottawa – ignoring bylaws and infuriating cab drivers – city staff are taking steps to make the

Mayor on board with staff recommendations on taxi bylaw changes

City Hall

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is supporting staff recommendations regulating the taxi industry that would legalize Uber. “If we are going to remain an innovative city,

Makerspace Challenge winners make oximeter for $15

Techopia

A pair of third-year University of Ottawa students were named the winners of this year’s Makerspace Challenge earlier this week. By Stephen Karmazyn The challenge

Magor’s revenues fall in Q3, net loss rises

Techopia

Ottawa-based video conferencing firm Magor reported a steep decline in third-quarter revenues and a much higher net loss compared with a year earlier, but CEO

In-Touch revenues jump 22 per cent in 2015

Techopia

Bolstered by its acquisition of Montreal-based Statopex last fall, Ottawa’s In-Touch Survey Systems reported a 22 per cent increase in year-over-year revenue in its official

City staff recommends sweeping taxi bylaw changes

City Hall

Uber could soon be legal in Ottawa. City staff is recommending sweeping changes to the city’s taxi bylaw, which would create a new “private transportation

National triathlon championships coming to Ottawa in 2016, 2017

Sports and Entertainment

Another major sporting event is coming to the capital as Triathlon Canada announced Thursday its national championships will be held in Ottawa in 2016 and