Ottawa Business Journal

Shopify shares surge after it teams up with Amazon to help online merchants

Techopia

Shares of e-commerce startup Shopify Inc. surged Thursday after the Ottawa-based company announced it was teaming with Amazon to help online merchants grow. In early

Breather raises $20 million in series B funding, promises Ottawa expansion

Techopia

Workspace provider Breather is promising aggressive expansion in Ottawa and other cities after securing $20 million US in Series B funding. The round announced Thursday

Senators unveil $15-million renovation to Canadian Tire Centre

Sports and Entertainment

The Ottawa Senators’ biggest upgrades this season might not even be happening on the ice, as reporters discovered during a tour of the revamped Canadian

City looking for public input on coach houses

City Hall

Ottawa may become the first city in Ontario to allow coach houses, the city said Tuesday. Coach houses are self-contained living units on the same

Opinion: Few signs of common sense in parking bylaws

City Hall

First, let’s give credit where credit is due: The City of Ottawa deserves praise for its role in keeping parking rates in check in the

You.i TV cashes in with $15-million funding round

Techopia

You.i TV’s banner 2015 got even better on Monday, when the Ottawa software company announced it has landed $15 million in venture capital funding. The

Better Software founder enters tech industry with big ambitions

Techopia

Steve Cody wants you to use better software to run your business. Ever since he was 15 years old, Mr. Cody has been starting and

Ross Video invests in Norwegian media company that will provide ‘holistic experience like no other’

Techopia

Ross Video announced Friday it has made a “seven-figure investment” in a Norwegian company it says is changing how media will be produced and consumed.

Opinion: Commentary: Railing against Ottawa traffic

City Hall

Ottawa’s traffic congestion is growing worse, and I believe I have a solution. It is this: build a highway bypass on the city’s southern outskirts

CogniVue acquired by American semiconductor firm

Techopia

A Texas-based semiconductor company announced Thursday it has acquired Gatineau’s CogniVue Corporation. Freescale Semiconductor was already using CogniVue’s vision processing IP in many of its