WiLAN shares jump after Ottawa patent firm posts $8.6M Q4 profit
Investors in Ottawa-based patent licensing firm WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN) pushed the company’s shares up more than seven per cent on Thursday following a positive earnings
WiLAN shares jump after Ottawa patent firm posts $8.6M Q4 profit
Investors in Ottawa-based patent licensing firm WiLAN (TSX:WIN) (NASDAQ:WILN) pushed the company’s shares up more than seven per cent on Thursday following a positive earnings
Feds pledge to recoup overpayments from civil servants affected by Phoenix debacle
The federal government will get back all of the money it has overpaid civil servants through its problem-plagued payroll system, the deputy minister in charge
Council gives OK to LeBreton Flats location for new $168M library
Ottawa City Council has made its final choice for the new central library’s location, approving the site at LeBreton flats, with one dissenting vote and
Ottawa condo builders easing back into market, CMHC says
Local homebuilders started the new year with a bang, driven by new condo construction, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. The national housing
Mitel pursues Avaya customers after Kanata competitor files for U.S. bankruptcy protection
Less than a month after communications company Avaya filed for bankruptcy protection, local competitor Mitel has begun targeting its Kanata neighbour’s clients. “If you’re an
Ottawa-Gatineau population climbs to 1.32 million; falls behind Calgary
Ottawa’s population has increased faster than Canada as a whole over the last five years, but rapid growth in Alberta unseated the capital as the
Three quotes that sum up how Ottawa entrepreneur Tobi Lütke runs Shopify
Purpose, culture, and long-term vision: If you had to boil it down, this is what Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke thinks about when he’s making decisions about Shopify. Recently, financial
BlackBerry launching cloud based communications platform for app developers
BlackBerry (TSX:BB) is launching a new product this month to allow developers to add secure text, video and voice messaging into apps. The Waterloo-based company
People on the move: Kenneth MacAskill joins Klipfolio as CFO
Pascal St-Jean, Peter Bernhardt, Shahab Siddiqui and Brad Smith are among the local businesspeople accepting new positions. Kenneth MacAskill is Klipfolio’s new chief financial officer. Mr. MacAskill brings
Ottawa businesses eyeing Ogdensburg as gateway to lucrative U.S. market
A 40-minute commute and a quick border hop away from Ottawa lies the small town of Ogdensburg, N.Y. The population is hardly more than 10,000,
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