
Employees struggling with transit? Here’s what business owners can do to help
In the wake of a prolonged shutdown of Ottawa’s light-rail transit system and with winter weather conditions looming, unreliable public transit is creating uncertainty and

Employees struggling with transit? Here’s what business owners can do to help
In the wake of a prolonged shutdown of Ottawa’s light-rail transit system and with winter weather conditions looming, unreliable public transit is creating uncertainty and

Ottawa Changemakers: Sisters help curly-haired people embrace their natural style
Ottawa-based company Frizé Frizé is on a mission to help women accept and embrace their hair by providing hair care education — and all-natural handcrafted

Sweet victory: Smiths Falls leaders savour Hershey’s return to Eastern Ontario town
While Canopy Growth’s announcement that it’s selling the former Hershey plant in Smiths Falls back to the company that made it famous might feel like

Let’s play ball! Blachford Tax Law Charity Game celebrates five years
The final score at this year’s Blachford Tax Law Charity Game was 16-6, as the event celebrated its fifth anniversary.

Field Effect Software eyes acquisitions in U.S., Europe after securing $30M debt facility
Ottawa-based cybersecurity startup Field Effect Software plans to “push heavier” into foreign markets such as the U.S., the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe

Report says fintech investments down in first half of 2023 as valuations tumble
A report by KPMG in Canada says investment in Canadian fintech companies plunged in the first half of the year as valuations fell to levels

Canopy Growth to sell Smiths Falls facility back to Hershey Canada for $53M
The Hershey building in Smiths Falls is headed back into the hands of the company that made the facility famous. Cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp.

Taggart project near Civic Hospital gets green light from city committee
A controversial high-rise development on Carling Avenue has been approved following debate on the development’s potential impact on the Central Experimental Farm.

Ottawa’s Trillium LRT line newly delayed, won’t open until November at earliest
A public transit official says in a memo to Ottawa’s mayor and city council that a date for the opening of the north-south Trillium Line

Up Close: Leanne Moussa chooses projects that reshape neighbourhoods
“I wanted to carve my own path,” said Leanne Moussa, who earned a degree in political science at the University of Alberta. “I wasn’t really
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