
EOBJ Op-Ed: Innovation needed to attract talent in Eastern Ontario
Ask business owners these days about what’s troubling them and you’re almost certain to get the same response: the talent shortage.

EOBJ Op-Ed: Innovation needed to attract talent in Eastern Ontario
Ask business owners these days about what’s troubling them and you’re almost certain to get the same response: the talent shortage.

A more inclusive approach to hiring is one solution to current labour shortage
Companies need to take a diversity, equity and inclusion perspective with each business decision they make, HR experts say.
The antidote to market volatility
It’s tough not to be a little worried these days. Between rising threats of inflation, new strains of COVID-19 on the horizon and the terrible

Invest Ottawa head encourages more businesses to apply for trucker convoy relief fund
Organization has approved 340 applications and disbursed almost $900,000 over the past month under the Downtown Ottawa Business Relief Fund.

New Civic campus project will have big-time economic impact, but big-time challenges loom
Four-year build is expected to pump nearly $2 billion into Ottawa’s economy and create thousands of jobs, Deloitte says, but rising inflation and labour shortages

Pokémon card craze has settled into a slow simmer, Ottawa vendors say
Getting rich fast is likely not in the cards for today’s Pokémon aficionados.
Techopia Live: Tech leaders rally to help Ukrainian refugees
Watching the exodus of Ukrainian refugees, these volunteers wondered if Ottawa could provide a safe haven for people fleeing the war-torn country. Techopia Live talks

‘A city without intention is just a bunch of buildings,’ local architect argues
Linebox Studio owner Andrew Reeves, whose firm was behind Shopify’s iconic space at Performance Court, says a downtown NHL arena is a project that ‘should

Feds pledge cash for supply chain problems, but plenty of gaps persist
The federal government plans to spend more than a half-billion dollars to fix supply chain issues, but experts say it falls far short of the

Meal-kit giant Goodfood to hire 200 workers in Ottawa amid move into grocery-delivery space
Montreal-based company plans to grow its number of fulfilment centres from six at the end of this month to as many as 20 by the
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