
Under headline jobs figures, report finds pockets of weakness in rebound for women
A new report says women’s historically high numbers in the country’s labour force remain below where they might have been if COVID-19 had never occurred.

Under headline jobs figures, report finds pockets of weakness in rebound for women
A new report says women’s historically high numbers in the country’s labour force remain below where they might have been if COVID-19 had never occurred.

Martello lands $2.5M funding boost after two quarters of flat growth
Martello Technologies is getting a multimillion-dollar funding boost as it looks to bounce back from a pandemic-fuelled slump that stalled a years-long stretch of virtually

Fed begins inflation fight with key rate hike
The Federal Reserve launched a high-risk effort Wednesday to tame the worst inflation since the early 1980s, raising its benchmark short-term interest rate and signaling

Business prof predicts surge in bankruptcies as soaring inflation spurs rate hikes
A prominent Ottawa business expert is predicting a wave of bankruptcies in the coming months as Canada’s central bank raises its benchmark interest rate in

Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 4.2 per cent in January
Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 4.2 per cent in January to $79.8 billion, helped by gains in sales of building material and supplies, personal

Average Ottawa home price up 16% from February 2021 to more than $730K, industry group says
The average price in the nation’s capital last month was $730,300, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association, up from $630,000 in February 2021.

Fully furnished deal: Burovision Ottawa acquires Ottawa Business Interiors
The merger of two of Ottawa’s largest office furniture dealers was triggered by furniture maker Herman Miller’s $1.8-billion acquisition last summer of another leading global

Succeeding at succession: How clear is your picture?
Can you paint a clear picture of the employment, management and ownership opportunities in your business for the next 50 years?

What changing COVID-19 restrictions mean for employers
As the recent Omicron wave slows down, public health officials are easing pandemic restrictions – in some cases, dropping vaccine passports and in-door mask use.

Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts tick up in February: CMHC
Builders started work on 877 new dwellings in February, a 16 per cent increase over the 754 starts recorded in the same month in 2021,
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