Ottawa Business Journal

Number of people living, working in downtown Ottawa has increased significantly, data shows

Ottawa

A new report analyzing cellphone data shows more people living in downtown Ottawa and more workers returning to the office.

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and Treasury Board president Anita Anand at the Mayor's Breakfast on May 23, 2024. (Photo by Mark Holleron)

Treasury Board president stands by RTO mandate; calls feds’ disposal of properties a ‘cross-country effort’

Ottawa

The president of the Treasury Board stood by the federal government’s decision to have civil servants in the office at least three days a week,

Bradley Crepeau is the founder and CEO of Food Cycle Science. File photo

Ottawa Founders: Food Cycle Science seeing success with users and angel investors

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Employers rethink value of employee connections in era of remote work: report

Human Resources

The rise of remote work has led to a loss of workplace social connections that is negatively affecting employees, a new report suggests.

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke joins Meta advisory council along with other tech leaders

Techopia

Shopify Inc.’s founder and chief executive Tobi Lütke has joined a group that Facebook and Instagram’s parent company has set up to advise its leadership.

UPDATED: New downtown action plan proposes strategies to create $1.3B annual economic benefit

Ottawa

A report on Ottawa’s downtown released today by the Ottawa Board of Trade calls for actions that will result in annual economic benefits of more

Joel Greaves, left, and wife Devon Vaillancourt, right, bought a "tired" motel in 2021. Now, it's the award-winning Somewhere Inn Calabogie. Photo submitted.

From Jocko’s Motel to Somewhere Inn: How a first-time hotelier made an award-winning transformation

Eastern Ontario Business Journal, Insider Only

From left, Kent Browne, broker and founder of Royal LePage Team Realty, with his wife, community volunteer Mary Browne, Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation president and CEO Shannon Gorman, organizer Julie McLaughlin, also with Royal LePage Team Realty, and Jason Ralph, broker of record and president of Royal LePage Team Realty, at the Denim Day breakfast fundraiser held at the Brookstreet Hotel on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in support of QCH and CHEO. Photo by Caroline Phillips

Royal LePage Team Realty breakfast raises $50K for local hospitals

Some 300 agents attended Royal LePage Team Realty’s Denim Day breakfast and fundraising auction held this morning at the Brookstreet Hotel.

‘We’re tired, but we’re proud’: Tulip festival organizers look ahead to new funding for 2025

Ottawa

Despite dwindling financial support and budget anxieties, this year’s Canadian Tulip Festival ended on a high note, according to executive director Jo Riding.