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Techopia Live: Unlocking Capital: Are flow through shares a gamechanger for tech? | Episode 284
Every tech startup founder faces the same hurdle: funding. It’s incredibly tough to grow a tech company when intense research and development come long before

Top of Mind in Tech: Whimble founder Emma Brown talks expansion plans
From collaborating with Ottawa Bluesfest and the world juniors hockey championships, to winning “founder of the year” at last year’s Bootstrap Awards, Whimble founder Emma

Xradar: Setting the standard for concrete imaging in Ottawa’s construction industry
Xradar recently celebrated its fourth year of operations in Ottawa and the surrounding region, but its concrete imaging expertise has been honed across Canada since

With business travel in recovery, Ottawa Tourism looks to attract more corporate events
With concerns around cost and remote work, business travel has been the slowest tourism market to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. But one local tourism

Ottawa tech company PureColo to be acquired by Vancouver-based firm
Ottawa-based telecommunications provider PureColo is set to be acquired by Vancouver data centre company Carrier Connect Data Solutions, the companies announced Thursday.

Q&A: Sens’ Jacqueline Belsito and Ted Wagstaff talk Ottawa’s growing sports economy
There are possibly no two people better suited to talk about Ottawa’s sports world than Jacqueline Belsito and Ted Wagstaff. Both Belsito and Wagstaff hold

‘Third time’s the charm’ for Michelle Groulx with return to OCOBIA as chief advocate
Michelle Groulx has taken on exciting new positions back-to-back, but something keeps drawing her back to the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA).

Eliminating interprovincial trade barriers would add 30K annual housing starts: CMHC
A new analysis by the national housing agency estimates Canada could add 30,000 more housing starts annually by eliminating interprovincial trade barriers. That would push the total number of annual

Former Redblacks linebacker Dan Basambombo on going from the gridiron to the incubator
Linebacker Dan Basambombo believes his career in pro football has equipped him to tackle just about anything, including a budding technology venture. The 28-year-old free agent, who spent much of

Why East India Company is a great choice for a family meal – or your next business lunch
In 1968, new immigrants to Canada Kamal and Sudha Mehra opened Winnipeg’s first North Indian restaurant, India Gardens, aiming to recreate the flavours of home

Fewer Canadians travelling to the U.S. is benefiting local attractions such as Mādahòkì Farm
Declining numbers of Canadians heading to the U.S. for vacation could mean an even better tourism season for attractions such as Mādahòkì Farm, which had already begun to cater to

CREA cuts 2025 forecast again but says home sales are rebounding from ‘chaotic start’
For the second time this year, the Canadian Real Estate Association has downgraded its forecast for home sales in 2025, even as it says a turnaround could be looming following

KTS Properties to convert Carling Avenue office building into apartment complex
KTS Properties has filed an application to turn an eight-storey, 55,000-square-foot office building at the corner of Bronson and Carling avenues into a 70-unit rental complex with ground-floor retail space.

For the past three months, team members at Ottawa consultancy Alphabet Creative have gathered monthly in their boardroom at lunchtime with one goal in mind — to dominate at trivia.