Michelle Groulx

Reopening of Wellington Street ‘welcome news’ to tourism officials one year after ‘Freedom Convoy’

Ottawa

Ottawa’s city council has approved a motion to reopen the street in front of Parliament Hill to traffic a year after it was closed off

Downtown businesses say they’re not busier, even as federal civil servants begin return to the office

Ottawa, Insider Only

What’s on the wish list for small business in 2023? We ask OCOBIA’s Michelle Groulx

Ottawa, Insider Only

Ottawa businesses await a plan from downtown revitalization task force

Ottawa

The Downtown Ottawa Revitalization Task Force has been meeting regularly over the past several months as it seeks ways to inject new life into Ottawa’s

Small businesses welcome federal government’s promised action on credit card fees

Ottawa

The government’s mention of credit card transaction fees in last Thursday’s fall economic statement is “a step in the right direction” but might not help

Business leaders react to Sutcliffe mayoralty win

Ottawa

Ottawa’s business community will have many points of intersection and discussion with the city’s new mayor-elect Mark Sutcliffe and his team.

Ottawa small businesses don’t share optimistic sentiment seen in national survey

Ottawa

Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses are banking on strong growth in the next three years, but that may not be the case in Ottawa.

Park this: Business owners push back on parking fee hike scheme

Ottawa

The debate over downtown parking fees comes as the issue of revitalizing Ottawa’s COVID-battered core is taking centre stage among many business leaders.

Aging hydro grid needs upgrade, biz leaders say in wake of Saturday’s deadly storm

Ottawa

About 74,000 customers remained without power in the city Tuesday afternoon, and Hydro Ottawa officials said it could be days before the grid is fully

Ottawa businesses hard-hit by trucker convoy ready to snap up government help

Ottawa

Ottawa businesses plan to take advantage of the government support available to help them cover costs incurred during the weeks-long trucker convoy protest last month.