Michelle Groulx

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

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.

$20M federal relief package ‘just the start’ of what’s needed to aid merchants hit by protests, biz group says

Ottawa

Under the initiative announced last weekend, downtown businesses will be eligible for up to $10,000 to cover non-deferrable operational costs not covered by other federal

‘Everyone is in crisis mode’: Calls increase for government to support downtown businesses

Ottawa

With the trucker convoy and protests continuing in Ottawa for a second week, downtown business owners and employees are calling on various levels of government