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Tulmar Safety Systems creates sewing academy to help it make in-demand military gear

As defence spending around the globe increases, a Hawkesbury-based manufacturer of military gear has had to address an increase in demand for one skill that has nearly disappeared from the labour market: sewing.

Luxury handbag rental firm Zero Collective chooses Ottawa as promising market to expand

A luxury handbag rental firm is expanding into Ottawa, hoping to tap into what it sees as...

‘Placemakers’: How BIAs are high-powered catalysts for the local cultural economy

Ask anyone what their local business improvement area (BIA) does, and you’ll likely get the standard answers:...

How fluorescence-guided surgery at The Ottawa Hospital is changing patient outcomes

On Christmas Day in 2023, retired Master Warrant Officer Jody Stang fell to the kitchen floor. When...

The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s Campaign to Create Tomorrow

Building one of the most technologically advanced research and teaching hospitals in Canada – right here in...

Professional services firms in Ottawa seeing uptick in activity with new federal defence policies

Marcia Mills has spent 30 years counselling clients in the defence sector, but now, with the federal...

Ottawa music promoter hopes to turn old building at 473 Bronson into ‘Centretown’s living room’

Once he’s removed the gravestones and the bicycles, Matías Muñoz plans to turn a 100-year-old building at...

From a one-bedroom apartment to $12M in revenue, Ottawa native Sara Fortier comes home

When Sara Fortier returns to Ottawa next month to launch her debut book, Design Research Mastery, she’ll...