Stantec has appointed Stephen Willis its new federal sector leader for infrastructure projects in Canada, the Edmonton-based professional services company announced this week.
"Recently," writes Invest Ottawa's Nick Quain, "I recognized something unique about Ottawa’s tech ecosystem: the lack of early-stage capital hadn’t held us back at all. In fact, being “Bootstrap City” may have helped."
While some people still think of Ottawa as a sleepy government town, the members of the capital’s new nightlife council have been awake and dreaming for decades about how to get more people out to enjoy everything the city has to offer.
Statistics Canada’s labour force survey on Friday said total employment in Ottawa-Gatineau rose by 3,300 jobs in October, down from 7,200 the month before. Meanwhile, the labour force also grew by about 3,300 people, keeping the region’s jobless rate equal to September’s mark.