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Head coach of Ottawa’s new women’s pro hockey team featured at IWD Breakfast

The head coach of the women's pro hockey Ottawa team proved to be not only engaging and effervescent but also funny, warm and gracious — the kind of person you could listen to all day.

Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health gets head start on International Women’s Day

The power of female mentorship emerged as a central theme of an all-women panel discussion held Wednesday at Bayview Yards, during a special event presented for Women's Day by Women for Mental Health at The Royal Ottawa.

‘Year of the CFO’: Demand for fractional CFOs heating up in Ottawa post-pandemic

To navigate the current financial landscape, more small and mid-sized businesses in Ottawa are looking to fractional CFOs as a potential solution. 

Ottawa home sales rise 15% in February, but ‘affordability remains out of reach for many’: OREB

Ottawa home sales rose 15 per cent in February compared with the same month a year ago,...

‘DEI in our DNA’: How Shaun Simms is championing change at Ottawa Community Housing

Ottawa Community Housing’s chief people and communications officer Shaun Simms recently sat down with OBJ to talk about implementing a DEI-based lens that isn’t “just a checkbox,” but rather a way of life, and how this approach positions her organization for a brighter future.

On the side of the angels: Victoria Xu on why she backed Ottawa startup Virica Biotech

Victoria Xu is a born problem solver. It’s a mindset that’s served her well in her career, and it’s also an approach that’s led her to play a key role in Ontario’s innovation ecosystem. 

Ottawa students cook up success at Canadian Culinary Championship

50 Algonquin College Culinary students were on-site to help top chefs create award-winning dishes.

Ottawa’s market is moving, it’s ‘time to get off the real estate sidelines’

If interest rates have make you hesitant to jump back into the real estate market, Sean McCann of Engel and Völkers says it could be time to jump back in.

Ottawa’s downtown office vacancy rate to hit 15% in 2024, CBRE predicts

In its 2024 Canadian market outlook released this week, CBRE predicts Ottawa’s overall office vacancy rate will hit 14.1 per cent before the end of the year, up from 13.3 per cent in December 2023.

RBC Lunar New Year Celebration: Lions, dragons, dumplings, oh my!

It was a roaring good time Thursday night at the Infinity Convention Centre, where RBC ushered in the Lunar New Year, Year of the Dragon by hosting a dinner and cultural celebration that included key business leaders and community stakeholders from Ottawa's Asian community.