promoted

Eastern Ontario’s new railway tycoon

Along the main CN rail line between Toronto and Montreal, entrepreneur Clayton Jones is seeing his fervent belief in rail shipping paying off.

With deficit closing in on $400B, Liberals detail more spending to come

The government wants to bring the wage subsidy back to 75% of business payroll costs and extend the business rent subsidy to mid-March.

Shopify merchants’ Black Friday sales haul soars to $2.4B

E-commerce giant said the more than one million global users of its platform sold a combined $2.4 billion worth of goods on Nov. 27, a 75 per cent increase over last year.

Claridge eyes six-tower, 2,000-unit housing project near Carling and Clyde

The 6.65-acre property is now home to an abandoned industrial building previously owned by dairy giant Saputo.

City mulls $129M plan to revitalize ByWard Market with pedestrian plazas, new marquee building

According to a city report, the latest proposal aims to be a “roadmap” for reimagining the Market as a more walkable, less traffic-congested neighbourhood.

Watch: OBJ launches the 2021 Book of Lists

Online broadcast to feature industry leaders offering their 2021 forecasts as well as the release of one of OBJ's most popular publications.

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

Join the Ottawa Board of Trade, the Ottawa Business Journal and its partners for a virtual event that will provide a prognosis on Canada’s economic health.

Ottawa volunteers answer the call amid pandemic

While many of us hunkered when the coronavirus pandemic struck in March, the number of people in Ottawa wanting to donate their time and energy to worthwhile causes actually went up.

High-tech rock star: Ottawa’s CEO of the Year John Sicard is a man on a mission

The firm that couldn’t crack $10 million in annual sales when its CEO arrived is now projecting revenues of at least $220 million in the current fiscal year.

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate to remain among Canada’s lowest in 2021: Report

Avison Young is forecasting the local vacancy rate at around seven per cent, the second-lowest among major Canadian cities behind Vancouver.