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Via Rail restores additional Ottawa routes

Crown corporation adds additional roundtrips between Ottawa and Toronto, as well as between Ottawa and Montreal.

U of O PhD student’s smartwatch a timely innovation in COVID fight

High-tech wearable device that tracks key vital signs and monitors cardiac signals earns award for biomedical engineering entrepreneur.

Canadian tech group makes pitch to Liberals as part of wider push to shape recovery plan

Council of Canadian Innovators suggests avoiding traditional recovery tools like massive construction spending in favour of addressing shortfalls in the knowledge-based economy.

Ottawa’s Domus Building Cleaning sold to B.C. company

Local family-owned enterprise employs more than 400 people and has customers throughout the National Capital Region.

As another month’s rent comes due, small businesses face holes in government support

While Canada Emergency Business Account program is being extended until the end of October, the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program ended Aug. 31.

Ottawa-based Quintet Consulting hired to review workplace complaints at Rideau Hall

Quintet has a standing offer with the federal government to investigate complaints of workplace harassment.

Residents prefer Sparks Street tunnel for STO tramway, survey says

Tunnel one of two options for proposed system connecting Ottawa and Gatineau, along with an above-ground route along Wellington Street.

Rise and shine! It’s time to raise $1M for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation

Popular benefit was originally slated to take place in May but had to be rescheduled due to COVID-19.

Ottawa health-tech firm Welbi lands deal with retirement home giant

New contract will see local company's recreation-planning software rolled out in retirement homes across Canada.

Cognitive dissonance creeps into Ottawa’s planning and design decisions

Ottawa, like many cities, experiences cognitive dissonance. We need to rethink what we are doing, and how, if we are serious about being the most livable mid-sized city in North America.