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Op-ed: Why restaurants are so screwed

Wolf Down owner Joelle Parenteau shares what she’s learned operating her Ottawa eatery – and how we have the power to fix it.

National economic shutdown to last weeks longer, Trudeau says

Preliminary data from Statistics Canada showed economic activity collapsed in March, suggesting the drop could be a record 9%

Ottawa business leaders urge feds, province to provide more aid for hard-hit local sectors

A group of Ottawa business organizations is calling for more government aid for tech, tourism and other sectors that have been dramatically affected by measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coping with COVID-19: Taking stock of Ottawa’s economy, one month into the crisis

OBJ publisher Michael Curran recently gathered a panel of local business leaders to determine how Ottawa is faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis.

Ottawa home sales down 60% so far in April, OREB says

Home sales in Ottawa plummeted more than 60 per cent in the first two weeks of April compared with a year earlier, while a major realty firm is predicting prices will remain stagnant through the rest of 2020.

Half of Ottawa hotels now closed in wake of COVID-19, industry group says

With the COVID-19 pandemic decimating the tourism industry and scuttling conventions, there’s plenty of room at local hotels right now.

Ottawa’s Edgewater eyes Wi-Fi tech opportunities as remote workers strain networks

Company looking to raise additional debt or equity financing.

Macadamian partners with Bruyère on app to streamline COVID-19 screening process

A local software firm is helping to speed up the process of screening health-care employees for symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

CFO corner: From sign-off to strategy – The role of a model CFO

CRGroup’s Vijay Jog offers three steps to modernize strategic management functions of the finance role.

Nearly 5.4 million receiving emergency federal aid as requests climb

Liberals are likely to roll out more help soon to fill gaps in existing programs, such as by broadening the scope of the CERB to capture workers currently being left out.