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Unemployment rate spikes in Ottawa-Gatineau amid COVID-19 slowdown

Initial wave of cuts leads to loss of 17,200 jobs in the National Capital Region

CBRE Ottawa boss wants six-month tax break for beleaguered landlords

A leading Ottawa real estate executive is calling on the city to give all commercial landlords facing...

‘I wanted to do more and I wanted to do it better’

Three decades on, CEO Kathryn Tremblay writes new chapter for excelHR

Superette CEO cheers Ontario’s decision to reopen cannabis market

Superette CEO Mimi Lam is taking her cannabis retailing business to the street after the Ontario government backtracked on last week’s decision to shut down all private pot sales in the province.

Trudeau promises ‘relaxed’ rules for wage subsidy

Rather than having to show a 30-per-cent decline in revenues, he says they can show a 15-per-cent decline in March, and can compare their revenues to previous months rather than the previous year.

CATA calls on feds to provide billions in emergency aid to tech firms

A major Canadian tech industry group is urging the federal government to free up billions of dollars...

Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts fall 12% in March: CMHC

Builders in Ottawa continued to start new homes at a brisk pace in March while starts on the Gatineau side of the River fell significantly compared with a year earlier, CMHC says.

Ottawa’s Pythian acquires U.S.-based firm in bid to expand market reach

Despite the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, at least one Ottawa tech firm didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger on a major deal to expand its market share.

Ottawa Jazz Festival cancels 2020 edition; other events eye revamped celebrations

Move follows city's extension of ban on public gatherings to June 30.

Retail cannabis ban delivers blow to Donnelly Group’s Ottawa expansion plans

The Ontario government’s decision late last week to change course and order pot stores to close feels like a bit of a double whammy to the owner of Hobo Cannabis.