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Ontario ordering non-essential businesses to close

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is ordering the closure of all non-essential businesses in the province to help deal with the spread of COVID-19

Perth-based Top Shelf Distillers crowdfunding hand sanitizer production

A Perth-based distillery is turning to the public to help fund its pivot from liquor to hand sanitizer to boost the supplies needed on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic

CHEO Foundation reacts to COVID-19 by shifting toward online fundraising for region’s only children’s hospital

23rd annual CHEO For The Kids gala dinner among numerous springtime charity events and activities to be cancelled or postponed in Ottawa

Restaurants ask government for help to stay afloat amid coronavirus shutdowns

Restaurant owners are struggling to stay afloat as health authorities and governments urge wide-scale shutdowns

Building more trustworthy software

University of Ottawa Faculty of Engineering researchers help companies and governments test their designs before going to market

Travel company Transat AT lays off 3,600 staff, about 70 per cent of workforce

The decision comes as non-essential travel around the world comes to a standstill as governments close borders in an effort to slow the COVID-19 pandemic

Ottawa’s Spartan Bioscience getting federal backing to develop COVID-19 test

With the COVID-19 crisis becoming more urgent by the day, the Ottawa-based biotech firm says it’s aiming to have a portable test ready 'within weeks'

Hotels among businesses helping Shepherds of Good Hope despite being ‘decimated’ by COVID-19

Members of Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association have been dropping off food for non-profit organization dedicated to serving homeless men and women

Chateau Laurier set to close amid dire circumstances for hotel industry

“It was a very difficult decision, needless to say,” a spokesperson told OBJ. “But people are being asked to stay home, and we want to make sure that we’re doing our part.”

Techopia Live: Pandemic sees Ottawa’s Welbi adapt retirement home platform

Ottawa-based Welbi is adapting its platform to better serve care providers in retirement communities amid increasingly overwhelming circumstances
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