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What were OBJ’s most-read stories of 2019?

The past year saw the City of Ottawa award its largest-ever procurement contract, Canada’s cannabis kingpin ousted from his own budding empire and even a visit from the Mayor of Flavortown

Veteran journalists depart CTV Ottawa amid ‘dramatic shift’ in local news

A slew of journalists are leaving CTV Ottawa this week as the shifting business model for local television news continues to put pressure on broadcasters

Today is the day to help The Ottawa Mission end homelessness

Community leaders are stepping up to support ‘Business on a Mission’

Former Carleton Ravens coach Dave Smart named GM of Ottawa CEBL team

Smart was head coach of the Ravens from 1999-2000 to 2018-19, presiding over the most dominant stretch by a team in U Sports basketball history

Ottawa tech 2019 roundtable: Challenges facing the local sector

We asked about what problems Ottawa executives are facing in growing their tech companies and what, if anything, is holding the sector back

SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty to fraud, will pay a $280M fine for Libyan work

A division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. will plead guilty to a charge of fraud and pay a $280-million penalty related to work the company did in Libya

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate up 2.5 per cent in November, above national average

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation ballooned to 2.5 per cent in November – the largest increase so...

Deals of the Year – Retail: Farm Boy finds recipe for success with Rideau Bakery buy

With beloved business’s signature rye bread and other goods flying off the shelves, grocery chain scrambles to meet demand

Ottawa tech 2019 roundtable: Shopify and the new generation of entrepreneurship

We asked Ottawa tech execs how Shopify's rise has affected the local sector and whether today’s deluge of public companies puts the city at a disadvantage

Sprott-Bridgehead partnership will see coffee chain set up shop on Carleton campus

An educational partnership between the Sprott School of Business and coffee chain Bridgehead will see the local brand open up a new shop on the Carleton University campus