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Federal hiring wanes as Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate rises to 5.7%

A contraction in Ottawa’s construction sector in May contributed to the region’s unemployment rate rising for the...

Gatineau a step closer to getting a new arena

Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin believes the Quebec legislature will soon approve Gatineau’s plan to partner with a...

Veteran Ottawa broker Bruce Wolfgram takes ownership stake in upstart firm Proveras

A local commercial real estate firm specializing in tenant representation has brought one of the city’s more...

Hudson’s Bay eliminating 2,000 positions to offset tough retail environment

Hudson's Bay Co. (TSX:HBC) said Thursday it is cutting 2,000 jobs across North America to help it...

BMO chief executive downplays housing risk, says market ‘essentially heals itself’

The Bank of Montreal's CEO is downplaying the consequences that would come from a possible correction in...

L-Spark grad Member365 leases 4,000 square feet in Kanata North tech park

Member365 will soon join the ranks of the Kanata North tech park, as the Ottawa-based SaaS firm...

Insert 25¢ to continue: How Ottawa game studios are making coin

Developers of high-budget, blockbuster games for the Xbox and PlayStation consoles are nowhere to be found in...

After bringing Ottawa’s BluMetric to profitability, CEO Roger Woeller steps aside

When BluMetric was down, its board of directors turned to company man Roger Woeller to right the...

Rising debt, sizzling housing markets leave Canada more vulnerable: central bank

Canada's financial system is becoming increasingly exposed to economic shocks as household debt levels continue to climb...

Ottawa housing starts rise 12% in May

Ottawa’s residential construction industry picked up more steam in May as homebuilders continued to accelerate the pace...