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Get in on a good thing: Time to apply for the 2026 Fastest Growing Companies
We’re doing things a bit differently this year.
In anticipation of the launch of OBJ’s new magazine starting in February 2026, we’re opening the call
UPDATED: Calian Group CEO Kevin Ford to retire at end of year, Houston to take over
Kevin Ford, who spearheaded the rise of Calian Group from a mid-sized local company into a major Canadian defence industry player, is retiring at the
Ottawa real estate gains pace — average prices up, but uneven recovery ahead
Ottawa’s housing market posted modest gains through the halfway mark of 2025, with detached and semi detached properties leading while condominium apartments lagged. According to
Gallery: NetIP Canada 10th Annual Diwali Awards Gala
The 10th Annual Diwali Awards Gala, hosted by RBC and NetIP Canada, took place last week at Ottawa’s Rogers Centre. Celebrated as the “Festival of
Ottawa malls close to landing new tenants for vacant former Bay spaces, broker says
Landlords at three major Ottawa malls are in talks with a number of retailers to take over space formerly occupied by Hudson’s Bay and expect
St. Laurent Shopping Centre to test cutting-edge AI, robotics technology in ‘living lab’
St. Laurent Shopping Centre will become a testing ground for smart-city technology as part of Ottawa’s second “living lab” funded by the Kanata-based Centre of
John and Pina Sicard kickstart Harmony House anniversary with $120K donation
John Sicard and his wife Pina have donated $120,000 with a matching pledge to Ottawa’s Harmony House, a second-stage shelter for women and children escaping violence. The charity announced the
Ottawa home sales up slightly in September as prices hold steady
Ottawa home sales rose slightly in September while prices held steady as the city’s real estate board said the market could heat up amid “resilient demand” for housing and lower
Here are Ottawa’s top 20 Best Places to Work for 2025
From hiring practices to training and development, there are many things to consider when it comes to being one of the city’s Best Places to Work. “Human resources has rarely
Hale family hopes to inspire the next generation of donors
Dave Hale’s life was never the same – in more ways than one – after his mother passed away in 2021. That’s because the Ottawa-based
AI to take centre stage at 10th edition of SaaS North Nov. 5 and 6
SaaS North, which bills itself as “Canada’s longest-running and largest gathering of software-as-a-service, AI-native, and cloud software scaleup companies,” is coming to the Shaw Centre on Nov. 5 and 6.
From Iraq to Ottawa: Army vet Mike George runs his olive oil business with military precision
In the summer of 2016, Mike George took time off from his job in the military to visit family in Italy. On the last day of his trip, his uncle
Calian buys Montreal-area engineering firm in bid to bolster defence portfolio
Calian Group has acquired a Quebec-based engineering firm that specializes in complex military systems in a deal that strengthens the Ottawa firm’s ties to key customers in the defence and
Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumps in third quarter as tenants relocate, downsize
Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumped nearly half a percentage point in the third quarter as several large swaths of space came back on the market amid a wave of downsizing
