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 – sorry, Jim Watson, not you.
Surprises in the local business community accompanied familiar trends, as steady employment and status quo in the federal election fuelled continued growth in the city’s real estate market. Meanwhile, rapidly growing tech firms waged an increasingly tight battle for talent and office space in the National Capital Region.
These were a few of the top stories that captured our audience’s attention in 2019.
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OBJ’s most-read stories of the year:
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Real estate in the capital: What are Ottawa’s hottest neighbourhoods?
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Flavortown North: TV foodie Guy Fieri dines at Ottawa’s OCCO Kitchen
Top real estate reads:
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Ottawa now Canada’s fourth-most-expensive housing market: Royal LePage
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Ottawa-based Arnon proposes Little Italy development with grocery store attached
Top tech reads:
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Martello shares spike as Linton spotlights Ottawa firm after Canopy Growth exit
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Cody and Linton’s Ottawa startup Ruckify eyes U.S. public listing in 2020
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Ottawa startup The Growcer triumphs on Dragons’ Den
Top retail/restaurant reads:
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Wolf Down: Startup-style restaurant bringing Berlin’s beloved street meat to Bank Street
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Quebec restaurant chain Foodtastic acquires Ottawa’s Big Rig Brewery
