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Ottawa’s Top Chef Canada contestant Kat Ferries dishes on the local food scene

Ottawa continues to make waves on the national culinary scene, with cooking competitions like Top Chef Canada being no exception.  The most recent iteration of the popular TV show, premiering Oct. 20, features Kat Ferries, resident chef at Around the Block Butcher and Market in Ottawa. She will represent not...
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Larus lands $800K in federal funding, and other tech news from around Ottawa

The National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) will provide up to $800,000 in funding for Larus Technologies’ $1.7-million project to develop AI-powered technology that transforms natural language into “executable military scenarios for command and control, simulation, and training,” the firm said this week.
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TOHF’s new CFO Diana Burns on managing a capital campaign through volatility

With financial pressures weighing on donors, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s new CFO, Diana Burns, is focused on keeping the momentum going as the hospital’s capital campaign closes in on its goal.
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Heritage buildings at Confederation Heights ripe for conversion, experts say

Andrew Reeves can still recall his reaction to seeing the heritage buildings at Confederation...
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New retirement facility by Riverstone proposed for Orleans

Ottawa’s Riverstone Retirement Communities has submitted an application to expand its local portfolio with a 141-unit retirement facility in Orleans, a community that has become popular for senior living developments.
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A longer table, a wider circle: The next chapter of Ottawa’s Philanthropy Awards

For more than three decades, Ottawa’s Philanthropy Awards by the Association of Fundraising Professionals...
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Fall Presidents Dinner in Support of The Ottawa Hospital

The Ottawa Hospital’s President’s Dinner brought together donors and supporters to reflect on the future of healthcare and research, and the role philanthropy will play in advancing care for patients and families.
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Years of economic uncertainty haven’t slowed Canada’s entrepreneurs. They’ve made them more determined. New research from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) for Small Business Week finds 78 per cent are focused on growth, and this year’s theme says what’s at stake: in a “Two-Speed World,” it’s “Fast or Finished.” So what separates the businesses pulling ahead? Join OBJ, Trexity and the Ottawa Board of Trade for a live virtual event during Small Business Week and get the answers directly from the people tracking the shift: -- Get the research first. BDC chief economist Pierre Cleroux will unveil new research on the state of entrepreneurship in Canada, with insight you can use to benchmark your own business. -- Understand what’s changing on main street. Alok Ahuja of Ottawa-based Trexity will explain how local businesses are adapting, and finding new customers, in an e-commerce world. -- Find out what Ottawa is doing to help. Sueling Ching will outline the Buy Local program and other initiatives aimed at spurring economic growth in the city. Whether you run a business, work with one or are weighing your next move, this is a chance to get informed and come away with ideas worth acting on.
Small Business Week: Entrepreneurs are Fast or Finished
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Industrial market in flux as defence boom offset by trade war, brokers say

Ottawa’s industrial real estate market is experiencing a “push and pull” as increased defence...
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A strong workplace culture will drive business results, Ottawa author says

Local author Carol Ring believes in the power of workplace culture, and has developed...
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Former Bay store on Rideau could make a good hotel, local market watchers say

With chatter continuing about what might happen with the former Hudson’s Bay location on Rideau Street, one concept that has gained traction is the possibility that the 330,000-square-foot space could be turned into a hotel.

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