Mia Jensen

With business leaders facing pressure to innovate to attract customers and government funding, the University of Ottawa has created a new role to connect industry with advanced research.

An architecture firm with offices across Canada and in the U.S. is opening a local studio near LeBreton Flats, where it hopes to be involved in future development.

A Manitoba-based company has filed an application to build multiple residential buildings on a nearby site next to Tanger Outlets.

When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, three local experts say the past few years have been sluggish in Ottawa, but there’s been an uptick in activity, with businesses from multiple sectors ready to buy or sell.

When Max Brault helped launch the Accessible Canada Act in 2019, artificial intelligence was not on anyone’s radar. But seven years later, the consultant says businesses are keen to adjust their accessibility guidelines, now with AI in the mix.

The owner of a swashbuckling tourism brand originally founded in Ottawa is ready to “pass the pirate hat” and is looking to sell the business.

An Ottawa-based professional has started a national campaign to support the construction of Canada’s first high-speed rail line with the message: “Canada has waited long enough. Build Alto.”

Amid financial pressures, societal shifts and changing industry requirements, the past few years have forced Ottawa’s business schools to reinvent themselves to respond to new market demands.

A year into her role at the helm of the University of Ottawa, Marie-Eve Sylvestre is busy reaching out to industry players in areas such as defence, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and scientific research.

The town of Smiths Falls wants more tourists to visit, but with the help of a new destination development plan, the heritage community is also asking how it can encourage tourists to stay.