Today at the Ottawa Economic Outlook, the Ottawa Ambassador Initiative was launched to synergize the efforts of the Ottawa Board of Trade, the City of Ottawa, Invest Ottawa and Ottawa Tourism in mobilizing proud citizens from local businesses and the broader community to be “Ottawa Ambassadors.”
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"Ottawa Ambassadors" Initiative Launched by Ottawa Business Community
Swoop Airlines Offers Nine New Routes from Edmonton
Low cost airline Swoop has added nine new routes from Edmonton, the provincial capital of Alberta.
The new routes will connect Edmonton to: the national capital of Ottawa; Charlottetown, Halifax and Moncton in Atlantic Canada; Comox and Kelowna in British Columbia; and Regina and Saskatoon in Sas…
Toronto and Ottawa Boards of Trade Partner to Deliver Trade Accelerator Program
With consu
mers, work forces and industries making significant shifts online, the world is clamouring for technology and communications solutions. To help local Ontario firms meet that demand, a successful business support program is expanding province-wide.
The Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) is …
Canada Practices Caremongering During Covid-19 Crisis
In the face of fear and uncertainty over the pandemic, Canadians are being...well...Canadian by doing what they can to take care of each other and society's most vulnerable people. Across the nation, people are "caremongering" instead of scaremongering, ensuring people who need help and support can …
Looking for North American Tech Talent? Check out these Canadian Cities
Recognition of Canada’s innovative and competitive technology sector keeps pouring in. According to CBRE Group Inc., a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, Toronto is North America's third-ranked market for tech talent, coming in just behind the San Francisco Bay Area an…
What Do You Think of Ottawa's Chateau Laurier Expansion Plan?
Ottawa, Canada's national capital, is as calm as it is beautiful...until someone tries to mess with the Chateau Laurier, one of its most iconic, historical buildings. The 660,000 square foot French Gothic building was built over three years starting in 1909.
Situated downtown and adjacent to Ca…
Winnipeg Named One of Canada’s Best Investment Locations for 2018
When you think of business investment in Canada, it is hard not to immediately think of Toronto, Canada’s largest city and financial centre or large metropolitan areas like Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary or Ottawa.
According to U.S.-based Site Selection Magazine's 2018 Canada's Best Locations li…
Canada's Cool Capital
Check out this great article on Canada’s capital city of Ottawa. Long-time Globe and Mail journalist John Ibbitson helps to dispel the myth of Ottawa as a government town with little personality. As a former long-time resident of this beautiful, multicultural city of over one million people, I …
Amazon Grows its Business in Ottawa
Retail giant Amazon continues its Canadian love affair with its recent announcement of a new warehouse and distribution centre in Ottawa, Canada’s national capital. The facility is expected to create an estimated 600 jobs with Amazon and an additional 1500 jobs in the local economy. Unlike the prev…
Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa Make Global Quality of Life Top 20
Ottawa: Canada Day in Canada’s Capital City
I have many fond memories of Canada Day in Ottawa over the years. Ottawa, the National Capital and fourth largest city in Canada (just under 1 million people) is a beautiful city by any standard and any time of year; however it shines even brighter on July 1st when thousands of Canadians from acro…
#ThanksCanada Shows Americans and Canadians are True Friends and Allies
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s bizarre and unfounded attacks on Canada at the G-7 meeting in Quebec last week, many Americans are taking to social media to apologize on behalf of their President and show Canadians how Americans really feel about their neighbors to the north.
Ame…
Ottawa Business Leaders Positive About Growth Prospects
According to a recent survey of Ottawa business leaders, Canada’s capital city remains a great place to start and/or grow a business, as well as a great place for skilled workers to find a fulfilling job. While it is not without its problems, the local business environment is healthy – especially f…
$400 Million Investment in 5G Technology for Ontario and Quebec
Check out this article in the Ottawa Business Journal about the new $400 million private-public partnership to develop 5G technology. Five multinational firms with offices in Ottawa are collaborating with the federal government, as well as the governments of the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
…Ottawa’s Innovation Hub Grows with Addition of Place La Cité
New interdisciplinary creativity incubators at La Cité Collegiale will provide more research and development opportunities for Ottawa students as construction at Place La Cité is expected to start this month.
The $30 million project is a partnerships between the federal government, the province…
Top Four North American Cities are in Canada According to Quality of Life Survey
Mercer's quality of life rankings cover 230 destinations based on their Quality of Living Survey, which compares conditions in 440 cities in order to offer companies insight into how to fairly compensate employees when assigning them to international positions.
Vancouver, British Columbia(5) is N…
Canada's Tree-filled Communities are Good for your Health
Even Canada's large cities, like Ottawa and Victoria, are renowned for their green spaces. Of course, Canada's small towns look like they have been carved right out of the forest. Visit places like Squamish or Quesnel, British Columbia and you get a sense of the immense amount of forest that sti…
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