October 2008 - Page 18 of 25

October 9, 2008 Heather Wallace

Local cafÃ©s take on expanding coffee giant

With several Starbucks locations popping up around Ottawa in the past year, Centretown coffee shop owners are diversifying their products to keep customers coming back.

October 9, 2008 Andrew Sachs

Local carsharing business revs up

Roxanne Stasyszyn, Centretown News

Matthew Mason-Phillips, program co-ordinator for the City of Ottawa EnviroCentre, represents VIRTUCAR's newest corporate client.

Suzie Fraser was in a bind. She needed to move a group of volunteers around the city for Project Porchlight’s campaign of delivering an energy efficient bulb to every house in Ottawa, but didn’t have enough vehicles to do it.

October 9, 2008 Brendan Ross

Viewpoint: Don’t expect to see new Google phones in Canada for a while

Google’s long-awaited mobile phone software will finally be available on Oct. 22, when it comes packaged with U.S. company T-Mobile’s new smartphone, the G1. But Canadians shouldn’t expect to see the innovative technology in this country any time soon.

October 9, 2008 Kate Horodyski

Bank Street businesses look to city for help

Emily Senger, Centretown News

Pedestrians navigate the narrow passages on Bank Street between Somerset Street and Laurier Avenue West.

After months of construction on Bank Street, many businesses in the area are hoping for financial compensation, but the city says this just isn’t possible.