Category: Business

Plans for a new independent rock radio station are hitting a sour note with Ottawa’s music industry.

Ursula Belanger was among a handful of pioneer women executives in Europe’s hospitality industry during the 1980s. When she began working in Ottawa, she found management was still predominately male; a male boss at the Sheraton Hotel suggested she join a women’s network.

When Finance Minister Jim Flaherty met with Canada’s top retailers last month to urge them to drop their prices in light of the high Canadian dollar, many shoppers likely let out a sigh of relief.

Craig Fitzpatrick, CEO of Ottawa-based software company Devshop, says Ottawa’s current hub for startup businesses is at the corner of Elgin and Maclaren – in a Bridgehead coffeehouse.