Category: Business

Centretown restaurant owner Ozlem Balpinar never liked drinking bottled water.

Leaders of the Centretown business community say politicians have ignored small business in the 2007 Ontario election and are calling on local independent companies to start bringing small business concerns to the attention of candidates.

With Canada’s currency hitting a 30-year high and making unprecedented gains against the US dollar, many Canadian shoppers are happily cheering the loonie toward parity.

Ottawa’s business community is voicing concerns that the announced raise to Ontario’s minimum wage could end up hurting the workers it’s supposed to help.