Category: Business

Everyone dislikes being in a store where they have to go hunting for someone to answer their question. Conversely, they also dislike being pestered by salespeople as they browse the new releases at an electronics store.

The president of the Ottawa-based Pub and Bar Coalition of Canada says he will challenge the province’s new Smoke-Free Ontario Act, which takes effect June 1, but he is unsure how.

Ottawa map distributors are criticizing the federal government’s plans to close down a map warehouse next year, saying it could devastate their business.

The new Conservative government’s campaign promise to cut consumer and business taxes has local entrepreneurs guardedly optimistic — glad for any break, but unsure if the cut will really materialize.