Category: Business

Downtown hoteliers say the provincial tourism minister’s lack of support is not a roadblock in their fight for a hotel tax they say is needed to boost the capital’s tourism-promotion budget.

American electronics giant Best Buy will swing open their doors in Ottawa within the next few months.

Even with power-hungry air conditioners turned off for the season, small business owners are sweating over hydro bills that spiked sharply during the first six months of the now- deregulated electricity market.

Restaurant managers expecting an increase in business during the Queen’s visit to Ottawa were disappointed by the meagre customer turnout.