Ottawa food truck owners are looking to make some cold, hard cash this year, but the seemingly endless winter has been keeping them from getting back to business.
Hanna Lange-Chenier, Centretown NewsThe cold weather has been a challenge for Ad Mare, a seafood truck at Slater and O'Connor streets.
Category: Business
Startup Weekend coming to Ottawa
Young entrepreneurs from across Canada will frantically try to create a business in one weekend this June.
Ottawa tippers generous but some owners not so
A new national survey has found residents of Ottawa to be the top tippers in Canada, but one Ontario MPP says too much of the money is going to the owners, not those giving the great service. 
Photo Illustration by Pedro Rocha Cabral de Vasconcellos, Centretown NewsThere's a downside to Ottawa's reputation as the best tippers in Canada it seems that some owners are taking a cut of their employees' tips.
Viewpoint: Hairdressers should charge service fees not expect tips
Ask any woman with a full head of highlights and she’ll probably tell you that her hairdo didn’t come cheap. In a neighbourhood such as Centretown, you’re looking at $100 to $200 for a woman’s haircut and colour at your average salon.