Geneviève Ménard-Hayles to head Ottawa-Gatineau corporation BY TONY LOFARO, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA — Geneviève Ménard-Hayles, the former executive director of the Canadian Tulip Festival, is taking over as head of the Ottawa-Gatineau Film and Television Development Corporation. Ménard-Hayles joins the revamped film office on Monday, just as it begins a new era in promoting ...

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BY KELLY ROCHE, OTTAWA SUN Getting A-list movie stars to come to Ottawa is part of producer Ron Schwarzmann’s master plan, but he knows it’s easier said than done since there are no direct flights from Los Angeles to Ottawa. “Al Pacino would be waiting for two hours in Montreal,” said Schwarzmann. Sorting out the ...

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Published on December 23, 2011 Peter Kovessy, Ottawa Business Journal For the second time in the past year, the city’s lead economic development agency is changing its name. OCRI – which started 2011 as the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation before becoming the Ottawa Centre for Regional Innovation in the spring – is now ...

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The uSwish and isGPU tools from this Ottawa-based startup promises iPhone-like ease of use interfaces for any mobile device. By: Nestor E. Arellano As touchscreen mobile devices mature and applications become more readily available for virtually every operating system, user interface becomes a vital factor for manufacturers to differentiate their products from competitors. At the ...

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Host: Jason McIntyre CFRA Business@Night Bruce Lazenby was interviewed for CFRA’s Business@Night radio program in Ottawa on December 13, 2011. The Wireless sector now has some 250 companies involved in the capital region and to accommodate more new companies OCRI will establish a business incubator and is moving to collaborate with other organizations in the ...

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Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson and Huawei all have major product development facilities in Ottawa and startups like YOUi Labs and Spoonity offer still more promise Ottawa – December 8, 2011 – In the wireless industry, it’s well known that four of the world’s top companies – Alcatel-Lucent Technologies Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., LM Ericsson and Huawei ...

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New chief expected to be named this month By Tony Lofaro, The Ottawa Citizen The fledgling Ottawa-Gatineau Film and Television Development Corporation is entering its third act with a new set of characters, a new home and an ongoing storyline of trying to woo film producers to Ottawa. It’s hoped this version of the drama ...

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By Greg Markey As OCRI prepares to open its new offices in Little Italy in the coming weeks, the economic development agency’s in-house business accelerator program is taking shape, although many key questions for startups remain unanswered. The accelerator will house approximately 77 entrepreneurs working to establish growing companies, with more space becoming available if ...

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Ottawa, December 1, 2011 ― A new, 24-hour telenursing call centre that officially opens in Ottawa today is offering employment opportunities to scores of area nurses. Sykes delivers programming to consumers in Ontario who are looking for help with their health concerns. Experienced, specially-trained nurses are on hand around-the-clock to assist with symptoms, provide general ...

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By Nathan Rudyk In today’s Ottawa Citizen, Bruce Lazenby, OCRI’s President & CEO, laid a out game-plan for Ottawa’s tech sector that doesn’t involve more government studies, wishful waiting for scarce venture capital (been doing any reading lately on the global credit crisis?) or reliance on 90s-era “critical mass” companies. Instead, Lazeby advises “a laserlike ...

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