Small, emerging technology companies are being matched with engineering students through a new program that aims to provide startups with staff and students who have some business know-how.

It’s a pity you’re not a quail. Ottawa researchers have found that quails can boost their aerobic fitness just by sitting around and eating fats, provided they’re the right kind.

Groundbreaking work with lasers has earned an Ottawa physicist Canada’s top science and engineering prize, worth $1 million.

Criminal charges have been laid against 14 individuals and seven Ottawa-area companies for allegedly rigging bids for $67 million worth of federal government information technology contracts, the Competition Bureau announced Tuesday.

Syncrude Canada has been charged for not taking measures to keep wildfowl out of the tailings pond where 500 ducks died last year after they were trapped in the water’s oily waste, the Alberta government announced Monday.