Business Headlines / February 10, 2006

New Chamber president faces great expectations   The new chair of Ottawa’s Chamber of Commerce could find himself very busy with some Centretown business issues about taxes and safety.   Winter weather worries and wows vendors   A NASA study found 2005 to be the warmest year in over a century, and some Centretown businesses are starting to feel the heat.   People are turning to spas to escape hectic daily life   As cell phones, laptops and demanding schedules are diminishing personal time, more people than ever are visiting spas and making sure that they take the time to put their feet up and relax.   Business Beat: Nobody to blame but Canadians for losing The Bay   There are few things that really get the passive Canadian public’s blood boiling, but losing the country’s oldest and most historically significant company to an American is definitely one of them.