Business Headlines / October 26, 2007

Stores cautious about Yellow Bag program   Ottawa small businesses are turning up their noses at the city’s Yellow Bag program, a garbage pick-up initiative that makes them pay to dump.   Local bookstore fights high dollar with lower prices   With the Canadian dollar hovering around parity with the American greenback and much lower U.S. prices to compare with, book lovers are questioning the high Canadian prices.   Entrepreneurs to share first co-working space   Craig Fitzpatrick, CEO of Ottawa-based software company Devshop, says Ottawa’s current hub for startup businesses is at the corner of Elgin and Maclaren – in a Bridgehead coffeehouse.   Viewpoint: Remembrance Day closings show respect for vets, troops   Remembrance Day isn’t business as usual for Ottawa’s business community – at least not for most of it.