David Sali

Dave is OBJ’s senior writer and editor with two decades of experience in the newspaper industry working for a variety of publications from community weeklies to major dailies. He is a four-time award-winning journalist by the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP). He has received awards for best news feature, best scoop and best overall writer among medium-sized business publications.

‘I felt so helpless’: A year into the pandemic, local entrepreneurs reflect on lessons learned

Ottawa

Karla Briones and David Ross say they’re more resilient businesspeople after the COVID-19 crisis put them to the test in ways they never could have

Ottawa Tool Library finds new home in former artists’ hub

Ottawa

Non-profit facility was one of more than two dozen subtenants at Makerspace North that were left scrambling to find new homes after the community hub

Biotech firm gets US$33M boost for Ottawa-developed COVID-19 vaccine targeting new variants

Techopia

Massachusetts-based VBI Vaccines began clinical trials at the Ottawa Hospital this week on the first version of its product.

Brigil buys downtown Gatineau Sheraton hotel with eye to developing nearby land

Non-Residential

“It’s a very important site for the post-COVID economic growth of the (city) centre,” says Brigil’s vice-president of development, Jessy Desjardins.

Shopify execs launch angel fund aimed at women, non-binary founders

Ottawa

Backbone Angels will focus on assisting Black and Indigenous founders as well as other business leaders of colour.

Facing a $70M deficit, Ottawa airport calls on feds to fund LRT station, rapid COVID-19 testing

Tourism

Airport authority boss Mark Laroche says just one million passengers are expected to pass through the Ottawa terminal in 2021, down from 5.1 million two

Tech firms to watch: Neurovine set to expand reach of AI-powered concussion treatment

Techopia

Startup plans to build a personalized solution that can tell concussion patients when they’re pushing their physical or mental exertion too far

Kinaxis shares drop 17% as software firm reports Q4 net loss

Techopia

Kanata company’s market capitalization fell from about $4.4 billion on Wednesday to $3.67 billion at the close of trading Thursday.

Longtime Kinaxis CFO Monkman to retire in August

Techopia

Former Shopify VP of finance Blaine Fitzgerald will take over as chief financial officer of the Kanata-based software company.

Ottawa’s Kaminski family sells stake in fast-growing agricultural fund to Montreal firm

Ottawa

Launched in 2009, Bonnefield now manages more than 134,000 acres of agricultural land worth nearly $1 billion, up from 110,000 acres valued at $750 million