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.

Ottawa Athletic Club closing for good after 44 years as pandemic hits fitness business hard

Sports and Entertainment

Trailblazing fitness centre that opened in 1976 welcomed more than 1,500 people a day before COVID-19.

Owner of Ottawa co-working spaces seeing signs of recovery in hard-hit industry

Non-Residential

“Floodgates will open” once a vaccine is found, owner of two local facilities predicts despite news that one of the industry’s biggest companies has filed

Shopping local: Calian acquires Ottawa-based wireless antenna maker Tallysman in $24.5M deal

Techopia

Ten-year-old Ottawa firm makes satellite antennas as small as a human hand for clients in the autonomous vehicle, precision agriculture and other sectors.

City eyeing extra plowing, fire pits to help businesses weather COVID-19 storm this winter, Watson says

City Hall

Mayor said City Hall staff are working with local business groups to help restaurants, bars, retail shops and other enterprises that have seen revenues plummet

Speculation builds over prospective tenants for Shopify’s Elgin Street space

Non-Residential

‘Spectacular’ downtown office could help nurture a new generation of tech firms if they choose to replace the e-commerce giant in Performance Court, veteran broker

U of O PhD student’s smartwatch a timely innovation in COVID fight

Techopia

High-tech wearable device that tracks key vital signs and monitors cardiac signals earns award for biomedical engineering entrepreneur.

Ottawa health-tech firm Welbi lands deal with retirement home giant

Techopia

New contract will see local company’s recreation-planning software rolled out in retirement homes across Canada.

Shopify set to vacate 170,000-square-foot Elgin Street HQ in bid to reduce office footprint

Non-Residential

E-commerce giant plans to sublease its signature space at Performance Court and consolidate its downtown Ottawa office footprint at a building on nearby Laurier Avenue.