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.

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

Ottawa drug-maker Tetra Bio-Pharma’s decade-long research effort may be poised to pay off

Techopia

Product is designed to treat life-threatening conditions triggered when the body’s immune system “goes rogue” in response to infections such as COVID-19.

After turbulent 2020, Ottawa’s Lixar ready to regain altitude

Techopia

A year after being acquired by BDO, big data analytics firm says new deal to buy Calgary company will open up western Canadian market.

Ottawa Hospital facility seeks industry funding to mass-produce COVID-19 vaccines

Techopia

Biotherapeutics Manufacturing Centre at the Ottawa Hospital’s General campus has been turning out cutting-edge therapies for nearly 15 years.

Ruckify founder Steve Cody steps down as CEO of Ottawa-based online rental marketplace

Techopia

Serial entrepreneur says company needs someone at the top with a different skillset to guide it through its next phase of growth.

High hopes: Ottawa’s SmartCone looks to make big bucks tracking down ‘space garbage’

Techopia

Stittsville-based company smells lucrative opportunity in getting rid of man-made debris that could be on a collision course with the growing network of low-Earth orbit

Tenant downsizing will fuel rise in Ottawa’s office vacancy rate this year: CBRE

Non-Residential

Real estate brokerage predicts shift toward hybrid work model will lead to more space coming on the market as 2021 rolls on.

L-Spark’s SaaS Showcase to focus on networking in virtual 2021 edition

Techopia

The accelerator’s annual “graduation ceremony” for up-and-coming software-as-a-service startups will once again take place remotely this April – but with a few twists.