David Sali

Dave is OBJ's senior features writer 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.

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

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 years ago.

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

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

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

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

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 just 18 months ago.

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

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

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

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

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’

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 satellites.

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