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.

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Ottawa IoT firm SmartCone’s ‘rapid collaboration group’ aids COVID-19 fight

When Jason Lee first started hearing about nationwide lockdowns to thwart the spread of the coronavirus, his instinct for collaboration didn’t take long to kick in.

KNBA helps Kanata North businesses go digital during pandemic with $200K fund

The Kanata North Business Association is offering its members a financial boost to help them acquire digital solutions to get through the COVID-19 crisis.

Proposed urban boundary expansion insufficient; will worsen sprawl: Ottawa homebuilders

Intensification targets will push residents to communities outside Ottawa, industry group says

Co-working spaces need to rethink business model in wake of COVID-19: experts

While most experts say industry is likely to struggle even after social distancing measures are relaxed, others argue sector could play key role in helping companies safely resume operations.

Ottawa student’s money-transfer app making waves in fintech world

Unlike many university students getting ready to graduate this year, Serge Kiema isn’t fretting about finding gainful...

Ottawa businesses catering to e-commerce pick up steam during lockdown

Spencer MacPherson’s burgeoning digital photography business was gaining momentum by the month when the COVID-19 crisis suddenly...

AI project could help authorities better project coronavirus’s path, Carleton prof says

Mohamed Ibnkahla says his project could help identify people who lack food or medication during the COVID-19 crisis or show signs of the illness.

Ottawa’s Equispheres lands $17M in new funding for high-tech metal powder

A Kanata company that’s developing a high-tech metal powder for automotive and aerospace manufacturing has some more rocket fuel in its own tank thanks to $17 million in new funding.

Ottawa fitness studios going virtual in bid to bulk up revenues during COVID-19 pandemic

With government-imposed restrictions forcing the closure of gyms, yoga studios and other facilities, fitness entrepreneurs have been forced to find other ways to keep their businesses alive.