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.

Next phase of LeBreton Flats gets green light from city committee

Real Estate

The city’s planning committee Tuesday gave the go-ahead for Claridge Homes to build five mixed-use towers ranging from 25 to 45 storeys on the eastern

Farm Boy, Ottawa tech firms cooking up a retail revolution

Retail

The leader of one of Ottawa’s best-known companies says the time has come for the iconic food retailer to step up its digital game. Farm

Original OSEG chief Bernie Ashe hailed as ‘visionary’ at retirement festivities

Sports and Entertainment

For the past four seasons, Bernie Ashe’s 24-7 responsibilities meant Redblacks game nights were work nights for the chief executive of the Ottawa Sports and

Ottawa’s BluArc acquires Toronto firm About Communications

November 8, 2022

An Ottawa company that provides cloud-based phone and internet services to businesses has acquired a Toronto-based competitor with the aim of expanding its footprint in

OneEleven aiming to take Ottawa startups to ‘the next level’

Techopia

From his vantage point in the capital’s newest startup hub, Brad Forsyth has a bird’s-eye view of exactly the kind of opportunities he hopes lie

Ottawa startup Equispheres not letting high-tech powder opportunity slip through its fingers

Techopia

A local entrepreneur believes a powder made of fine aluminum particles is the raw material that will build Ottawa’s next billion-dollar company. Kevin Nicholds is

Ottawa craft industries cheer opportunities for expansion under relaxed rules

City Hall

Small manufacturers such as craft breweries, micro-distilleries and furniture makers will soon find it easier to set up shop in busy retail districts after city

Paul Taggart remembered as ‘an entrepreneur at heart’

Real Estate

Like many a gifted entrepreneur, Paul Taggart had an uncanny knack for seeing business opportunities in places most others never would have thought to look.

Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, West Ottawa Board of Trade members agree to merger

Ottawa

Members of Ottawa’s two largest chambers of commerce have voted nearly unanimously to merge their operations into a single organization. On Tuesday, 78 of 80