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’s Calian continues profit streak into 2019 despite hit from acquisition costs

Techopia

Ottawa’s Calian Group stretched its streak of profitable quarters to 69 in the first earnings period of fiscal 2019, the company reported Wednesday – though

People on the move: David Gourlay now playing for OSEG Foundation

People on the Move

An old sports adage says lessons learned in defeat pave the way for future victories. Though he’s not an athlete, David Gourlay is here to

Ottawa homebuyers banking on alternative lenders: experts

Residential

Michael Hapke has a perfect vantage point from which to witness a dramatic shift in the way Canadians are borrowing money to buy homes. A

Refocused business drives up annual profits at Ottawa’s BluMetric

Techopia

When Scott MacFabe joined BluMetric as CEO last March, he said his job was to accelerate the Ottawa cleantech firm’s ascent in the marketplace. Nearly

Ottawa Champions partner with Redblacks, Fury owner to boost ticket sales

Sports and Entertainment

The organization that owns the Ottawa Redblacks, Fury and 67’s is teaming up with the Ottawa Champions baseball club in an effort to boost the

Group Germain plans $40M, 180-room hotel at Ottawa airport

Non-Residential

Group Germain Hotels has landed on what it thinks is the perfect location to make its 20-20 business vision a reality: the Ottawa airport. The

Overnight visits to Ottawa expected to jump 2.4% in 2019: Conference Board

Tourism

Buoyed by the pending arrival of light rail and more direct flights from the United States, Ottawa is expected to welcome 2.4 per cent more

Heidi Hauver prepping Invest Ottawa’s startups to win the ‘war for talent’

People on the Move

By her own admission, Heidi Hauver gets bored easily. But she doesn’t see that becoming an issue at her new gig any time soon. Hauver,

Ottawa lawyer John Nelligan remembered as skilled orator, generous man

Ottawa

John Nelligan’s genius in a courtroom was such that his one of his longtime colleagues looked to a completely different arena for an appropriate analogy

‘Nortel did not need to die’: Ten years since the collapse that shook Ottawa’s tech sector

Techopia

Almost exactly a decade after Nortel Networks filed for bankruptcy protection, Jonathan Calof still can’t help but wonder what might have been. “It didn’t have