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 Kivuto Solutions acquired by Calgary investors

Techopia

An Ottawa tech firm that helps colleges and universities around the world deliver discounted software to students has been sold to a Calgary-led group of

From seed to sky: Gatineau’s Agrisoma flying high on Qantas biofuel deal

Techopia

As startup-in-ascent metaphors go, they don’t get more on-the-nose than Qantas Flight 96 from Los Angeles to Melbourne on Jan. 28. The 15-hour journey took

Focus on tech funding holding female entrepreneurs back: Study

Ottawa

Owners of a pair of buzzworthy fashion boutiques, Katie Frappier and Regine Paquette epitomize the growing role of women in the Canadian economy. Victoire boutique,

Nick Quain named new Invest Ottawa mentor-in-chief

Techopia

After nearly two decades of shuttling back and forth between Ottawa and Toronto building wireless communications firm CellWand into a national force, Nick Quain is

Former Kanata North BIA director Jenna Sudds to run for city council

City Hall

Another familiar name is poised to enter the race for councillor in Kanata North, setting the stage for what could be one of the most

Liberals’ spending plans come under fire from Ottawa critics at post-budget event

Ottawa

While saying the federal Liberals deserve credit for showing “some restraint on spending,” Parliament’s former budget watchdog told a business audience in Ottawa Wednesday the

All Saints redevelopment in Sandy Hill gets green light from committee

Real Estate

A multimillion-dollar proposal to build a nine-storey mixed-use development next to the former All Saints Anglican Church in Sandy Hill is a big step closer

Camp Fortune, Mont Ste. Marie to extend ski seasons with $1.75M in snowmaking equipment

Tourism

After fighting an uphill battle with the weather for most of the season, a pair of Outaouais ski resorts got a ray of financial sunshine

No turning back now on LeBreton Flats, Durrell says

Real Estate

Perhaps better than anyone in the city of Ottawa, Jim Durrell can appreciate many residents’ reluctance to believe there will be an NHL arena at

Steve Cody, Bruce Linton buy Better Software Company assets

Techopia

Two of the capital’s brightest entrepreneurial stars are now business partners in a pair of ventures they project will each be generating millions of dollars