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.

How Giant Tiger and its founder Gordon Reid thrived across a lifetime of retail

Best Ottawa Business Awards

When the retail behemoth known as Walmart took Canada by storm in the mid-1990s, it sent shudders down the spines of countless homegrown store owners

Ottawa Senators shooting to win over millennial fans

Sports and Entertainment

In a Q&A with OBJ, new Ottawa Senators chief operating officer Nicolas Ruszkowski and chief marketing officer Aimee Deziel discuss the NHL franchise’s efforts to

Ottawa’s Calian scores $93M contract renewal with Department of National Defence

Techopia

Concluding an interview about yet another headline-grabbing piece of positive news to come out of his company, Calian CEO Kevin Ford jokingly promised Monday that

Ottawa’s CEO of the Year Bruce Linton is on a roll

Best Ottawa Business Awards

Rushing between meetings in Los Angeles on a late October morning, Ottawa’s CEO of the Year paused to reflect on an opportunity lost. It was

Entrepreneur Rob Woodbridge riding high as he leads Lyft in Ottawa

Techopia

San Francisco-based ride-hailing service Lyft has enlisted a big-name local entrepreneur in its drive to challenge Uber for supremacy in the Ottawa market. Rob Woodbridge

Ottawa airport planning hotel, $25M renovations to meet travel demand

Tourism

A major redevelopment project that will see $25 million in renovations to the Ottawa international airport terminal and a new hotel next door is yet

Pythian CEO Paul Vallée pushing Ontario government to restore basic income pilot

Ottawa

The co-founder of one of Ottawa’s leading tech companies is calling on the Ontario government to save the province’s basic income pilot, arguing the plan

LRT reshaping city-wide development, audience hears at Ottawa’s Economic Outlook

Real Estate

The pending arrival of light rail is fuelling a wave of new development applications and changing the way builders view future projects, speakers told a

Trinity and partners propose three-tower development along Trillium Line at Gladstone

Non-Residential

The consortium of developers behind the trio of highrises proposed for 900 Albert St. is now planning to build three more mixed-use towers just a

Ottawa’s Calian buys Regina-based firm in third acquisition of 2018

Techopia

During a speaking engagement at the Brookstreet Hotel last month, Calian boss Kevin Ford casually mentioned he’d taken a tour of Regina the week before.