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.

Ottawa’s brick-and-mortar merchants benefit from Shopify effect

E-commerce powerhouse’s employees ‘improve themselves constantly’ by getting a crash course in retail at local stores

Ottawa’s Ross Video lands record $5M IRAP funding for new product development

Chief executive David Ross says the company will put the fresh funding towards its next generation of products, highlighting his excitement about 4K TV and cloud technologies

Toronto-based firm to upgrade Carling Executive Park after $56.5M acquisition

A Toronto-based real estate investment firm has purchased a trio of prime Class-A office buildings in Westboro in a push to expand its footprint beyond the southern Ontario market

Ottawa’s mid-tier malls face adapt-or-die retail landscape

With Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre set to be totally rebuilt, OBJ looks at whether community retail plazas still have staying power in a world of e-commerce and changing consumer buying habits

Ottawa-based Telesat sets astronomical expectations for low-Earth-orbit satellites

Telesat expects its advanced satellite program to generate $1.2 billion over the next decade as part of a new partnership with the federal government

Former military man Claude Brulé takes command at Algonquin College

The former military man has been a driving force in pushing for new approaches to learning at the 52-year-old post-secondary institution

After ‘16 years of amazing memories,’ Westfest takes final bow

Westfest, the long-running and always-free neighbourhood music festival, will end its run due to a lack of sponsorship dollars

Kinaxis to build new Kanata West HQ to accommodate rapid growth

Taggart Realty Management, which beat out five other bidders for the contract to build the new headquarters, expects to break ground on the project next spring

Ottawa apartment builders ready to ride LRT’s wave

RioCan and Killam open development aimed to capitalizing on new generation of transit-using tenants

‘I can do that too’: Vanessa Kanu’s rise to CFO role at Ottawa’s Mitel

Vanessa Kanu's path to the C-suite of one of Ottawa's biggest companies has been filled with tough decisions, but she's today pretty certain about her choices

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