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.

Scaleup woes stunting Canadian tech sector’s growth, leading academic says

Techopia

Canada is falling behind in the global innovation race because its tech sector too often fails to scale startups into sustainable companies, the head of

Fastest Growing Companies #1: Continued innovation sparks healthy growth at Fullscript

Fastest Growing Companies

Fullscript CEO Kyle Braatz will never be accused of lacking ambition – a drive that is reflected in his vision for his company. “We want to change

Engineering a new approach to app design: Grad students set to learn hands-on development and marketing skills

Techopia

When Natalie Baddour and her University of Ottawa colleague Edward Lemaire first began researching wearable devices nearly a decade ago, watches that tracked a user’s

Fastest Growing Companies #2: HostedBizz founders riding high on the cloud

Fastest Growing Companies

When tech veterans and longtime friends Paul Butcher and Jim Stechyson each found themselves looking for a new business challenge a few years ago, it

Costco readying for move to Shoppers City East

Retail

After nearly a year of speculation, it’s finally official: Costco is planning to move its Gloucester location to Shoppers City East. The company behind the

CurrentWare making name for itself in growing field of employee Internet monitoring

Techopia

When Kevin Porsche kept getting requests from his company’s human resources department to find out what websites employees were visiting, he knew there had to

Ottawa’s next ‘it’ neighbourhood? Real estate experts say Trinity’s plan for O-Train intersection could spark Bayview development wave

Construction

Trinity Development Group’s proposed mixed-use complex that would span the O-Train tracks near Bayview station could become the centrepiece of Ottawa’s next great urban gentrification

Province’s affordable housing proposal rankles builders’ group

Construction

The Ontario government’s plan to allow municipalities to mandate affordable housing in new developments will hurt homebuyers by jacking up prices, a key local industry

Clean-tech execs call for national strategy: Time for feds to step up, local CEOs say

Techopia

When Kevin Loiselle needed a partner to help finance the installation of his company’s water management and sanitation systems, he had to jet across the

Can Ottawa become a fintech force?

Techopia

Fintech is “one of the most exciting categories in tech investing at the moment,” industry veteran Marwan Forzley says, and he believes his hometown could