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.

Shopify gets read on growing bricks-and-mortar market

Techopia

Shopify’s foray into bricks-and-mortar business is still in its early stages, but it’s building into something big, the company says. Last summer, the Ottawa-based e-commerce

Security firms eye profits in push to privatize police services

Defence and Security

When it comes to skyrocketing policing costs, Eli El-Chantiry points his finger squarely at fingerprinting. “Does that need a police officer to do it?” says

Ottawa’s digital movers shepherd in new world of online transfers

Techopia

Listen up, all you Sens fans: the next time you’re admiring a replay of an Erik Karlsson end-to-end rush on the big screen at the

Nortel’s failure was years in the making, Telfer study finds

Techopia

Management blunders, market changes and a “black cloud” of eroding customer confidence were just some of the factors that ultimately led to Nortel’s epic collapse,

Ottawa mobile app firm brings technology to local taxis

Techopia

Ottawa’s main taxi dispatcher is about to give the green light to technology that will let local residents book and pay for cabs on their

Local VC fund Mistral plays key role in $1.7M financing round for software firm

Techopia

Ottawa’s Mistral Venture Partners fund gets its name from a fierce northerly wind. The man who launched the investment fund probably feels like he has

Uptick in 2013 fuels optimism for new year of investments

Techopia

Shopify’s recent success in securing $100 million in venture capital should help Ottawa step out of the shadows of more-hyped technology centres such as Waterloo

Condo market players expect fewer new developments in 2014

Residential

That chill in the air Matthew Sachs felt in late December had nothing to do with the arctic-like temperatures gripping the capital. Instead, the general

Infill projects find a home in capital

Construction

Developer Fred Carmosino might live in Dunrobin, but he knows all about the benefits of downtown living. Sure, there’s the convenience of being close to

Ottawa landscaping firm gets $2.13M contract for Gatineau street work

Construction

The National Capital Commission on Tuesday awarded a $2.13-million contract to Ottawa’s Exel Contracting to upgrade a section of Laurier Street in Gatineau in front