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.
The economy added 47,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate declined for the first time since January to 6.5 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Friday.
The owners of the newly renovated World Exchange Plaza are bringing in a “well-known” coffee retailer and seeking a restaurant to fill space formerly occupied by the LCBO as they try to keep pace with other downtown landlords that have modernized their properties in a bid to entice workers back to the office.
Montreal-based engineering and environmental services firm Englobe announced this week it has reached an agreement to purchase local consulting firm Goodkey, Weedmark & Associates.