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.

Merkley Supply CEO Robert Merkley to receive 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award

Merkley Supply president and CEO Robert Merkley, who has spent more than four decades at the helm of the masonry supplier that bears his family name, will receive the honour during the Best Ottawa Business Awards on Friday, Nov. 29 at The Westin Ottawa.

Kinaxis hires supply-chain industry veteran Morgan to lead sales and marketing efforts

Kinaxis has hired a seasoned supply-chain software executive to oversee its sales and marketing efforts as it...

Chip-fab plant in National Capital Region still a possibility, Enablence Technologies says

Kanata-based photonics firm Enablence Technologies says it is still considering a long-term plan to build a 50,000-square-foot...

Hexo co-founder Adam Miron launches new advisory firm with former business partner

After his four-year tenure as CEO of Ottawa-based digital-asset custodian Brane Trust ended when the company was...

St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts seeks to create 500-person events space in former Catholic church

In an application filed last month, St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts says it needs to raise more revenue to fund work that would address what it calls the building’s “growing heritage infrastructure deficit.”

Plantaform lands Costco deal, hires veteran marketing exec to spark U.S. scaleup

Buoyed by a recent move to dramatically boost its production capacity, Gatineau-based Plantaform has hired a veteran...

Ottawa’s nightlife commissioner to unveil advisory council early next month

The man tasked with kickstarting Ottawa’s nighttime economy says he plans to announce the members of his...

New downtown events venue will be ‘best of all worlds,’ Live Nation exec tells mayor

In a conversation with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe after a breakfast networking event at City Hall, Live Nation Entertainment’s Erik Hoffman said the National Capital Region was “overdue” for a place like the planned 2,000-seat hall.

Rate cut good news – but finding labour could be a ‘challenge’, Colonnade BridgePort CEO says

Colonnade BridgePort CEO Hugh Gorman said Wednesday that interest rates are “trending in the right direction” after the Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate by half a percentage point to 3.75 per cent.

Colonnade BridgePort files proposal for 22-storey mixed-use tower near Westboro LRT station

Colonnade BridgePort’s site-plan application for the development on Scott Street near Island Park Drive says the proposed building would include 244 dwelling units and 91 underground parking spaces.

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