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.
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Colonnade BridgePort proposes highrises of 14, 28 storeys near east-end Via Rail station

In a summary of the site plan control application for the project at 25 Pickering Pl., Colonnade BridgePort says it wants to build two towers of 14 and 28 storeys that will contain a total of 483 residential suites along with “associated underground parking” and ground-floor commercial space.

Wellington West fixture John’s Family Diner puts space up for lease

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Bloks.app raises US$1.5M in seed funding to scale AI-powered productivity assistant

Serial Ottawa entrepreneur Marc Gingras’ company, Bloks.app, announced the new capital raise this week.

Florida-based Jabil to expand Kanata facility, add photonics packaging research lab

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Jabil said this week it is opening a new research laboratory at its existing facility on Brewer Hunt Way in Kanata.

Carling Avenue has Ottawa’s ‘hottest real estate,’ new buyer of office building near Westgate says

The head of a property management firm that just acquired a well-known office complex near the Westgate...

BluMetric Environmental acquires Florida-based wastewater treatment firm

BluMetric Environmental has acquired a Florida-based wastewater-treatment company as it looks to expand its reach in the...

Inside Edge Properties acquires south-end building for $15M amid rising demand for suburban office space

Inside Edge Properties purchased the 94,500-square-foot building at 2 Gurdwara Rd. from Montreal-based real estate investment trust Proreit for $15.3 million in a deal that closed on Sept. 13.

‘A light of positivity on the city’: Downtown boosters cheer deal to bring Senators to Flats

Rob McIsaac, a self-described passionate sports fan, was all smiles when he was told the Crown corporation had reached a deal to sell 10 acres of land at LeBreton Flats to the Ottawa Senators for a new NHL arena and events centre.
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
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