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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Calian-led $100M investment aims to help defence-tech SMEs avoid the ‘supply chain trap’

Could the defence sector become the next big player in Ottawa’s industrial market?

As Canada ramps up military spending and Ottawa strives to become a defence innovation hub, commercial real...

Fieldless Farms bought by T.O. firm and other tech news from around Ottawa

Fieldless Farms, which has raised more than $20 million in venture capital, was acquired last month by vertical agriculture pioneer Elevate Farms. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Calian chooses Ottawa defence-tech startup Tactiql as first Ventures partner

An Ottawa defence-tech startup’s platform will soon be available to customers of Calian Group as part of...

‘The stakes were high’: How Ross Video kept its revenue-growth streak alive in 2025

In the end, Ross Video’s total year-over-year revenue gain amounted to just three per cent – far below the company’s annual growth average of 17 per cent over the previous three decades. But it was an increase nonetheless, and the streak remains intact at 34 years and counting.

Frugal AI lands US$5M to ‘untangle the cost mess’ in AI, cloud applications

Frugal AI was founded in May by serial entrepreneurs Mike Weider, Craig Conboy and Rob Calendino.

Ottawa hotel occupancy, room rates expected to remain flat in 2026: CBRE

Ottawa’s hotel occupancy rates are projected to hold steady over the next 12 months, a new report...

Ottawa home sales dip in October as OREB hopes rate cut triggers ‘active spring market’

Ottawa home sales dipped slightly in October compared with a year earlier, but the city’s real estate...

Renault among Kinaxis’s big-name signings in record-breaking Q3 for Kanata software firm

Kinaxis signed a slew of new enterprise customers in the third quarter, fuelling record-breaking sales that prompted...

TCU to break ground on Ogilvie Road apartment complex as firm’s multi-residential pipeline grows

TCU Development Corp. says it aims to break ground early next year on Soul, a 21-storey highrise on the northeast corner of Ogilvie Road and Cummings Avenue that will include about 280 rental suites.
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