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.

Brewed awakening: Bridgehead’s sales rise 20% in fourth quarter

Ottawa, Retail

In financial filings released Monday, parent company Aegis Brands said Ottawa-based coffee retailer posted revenues of $4.05 million for the three-month period ending Dec. 25,

Ottawa hotel occupancy rose more than 50% in 2022, report says

Insider Only Ottawa, Tourism

‘I have products, I have market’: Versaterm CEO bullish as firm’s acquisition spree continues

Insider Only Techopia

Toronto’s Nexus Industrial REIT acquires new Ford distribution centre in Casselman for $117M

Real Estate, Eastern Ontario Business Journal, Non-Residential

Located just south of Hwy. 417 about 56 kilometres southeast of Ottawa, the facility is slated to open this spring and will serve as a

Trellis’s e-commerce merchandising platform shines on big stage in Vegas

Insider Only Techopia

Ottawa Airport plans to terminate operating licence for ground-services provider to Flair, Sunwing

Ottawa, Tourism

In a news release on Wednesday, the airport authority said that in recent weeks it has “observed a degradation of service levels associated with ground-handling

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual rate of housing starts up 725% in February: CMHC

Real Estate, Residential

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts jumped a whopping 725 per cent in February, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Wednesday, reversing months of

Familiar government buildings in downtown core would be better off demolished, industry insiders say

Insider Only Non-Residential, Real Estate

Nearly 300 Ottawa office buildings could be candidates for ‘adaptive reuse,’ new study says

Insider Only Real Estate

No ‘immediate exposure risks’ to portfolio in wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, Mistral Venture Partners says

Ottawa, Canada & World

One of Ottawa’s biggest venture capital firms said Monday it “has managed to resolve all immediate exposure risks” for the eight companies in its portfolio