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.

‘It’s pretty phenomenal’: Local pub owner reflects on a great monarch

Ottawa

Death of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch has left Dustin Therrien and millions of other Canadians to contemplate life without the only head of state they have

Fullscript co-founder Kyle Braatz named Ottawa’s 2022 CEO of the Year

Ottawa

Leader of Ottawa-based online health-care firm has spearheaded firm’s growth into a multinational enterprise that provides nutritional supplements and treatment plans to millions of patients.

Rising home prices ‘unsustainable,’ realtor says as Ottawa resale transactions fall for sixth straight month

Residential

Ottawa realtors sold 1,137 residential properties in August, down 27 per cent from the 1,565 transactions a year earlier and well below the five-year average

Aiming high: Wesley Clover to build 30-storey mixed-use tower beside Brookstreet Hotel

Residential

Firm backed by billionaire tech magnate Terry Matthews says it hopes to start construction on the $120-million project, which will include a restaurant and about

‘Well set up to win’: Lytica raises $13M as it chases global customers for pricing intelligence software

Techopia

Kanata firm’s artificial intelligence platform compares prices of thousands of components that go into electronic devices such as computers and smartphones.

Tetra Bio-Pharma hopes $6M raise carries firm through to revenue stage

Techopia

Orléans-based company has spent years developing drugs designed to mimic the pain-killing and anti-inflammatory benefits of cannabis without major side effects.

Regional airports get multimillion-dollar fed funding boost

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Airports in Kingston, Cornwall and Arnprior will be able to upgrade their facilities after the announcement of a $2.8-million non-repayable contribution from the federal government.

Have business, will travel? Airport boss urges execs to get off Zoom, get on planes

Tourism

Uptick in summer leisure travel has given Ottawa’s international terminal a much-needed lift, but the airport is “still not out of the woods,” Mark Laroche

Mayo Clinic acquires equity stake in rapid COVID test-maker Genomadix

Techopia

Ottawa startup awaiting regulatory approval for portable device says partnership with world-renowned U.S. research facility will help further develop its technology.

Sure sign of growth: Software firm Knak making a name for itself as it prepares to move into new HQ

Techopia

Less than a year after raising US$25 million in venture capital, Ottawa-based email marketing software maker has more than doubled its headcount to 80 people