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.

Ikea to sell off part of Pinecrest Shopping Centre in bid to streamline assets

Non-Residential

One prominent retail analyst says the move could pave the way for a new wave of residential development at the site, which includes about 170,000

‘A big challenge for the grid’: BluWave-ai looks to steer EV users away from peak charging times

Techopia

Ottawa cleantech firm has landed $4.5 million in new funding as it gears up to launch a multimillion-dollar pilot project that will see Ottawa Hydro

‘A very large opportunity’: Tehama has high hopes for new cybersecurity platform for at-home workers

Techopia

Software that lets off-site employees securely access company data on their laptops and other devices has gone from a nice idea to something many customers

Montreal-based Sphere Media drawn to capital’s animation scene

Sports and Entertainment

Film, TV and animation company is opening an office in downtown Ottawa next month and says it plans to create dozens of local jobs in

Ottawa home sales to fall in 2022 and beyond, but prices will stay high: CMHC

Residential

Rising interest rates and job uncertainty will combine to cool down Ottawa’s red-hot home resale market a few degrees in 2022 – but not enough

‘I’m losing sales’: As Ottawa’s inflation rate soars, businesses are feeling the pinch

Ottawa

Capital’s annual rate of inflation hit 7.5 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said Wednesday, and local entrepreneurs say it’s getting harder and harder to

Cloud migration means sunny days for Pythian as firm’s big-ticket customer count grows

Techopia

Ottawa-based big-data analytics and cloud services provider has seen its revenues surge over the past 12 months, thanks in part to its acquisition of a

New Civic campus project will have big-time economic impact, but big-time challenges loom

Ottawa

Four-year build is expected to pump nearly $2 billion into Ottawa’s economy and create thousands of jobs, Deloitte says, but rising inflation and labour shortages

Meal-kit giant Goodfood to hire 200 workers in Ottawa amid move into grocery-delivery space

Retail

Montreal-based company plans to grow its number of fulfilment centres from six at the end of this month to as many as 20 by the

MindBridge’s fraud-busting AI now a ‘need-to-have’ as firm brings new partner Equifax on board: CEO

Techopia

In the wake of Ottawa software firm’s latest blue-chip customer win, Leyton Perris believes MindBridge is taking another step closer to the mainstream.