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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Cleantech firms hope federal budget’s focus on ‘clean economy’ gives them green light to grow

The measures include more than $16 billion in tax credits over the next five years for cleantech manufacturing; clean electricity such as wind, solar, hydro, tidal and nuclear; and investments in clean hydrogen production.

Ranovus on a mission to build a made-in-Canada semiconductor powerhouse

Kanata-based company has partnered with organizations such as the National Research Council to develop technology that makes computer chips faster and more energy-efficient.

Telesat’s efforts to finalize funding for US$5B Lightspeed project ‘not there yet,’ CEO says

Dan Goldberg tried to calm analysts’ concerns about the company’s financial future Wednesday, assuring them he remains “confident” the Ottawa firm will raise enough capital to get its next-generation satellites off the ground.

InterRent REIT acquires stake in two-building GTA apartment complex

Ottawa firm purchased share of Brampton development in a joint venture with Toronto’s Crestpoint Real Estate Investments and New Brunswick-based Vestcor.

LeBreton Flats remains ‘destined choice’ for new Sens arena, biz leaders say

Speculation about alternate locations heated up last week when Mayor Mark Sutcliffe suggested the prime parcel of development land just west of downtown “is not the only option” for a new rink.

Semiconductor industry trailblazer Ranovus lands $36M in federal funding

The money will go towards a planned expansion of the firm’s manufacturing facilities in Canada that will see its headcount grow to more than 200 full-time employees and 150 co-op students.

Ottawa software firm Rewind lays off more than 25% of staff

Amid slowing revenue growth, local tech enterprise whose platform backs up data for Shopify merchants and other customers gave 37 of its 135 employees pink slips last week.

‘Significant milestone’: FDA approves Genomadix’s rapid genetic-testing device for sale in U.S.

The company’s flagship product, dubbed the Genomadix Cube, is a coffee cup-sized lab-in-a-box that is engineered to extract, amplify and identify genetic material in about an hour.

Ottawa ‘needs more of this stuff’: Colonnade BridgePort, CanFirst launch Barrhaven industrial park

The Ottawa company in charge of developing and leasing a four-building industrial park near Amazon’s warehouse in Barrhaven says it expects a flood of calls from potential e-commerce and logistics tenants eager to capitalize on the city’s close proximity to major markets.

Business leaders ready to pitch downtown arena to NHL commissioner next week

Some of the biggest boosters of a new downtown Sens arena will get a chance to express their support for the project directly to NHL boss Gary Bettman next week.
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