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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Avivagen says ‘numerous’ parties interested in M&A talks with struggling firm

Troubled Ottawa-based life sciences firm Avivagen says it has received “numerous responses” from companies that are interested in potentially acquiring all or part of its operations.

Intouch Insight set to acquire customer experience measurement firm for US$3.6M

Ottawa software firm Intouch Insight has signed a letter of intent to acquire a North America-based customer experience measurement company in a deal that could be worth up to US$3.6 million.

Fullscript, Rewind land on CIBC’s ‘narwhal’ list of high-potential Canadian tech firms

A pair of high-profile Ottawa companies have been named to CIBC's 'narwhal' list of Canadian tech enterprises with the strongest potential for long-term growth.

Gatineau-based Katasa seeks to build nine-storey mixed-use complex in Centretown

The Gatineau-based developer behind a new apartment complex in Chinatown wants to build a nine-storey mixed-use building on a Centretown property that’s now occupied by a medical office.

Feds need to be ‘more transparent’ about downtown office plans, major landlord says

The head of the city’s largest property management firm says the federal government needs to be “much more transparent” about what it plans to do with its downtown office footprint so landlords can start preparing now for future vacancies.

Ottawa’s retail recovery a ‘mixed bag’ as downtown struggles, other areas bounce back: Experts

After bottoming out during the pandemic, Ottawa’s retail sector is “coming back with a vengeance” in neighbourhoods like the Glebe while still struggling in the pandemic-battered downtown core, a new report says.

Tech layoffs fuelling rise in severance complaints, lawyer in Shopify class-action suit says

A lawyer who has launched a class-action lawsuit on behalf of recently laid-off Shopify employees says he’s seeing a rise in complaints from tech workers across the province who allege they’re not receiving adequate termination pay amid mounting job cuts in the sector.

Intouch Insight boss ‘pleased’ with SaaS growth despite 3% drop in overall revenues in Q1

Intouch Insight, which specializes in customer survey and data collection software, reported revenue of $5.1 million in the three-month period ending March 31.

Ottawa industrial market shows signs of cooling, report says – but rents keep rising

A new report suggests Ottawa’s industrial market “may have reached a peak” after a pandemic-fuelled e-commerce boom triggered unprecedented demand for warehouse space, but it says rents are still expected to rise amid an ongoing supply shortage.

Food Cycle Sciences lands new funding to augment hot-selling ‘table-to-farm’ tech

CEO Bradley Crepeau believes his company’s “table-to-farm” tech can play a major role in municipal waste reduction efforts.
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