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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Analysts praise Shopify’s decision to narrow its focus, but some still question firm’s leadership

Ottawa-based Shopify said Thursday it is laying off 20 per cent of its employees and selling its logistics business to California-based supply chain management company Flexport. 

Ottawa airport authority studying potential expansion of YOW terminal

Ottawa's airport authority is projecting that 5.6 million passengers will use the city's international terminal by 2030, up from three million last year.

Ottawa firm hired to bring ‘Canadian component’ to L.A. producer, Snoop Dogg’s bid for Senators

An Ottawa-based professional services firm is helping entertainment moguls Snoop Dogg and Neko Sparks find Canadian investors for their consortium that’s attempting to buy the Ottawa Senators.

Kwesst Micro Systems inks $20M deal with DND

The company said it will provide “specialized software development and integration solutions” to the Canadian Army under the agreement, which runs until May 2028.

Changing offices: Veteran commercial real estate brokers Hockey, Kershaw move to Colliers

Brokers Lindsay Hockey and Oliver Kershaw have taken their long-running partnership to Colliers International, joining the city’s second-largest commercial brokerage after a seven-year stint at Avison Young.

Ottawa’s Iridian Spectral Technologies poised to expand after being acquired by U.S. firm

Producer of optical filters plans to expand its 43,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near Hunt Club Road to about 60,000 square feet before the end of the year.

SoPa organizer says downtown revival is coming — and Sparks Street could be its ‘crown jewel’

With union members still out on picket lines in full force, Bar Robo owner Scott May says he’s currently enjoying “far and away” the busiest week at his downtown coffee, cocktail and live music venue since the pandemic began more than three years ago.

Average home prices in Ottawa will not revert to pre-pandemic levels this year: CMHC

The federal housing agency is predicting that home prices in the capital will come in at an average of $640,000 on the low end and $700,000 on the high end in 2023.

Fullscript adds veteran U.S. health-care exec to C-suite in bid to fuel growth

Ottawa health-care technology firm beat its revenue forecasts by more than 10 per cent in the first three months of 2023 and is on pace to exceed its goal of 20 per cent year-over-year revenue growth.

‘Fate of the country hangs’ on reimagining downtowns, experts tell City Building Summit

Urban planning experts told the sellout crowd of 260 at the Shaw Centre that downtown merchants can no longer rely on a steady flow of office employees to drive sales.
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