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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Area X.O AV test track revs up robotics R&D with help from $5.4M in federal funding

Mitel eyes acquisition of European unified communications technology firm

Kanata-based telecom firm says the combined company would have in excess of 75 million unified communications customers in more than 100 countries.

CAPREIT sells stake in three Ottawa rental towers for $136M

CEO Mark Kenney said the capital will “likely be an active market” for CAPREIT as it continues to pursue its strategy of buying into new construction projects.

Clash of management styles could be to blame for Shopify CTO’s departure, tech analyst says

RMW Commerce Consulting's Rick Watson told Techopia he thinks Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke might be growing impatient at e-commerce giant's pace of product development.

Sparks Street going greener thanks to $182K in federal funding

Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi announced this week that the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario is providing about $875,000 for four projects in downtown Ottawa through its Canada Community Revitalization Fund.

Ottawa’s rental housing vacancy rate drops in 2022 despite surge in construction: CMHC

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the city's vacancy rate for purpose-built housing dropped to 2.1 per cent last year, down from 3.4 per cent in 2021, due to “strong demographic and economic fundamental conditions.”

Kanata healthtech firm seeks more foreign markets after landing $1M in fed funding

An Ottawa health technology firm that’s seen its revenues skyrocket during the pandemic plans to grow its...

Hotel business heating up despite dicey winter weather so far in 2023, local industry says

Head of the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association said it’s still too early to tell how much of an impact the weather will have on leisure traffic at downtown lodgings in February.

Developers urge City to cut red tape, clear path to more office-to-residential conversions

As municipal leaders brainstorm new ways to revitalize Ottawa’s downtown in a post-pandemic world, real estate insiders say making the office-to-residential conversion process easier by cutting red tape at city hall should be right at the top of their agenda.

T.O. gaming studio hires veteran Ottawa tech exec Milne to power global growth push

Well-known business leader founded digital marketing and content agency bv02 in 2002 and served as its chief revenue officer for 16 years before assuming the same role at cybersecurity startup Field Effect Software in 2019.
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