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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NCC ‘optimistic’ LeBreton lease deal with Senators will be done by this fall

NCC’s board of directors heard Thursday that talks aimed at hammering out a long-term lease on the land west of downtown are progressing even as the NHL club looks for a new owner.

Versaterm acquires U.S. video software-maker in Ottawa firm’s eighth M&A deal since 2020

Versaterm president and CEO Warren Loomis said Visual Labs’ products are “cost-effective” replacements for stand-alone body cameras, digital cameras and audio recorders used by first responders in the field.

Committee approves plan for 326-unit apartment complex in Orléans

Gatineau developer Construction Chartro's plan calls for four six-storey apartment buildings St. Joseph Boulevard, east of the Tenth Line Road on-ramps to Highway 174.

Zellers returning to Ottawa, but chain will have ‘tough time’ winning market share, biz prof says

Three of the 25 new Zellers stores will be in the National Capital Region – at HBC’s Rideau Street location, the St. Laurent Shopping Centre and les Promenades Gatineau.

Game for adventure: serial entrepreneur Jason Flick loving life after You.i TV

Two years after selling his software company for US$100 million, Jason Flick is reaching for new heights...

Greentech startup Invert inks deal aimed at helping preserve Amazon rainforest

Ottawa firm announced Tuesday it’s investing US$1.5 million in two projects aimed at saving about 270,000 acres of the world’s largest rainforest – about 60 million trees – from being cut down.

Housing construction pace slows in December as Gatineau records just one start: CMHC

Gatineau’s seasonally adjusted rate of housing starts – a six-month rolling average designed to smooth out monthly fluctuations – dropped to 13 in December from 8,573 in November.

Michael Waters stepping down as CEO of Minto Apartment REIT

Minto has named Jonathan Li, who is currently the REIT’s president and chief operating officer, as Waters' replacement.

Life after Shopify giving Ottawa entrepreneur Jean-Michel Lemieux a ‘second wind’

University of Ottawa grad who built Shopify’s engineering department from a few dozen developers into a global workforce of thousands is relishing his new role as adviser and investor at Denver-based software startup DreamTeam.