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.

Construction group calls on Competition Bureau to probe Ottawa Hospital deal

A group representing construction companies across Canada says the hospital's agreement with a local trades union “shuts out” competing workers and businesses and will drive up the cost of the project.

‘Success begets success’: Airport CEO hopes new Paris route leads to more transatlantic flights

Mark Laroche said Air France has suggested it could add more flights to its newly announced Ottawa-Paris schedule if the customer demand is there.

Ottawa home prices, sales continue to slide in January: OREB

The average price for a freehold-class property in Ottawa was $676,272 in January, the board said, down 12 per cent from a year earlier.

Ooh la la: Paris-YOW flights put Ottawa back on map for European travellers, investors

France’s flagship airline said it will operate five weekly flights between Paris and Ottawa starting on June 27.

Star power: Ex-CTV host Ben Mulroney joins delivery platform Trexity’s advisory board

Mulroney told Techopia he hopes to be a “sounding board” for Ottawa startup’s leadership team as firm continues its cross-Canada expansion push.

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

Ottawa’s outdoor research facility for self-driving cars and other smart transportation technologies will open a state-of-the-art test bed for drones and robotic systems this spring, Invest Ottawa said Tuesday.

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.

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