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.

Canadian firms raised $8.2B in venture capital in 2022, down 42% from 2021: Report

CPE Analytics total is still well above the $7.5 billion Canadian companies secured in 2019 before the pandemic triggered widespread economic uncertainty.

Shopify to ‘delete’ thousands of employee meetings in bid to become more efficient

Ottawa-based company argues time previously devoted to meetings can be better spent serving customers, developing new products and improving its current offerings.

CFO of the Year Profile: Senators’ Erin Crowe thrives in the eye of the storm

Last February, Crowe’s journey came full circle when she rejoined the Senators as chief financial officer and executive vice-president. Read this full feature on OBJ's CFO of the Year.

MindBridge seeing ‘significant’ sales uptick for fraud-detection software as offerings expand

As 2022 draws to a close, MindBridge says it’s enjoying another banner year as its artificial intelligence platform continues to get better at finding anomalies and accounting errors buried in customers’ financial spreadsheets.

Downtown businesses cheer feds’ plan for public servants to start returning to office next month

Employees across all departments in the core public service will be subject to a "phased introduction" of the return-to-office plan starting Jan. 16.

Region’s annual pace of housing starts down 25% in November: CMHC

The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of starts – a six-month rolling average designed to smooth out monthly fluctuations – was 14,691 units last month, down from 19,607 in October.

Porter Airlines adding direct service from YOW to Boston, Newark, Quebec City and Thunder Bay in 2023

The new flights are slated to begin on March 27, the Toronto-based airline announced Wednesday.

‘A big pipeline of opportunities’: Kwesst Micro Systems hopes Nasdaq listing will raise defence-tech firm to new level

David Luxton is quietly confident 2023 will be the year Kwesst Micro Systems graduates from a startup to a mature leader in its field.

Ottawa home prices to rise 2% by Q4 of 2023: Royal LePage

The real estate company says the aggregate price in Ottawa will rise to $739,602 by the end of next year, up from an estimated $725,100 this year.

Jennings Real Estate buys Tudor Hall with long-term plan to build multi-residential complex on site

Jennings Real Estate bought the 1.66-acre property just off Riverside Drive near Hunt Club Road from Franco Giammaria and his family, who opened Tudor Hall in the mid-1970s and owned and operated it ever since.

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