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.
In a North American first, Ottawa cleantech firm helped power Canadian rocker's evening show in Summerside, P.E.I., that was run entirely on solar energy.
Founded more than a decade ago, Simple Story has produced thousands of animated and live-action videos for customers that include Bell Media, Coca-Cola, CIBC, Pfizer, Shopify and Walmart.
As Ottawa firm continues its steady march toward a billion dollars in annual revenue, even its CEO sometimes marvels at what his company has accomplished.
Ottawa startup says cash will go toward funding technology that reduces the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and developing its app that helps consumers track their own carbon footprints.
The iconic name that still evokes smiles from many of its past employees is no longer front and centre as Ottawa-based company strives to reinvent itself decades after its heyday.
Executives from the retail, live music, hospitality and tech sectors weighed in on their top priorities for the city's next group of elected officials during a lively panel discussion.
“Eventually, interest rates will go back down, and then people are going to (scramble) trying to buy everything up,” Paul Rushforth predicts, adding city could see “a mini version" of 2021's frenzy.
Death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch has left Dustin Therrien and millions of other Canadians to contemplate life without the only head of state they have ever known.