David Sali

Dave is OBJ’s senior writer and editor 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.

‘The tap remains completely turned off’: Ottawa tourism leaders urge feds to reopen border

Tourism

Local industry says time is of the essence to allow tourism businesses to cash in on what’s traditionally their busiest time of year.

Montreal builder revamps plan for multi-tower project at former Iranian Cultural Centre site in Sandy Hill

Residential

Place Dorée’s revised application reduces the proposed number of buildings from five to four while adding new amenity spaces and significantly altering the overall design.

Cozy Nook: ex-Foko employees launch new workplace management app for a hybrid world

Techopia

Fledgling Ottawa startup’s software platform is designed to keep better track of workers who are spread across multiple locations.

Province gives $8M lift to Ottawa Tourism, Shaw Centre in bid to kickstart beleaguered industry

Tourism

“The recovery is starting for sure … but it’s not going to be an even recovery,” Ottawa Tourism CEO Michael Crockatt says of sector’s ability

Ottawa-based dentistry firm gets funding injection to fuel cross-Canada expansion

Ottawa

Company founded in 2017 now owns and operates 13 dental clinics in Ottawa along with three in Gatineau, three in southwestern Ontario and one in

Kanata North business group pushes AV rapid-transit pilot project

Techopia

Plan would see autonomous buses run along March Road and Highway 417 as well as an AV shuttle service that would ferry workers around the

Loyalty app Spoonity working with Google to harvest better customer data for food-service clients

Techopia

Ottawa-based firm is one of 12 Canadian companies taking part in tech giant’s inaugural cloud accelerator program.

Former Mitel, Seaspan exec Amy MacLeod takes key leadership role at MDA

Techopia

Familar face in Kanata North has been named Canadian space technology giant’s vice-president of corporate communications.

Perth Brewery predicts frothy demand for new low-alcohol beer

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Branded PLAY, the new brew has an alcohol content of only 0.3 per cent and just 80 calories per 473-millilitre tall can.

‘Time to make a change’: Eli Fathi retiring as MindBridge CEO

Techopia

Legendary entrepreneur will be replaced by New York-based executive Leyton Perris, who joined the company as global chief operating officer earlier this year.