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.

Local employers added nearly 5,000 jobs to their payrolls in November, but the unemployment rate still edged up with the number of people looking for work.

FigBytes raises US$14.5M in fresh capital as software firm finds its groove amid growing ESG trend

CEO says Ottawa-based firm is gearing up for a “massive explosion” in ESG reporting requirements over the next few years.

Ottawa home prices expected to rise 4% in 2023, Re/Max says

In the report released Tuesday, Re/Max Canada says it expects the average sale price of a home in Ottawa to rise to $683,000 next year, up from just under $657,000 at the end of October.

Inside Brigil’s ‘urgent’ bid to breathe new life into downtown Gatineau

With foot traffic in downtown Gatineau showing the biggest decline in Canada during the pandemic, Brigil VP Jessy Desjardins believes his firm can play a big part in reversing that trend over the next decade.

Holiday travel is back in full flight in Ottawa, but transatlantic routes remain on YOW’s wish list

While the holiday season is expected to be as “be busy as it was in 2019,” airport spokesperson Krista Kealey said Monday there's still no firm timeline for when flights from Ottawa to Europe will resume.

‘We’re feeling pretty good’: Calian Group nears $600M in annual revenues in 2022 after record fourth quarter

Kanata-based firm's “diversity is strength” approach paid off handsomely in fiscal 2022 as Calian reported revenues of $582 million, up 12 per cent from the previous year.

No ‘funding problem’ in Canada despite declining investment levels, Ottawa VC says

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of Canada said Thursday that companies raised $896 million across 144 deals in the third quarter, a 50 per cent drop from the previous quarter and the lowest total since the first quarter of 2020.

CEO of the Year Kyle Braatz: Read the full profile of Fullscript’s top exec

Kyle Braatz’s trek to the summit of the health-care technology field began when he realized that, instead of trying to follow in the footsteps of one of Canada’s greatest heroes, he needed to forge his own path.