Caroline Phillips

Every small business has its own reason for wanting to help out its community. For Liz Ellwood, co-owner of a small batch of delicious donut shops, her motivation comes from simply being alive. Years ago, she beat cervical cancer; some of the women treated alongside her for the same disease at the same stage did not.

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At Cornerstone Housing for Women, its true foundation is not the bricks and mortar that provide shelter but the community that stands solidly beneath it.

a circle of women and small businesses banded together to shine a much-needed light on the issue and to support survivors during a community-based fundraiser hosted Wednesday by the new Showroom Furniture + Lighting store in Stittsville.

It’s so rare to find a room full of women with nothing to say—except when that room is filled with participants engaged in meditation, like the gathering organized Monday by CityBuildHERS.

Only a charity golf tournament presented by Escape Manor, in partnership with Mann Lawyers, could turn a day on the course at Loch March Golf & Country Club into a real-life adventure with brain-stumping puzzles, hidden clues and surprises.

Steve Nash, considered our country’s greatest basketball player of all time and the inspiration behind many Canadian kids picking up the game, was in town last night for the 26th Annual Ottawa Celebrity Sports Dinner.

Local leaders gathered at Aiāna Restaurant Collective on Monday night to break bannock, not bread, while building conversation and better understanding during the Aiāna Annual Reconciliation Gathering.

It was one of those unforgettable moments, watching organizers of the Mike McCann Charity Golf Tournament flip the oversized ceremonial cheque for everyone to see, revealing the grand total raised: $1,800,200.

Ottawa business leader Peter Nicholson and his wife Anabel Bane were so quick to put everyone's mind at ease during a reception the couple hosted Wednesday night for the Ottawa chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.