Caroline Phillips

On Tuesday, award-winning chef and philanthropist Joe Thottungal opened up his Coconut Lagoon restaurant on St. Laurent Boulevard for the second year in a row to host a reception for the Ottawa Chapter of AFP.

Call it a conscious uncoupling or a relatively amicable divorce, but after years of being hitched to big law firms, Ottawa family law lawyer Katherine Cooligan has parted ways with that world to co-found a new boutique law firm, Cooligan Yehia LLP.

Ottawa wardrobe consultant Mary Ciancibello turned a bad first day into a business that helps everyone from CEOs and lawyers, to new moms and divorced dads transform their perspectives on themselves.

The Embassy of France invited crowds of guests to a New Year’s reception it hosted on Friday night for its Canadian friends and partners from a wide range of industries — including economic growth, arts and culture, hospitality, education, and foreign diplomacy.

Members of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association (GOHBA) scored quality time Thursday morning with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, who's sticking to his promise to speak at the association’s first breakfast every January throughout his term in office.

Come on now, devoted arts supporter and lover of all parties Diana Kirkwood can't turn 96 – and a half — without a celebration.

Greece may be one of the oldest civilizations in the world but it was looking fresh-faced Sunday when it introduced 35-year-old Chris Roussakis as the youngest board president in the history of the Hellenic Community of Ottawa.

Ottawa business leaders gathered at Bayview Yards to celebrate Michael Tremblay and his leadership on Ottawa’s innovation and tech scene for the past seven years.

Industry leaders embarked on a $7,000 shopping spree at the Rideau Centre in support of local charities that help those who are homeless, as well as sick youth.

Contributions of all kinds piled up throughout the night as some 150 attendees arrived with their donations of toys, craft supplies, games, stuffed animals, gift cards and other items, both fun and practical, to cheer up families who will be spending their upcoming holidays in hospital at CHEO.