Caroline Phillips

The gala was sponsored by general contractor company Laurin. It's owned by Dennis Laurin, who has a tradition at the gala of matching up to $5,000 in combined donations. By the time the dance floor opened, the total had reached $6,920.

The event was held for the express purpose of drawing attention to and raising support for The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s Campaign to Create Tomorrow.

John McEnroe’s stringed instrument of choice may no longer be the tennis racquet, judging by the way the former professional tennis star played the guitar with such ease at last night’s 25th annual Ottawa Celebrity Sports Dinner.

Yesterday's inaugural Rise & Thrive Breakfast in support of the YSB Foundation was everything that an early-morning fundraiser should be: bright, bold and cheerful, as well as inspiring.

Last week, BeaverTails founders Grant and Pam Hooker got a phone call they never would have expected: they’d been selected as the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients by the Ottawa business community. 

When Duane Francis was first asked to fight in the white-collar charity boxing gala for the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, his response was what you might expect: “Not a chance; are you crazy?”

Not only did Cornerstone Housing for Women have a loyal community of supporters at the 5th annual...

Ottawa-based IP firm Brion Raffoul didn’t invent the work anniversary party but the one it hosted Thursday was so good it might want to slap a patent on it.

“It’s an honour to be recognized,” says Sandy Foote. “I never expected to be recognized for what I’m doing.”

While listening to personal stories of loss, healing and recovery, the room full of 750 community leaders at The Royal’s Leaders for Mental Health Breakfast took a brief moment to collectively pause, get up on its feet and take a unifying deep breath together.