Caroline Phillips

Caroline Phillips is the journalist, writer and social correspondent behind OBJsocial.

Tech founders make their pitch at L-Spark’s SaaS Showcase

An Ottawa-based Canadian startup accelerator designed to help entrepreneurs grow their great ideas into thriving tech companies celebrated the graduation of its ninth cohort Thursday.

Up Close: Carole Saad takes the business of fun seriously

A word of advice: Never tell a professional event planner how lucky they are to have a...

At ease, soldiers – it’s the 2023 Army Ball

The special evening offered a level of formal elegance our region's social scene hasn’t witnessed much since before the pandemic.

Mayor’s Breakfast: Business leader Kathryn Tremblay supports increased flexibility in the workplace

Forget the coffee and eggs, the best way to wake up this morning was by feeding off the positive vibes that Ottawa business leader Kathryn Tremblay brought to the Mayor’s Breakfast held at Ottawa City Hall.

From upscale residences to busy underpasses, local artist makes his mark

For such a popular and prolific artist, Christopher Griffin is surprisingly quiet and understated. But don’t let...

Up Close: The story of Grant and Pam Hooker is truly a ‘tail’ of giving and taking

There are few things as Canadian as BeaverTails pastries except, maybe, for a tongue stuck to a frozen flagpole. But here's what many might not know about the husband-and-wife founders.

Invest Ottawa hosts epic grad party at Bayview Yards

The city's innovation hub was party central as some 400 people from the business community celebrated and cheered on our local entrepreneurs during Invest Ottawa’s graduation event.

People on the Move: Ali Shafaee joins Live Nation Canada to grow local concert, festival scene

Live Nation Canada has expanded its team with new senior leadership in its Ottawa office, announcing award-winning music festival promoter Ali Shafaee as its regional vice-president.

Lawrence Greenspon gets ’em jazzed up at arts benefit for Ottawa Jazz Festival

Lawrence Greenspon really does deserve a hand (might as well make it the jazz-hand kind) for helping out at the Ottawa Jazz Festival’s annual live auction and benefit concert.

Queensway Carleton Hospital honours the late Hank Mews at Visionaries Breakfast

The makers, the doers, the dreamers and the builders of our community, raised more than $323,000 for the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation at its Visionaries Breakfast this morning.

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