Caroline Phillips

You know it’s going to be a memorable night when there’s a dancing unicorn at the preshow mixer for the 5th Annual Capital Music Awards, held Thursday night at the Bronson Centre.

If only breakfast tables were made big enough to seat a family of 360. There were at least that many friends and supporters of BGC Ottawa (formerly Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa) at the Morning Social networking event and fundraiser held at its Taggart Parkes Family Clubhouse on Thursday.

There is no top secret recipe behind the success of Taste for Hope. All that's required is a handful of ingredients: benevolent chefs, generous sponsors, community-minded business leaders and hungry foodies working together toward the shared goal of reducing chronic homelessness.

On Wednesday, the Lawyers for Kids Charity Hockey Tournament held at the Richcraft Sensplex in Gloucester raised $35,200 in support of the YMCA of the National Capital Region.

We know at this point we’re not going to spoil anything for you by jumping right to the end to tell you that author John Vaillant won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing at last night’s Politics and the Pen.

The number of kids arriving to school hungry in Ottawa each day has risen by nearly 30 percent, the president and CEO of Ottawa Network for Education (ONFE) told some 250 attendees of the Spark Soirée held at Infinity Convention Centre on Friday.

The second annual Ottawa Pickleball Classic for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation witnessed an exciting showdown yesterday between two retired Ottawa Senators legends — Chris Phillips and Daniel Alfredsson.

More than $100K was raised for research into Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis at the 17th annual Martini Madness fundraiser held at LAGO Bar and Grill, at Dow’s Lake Pavilion, Thursday.

Last night’s Evening in the Maritimes bid fair winds and following seas to Jeff Snyder, a local community leader who’s captained ABLE2's signature gala for as long as even the most loyal attendees can remember.

On the roof-top playground of The Slayte, it really did feel like the sky’s the limit during the second annual Boost breakfast that Linebox Studio COO Melissa Reeves hosted yesterday for dozens of women business leaders and entrepreneurs.