Caroline Phillips

The power of female mentorship emerged as a central theme of an all-women panel discussion held Wednesday at Bayview Yards, during a special event presented for Women's Day by Women for Mental Health at The Royal Ottawa.

Beloved Ottawa shop Anik Boutique, a go-to store for high-end women’s clothing, is shutting down this spring. The reason: owner Marie Anik Desmarais is retiring.

This morning’s Women Angel Investor Breakfast at Bayview Yards ended on a surprising note when high-tech mentor, adviser and investor Jennifer Francis was honoured with a Community Builder Award by United Way East Ontario.

Out at Camp held its inaugural flannel-attired fundraiser Thursday night to create welcoming, educational and empowering outdoor experiences for 2SLGBTQIA+ people of all ages and backgrounds.

The recent warm weather could have clashed with the SnowBall and its charitable cause of helping kids stay warm in winter, but last night's tumbling temperatures quickly proved otherwise.

Almost two months into the new role, Catherine McLaughlin feels acclimated enough to discuss her position. “I’m honestly loving it,” she said in an interview. “I feel so grateful and privileged that I get to come to a frickin’ castle every day.”

When Wallack’s Art Supplies and Framing realized it needed to find a new space after nearly half...

It was a roaring good time Thursday night at the Infinity Convention Centre, where RBC ushered in the Lunar New Year, Year of the Dragon by hosting a dinner and cultural celebration that included key business leaders and community stakeholders from Ottawa's Asian community.

Fouad Eid is everything you might expect of a hair salon owner: polished, confident, expressive, charismatic and amicable. “I can gossip with you, I can be the listener, I can also be the safe,” Fouad says while mimicking the action of closing a zipper over his lips.

For some, the idea of doing stand-up comedy as part of Laugh for the Cure might seem as terrifying as facing a zombie apocalypse with only a double-barrelled marshmallow shooter.