
Thistledown gives children’s hospitals $26 million
Tobias Lütke and Fiona McKean founded the charity in 2019.
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Thistledown gives children’s hospitals $26 million
Tobias Lütke and Fiona McKean founded the charity in 2019.

Lordy lordy, look who’s 40: Farm Boy
Wouldn’t you know it, Farm Boy has gone and grown up. Its fresh-faced brand character may still wear his sweet little neckerchief and wide-brimmed straw

Lordy lordy, look who’s 40: Farm Boy
Wouldn’t you know it, Farm Boy has gone and grown up. Its fresh-faced brand character may still wear his sweet little neckerchief and wide-brimmed straw

Big Brothers and Sisters of Ottawa
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa (BBBSO) enables life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people facing adversity. We carefully and

How can smaller groups engage the country’s largest charitable givers?
When you run a grassroots charity, financial contributions can make the difference between wanting to help people and actually being able to.

As the pandemic drags on, the need for philanthropy increases
Violence against women has been on the rise throughout the pandemic, which means Shelter Movers, a national charitable organization with a chapter in Ottawa, has

The Bright Side of Business: A local alternative to the big restaurant delivery apps
Necessity is the mother of invention: before the pandemic, Ottawa tech company GetIt Local was a food delivery service at sports stadiums, ferrying beers and

Hexo to close three facilities and lay off about 155 workers
Ottawa-based cannabis company says it will shutter properties in Kirkland Lake, Brantford and Stellarton, N.S., in a bid to streamline production.

Algonquin College School of Hospitality and Tourism serves up innovative new culinary program
Algonquin College’s School of Hospitality and Tourism is gearing up for an exciting fall 2022 semester as the faculty prepares to launch an innovative new

Philanthropy in Ottawa: Gabriel Pizza targets health in Orleans
Gabriel Pizza rolled out the dough for the Montfort Hospital this week through a $100,000 donation.
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