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The next generation of business professionals and entrepreneurs heard from by real estate executive Mike McGahan at a breakfast hosted Thursday by the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management.

The head coach of the women's pro hockey Ottawa team proved to be not only engaging and effervescent but also funny, warm and gracious — the kind of person you could listen to all day.

City BuildHERS was back in action last night, looking as chic, confident and empowered as ever. The all-women event hit full capacity, attracting some 170 attendees and generating a waiting list. It

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.

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.”

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.