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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.

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.

The Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation kicked off its $5-million capital campaign for a new supportive housing residence in the ByWard Market by announcing a $1-million gift from the Taggart and Parkes family.

The annual February is Heart Month campaign is a way for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) Foundation to raise funds in support of research, education, programs and care for the more than 220,000 patients treated at the cardiac facility each year.

Canada’s Great Kitchen Party, a nationwide search for culinary excellence, reached its destination this weekend, arriving to Ottawa for the national finale of its Canadian Culinary Championship.