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The final score at this year’s Blachford Tax Law Charity Game was 16-6, as the event celebrated its fifth anniversary.

The French embassy in Ottawa hosted some 1,200 guests at its headquarters on Sussex Drive for one of the best parties of the summer: the Bastille Day celebration.

The Royal Ottawa Golf Club served as this year’s venue for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s second annual Wilbert Keon Memorial Golf Tournament, which raised more than $215,000.

Superstar Shania Twain was a hit as the headlining musical performer during the opening night of RBC Bluesfest at LeBreton Flats Park on Thursday.

Just like on the Air France flights, there was complimentary Champagne served during the stunning cocktail reception held last night at the Embassy of France to celebrate the new direct flight route between Ottawa and Paris.

A signature fundraiser for the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, the gala is, at its heart, about the sharing of stories, with Allison Fisher being the “creative visionary” behind the event.

From a distance, it appeared last night as though corporate visionary Rob Ashe and his wife were merely hosting a backyard reunion with the gang from former software giant Cognos.

Leaders in sports, military and governance came together in support of Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada (CLFC), a non-profit organization founded in late 2012 by Harvard graduate and four-time Grey Cup champion Tim Fleiszer to help solve the concussion crisis.

The most exciting kick-off at last night’s Ottawa RedBlacks game may have actually taken place off the field with the launch of CityBuildHERS.

Wednesday night, the Ottawa community came together to address the cause of chronic homelessness by raising enough money to purchase 80 new beds for affordable housing facilities operated by the Shepherds of Good Hope.