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Tickets will be going for an evening of first-rate food, drinks and live music, enjoyed in a spectacular setting and reputed to be one of the best parties of the season: the 2023 Riverkeeper Gala.

No full moon was required to get everyone excited Wednesday for the celebration of a new exhibit on wolves opening tomorrow at the Canadian Museum of Nature.

After nearly three years of COVID, the hugely popular winter bash was back Thursday and, boy, did it make up for lost time with this year’s party in support of the Snowsuit Fund.

You had to move faster than a speeding slap shot to get a ticket to this morning’s Mayor's Breakfast featuring the greatest player in the history of the Ottawa Senators, Daniel Alfredsson.

It was an impressive turnout for the launch of business leader, policy thinker, philanthropist and arts patron Thomas d’Aquino’s new memoir, Private Power, Public Purpose: Adventures in Business, Politics and the Arts.

Pool parties, spa days, ziplining — there’s nothing Beyond Networking Ottawa isn’t game to try and, better yet, have its participants experience together.

One could argue Ottawa residents got more than enough exposure to patios during COVID-19, but The Grand Ice Bar is unique. And with temperatures hovering around zero, it was an easy night to be outside.

Those who say Ottawa rolls up its downtown sidewalks at 5 p.m. had better reconsider: There’s a new buzzworthy entertainment district in the area south of Parliament — or SoPa, as it’s quickly becoming known.

The whole community congregated together Tuesday for a special evening of song and stories, capped off with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe proclaiming it Shepherds of Good Hope Day in Ottawa.

Some 85 invited guests gathered downtown to enjoy the finest food and drinks generously provided by Aiāna owner Devinder Chaudhary while mingling with like-minded community leaders in a gorgeous setting.