Alex Munter

My Ottawa: How Alex Munter, the ‘mouthy kid with ideas,’ found himself at home in Ottawa

Ottawa

In this instalment of My Ottawa, CHEO president and CEO Alex Munter talks growing up in Kanata, Ottawa’s best festivals, and how it feels to

Château Laurier’s candy-inspired Trees of Hope for CHEO finds sweet success

, Top Stories

Much to the delight of sweet-toothed guests, candy was sighted everywhere at last night’s 26th annual Trees of Hope for CHEO hosted by the Fairmont

Local healthtech companies get their day in the Bears’ Den

Ottawa

At the inaugural Bears’ Den event last month, four startups were each given 10 minutes to pitch their idea to an investor panel and answer

Where have the years gone? Fairmont Château Laurier’s Trees of Hope for CHEO is a quarter-of-a-century old

, Giving

This year’s theme honoured the 25th anniversary of Trees of Hope, a popular fundraiser that has, to date, raised more than $1.2 million for the

Breaking Bread, Breaking Stigma breaks fundraising record for Hopewell

Event that included prizes and live and silent auction items raised $55,000, surpassing the previous high of $48,000.

CHEO’s For the Kids Auction raises money to help special needs children ‘live their best life’

It was to Infinity and beyond for CHEO’s 22nd annual For the Kids Auction as the region’s pediatric hospital brought its signature gala to the Infinity Convention

Nifty, nifty, look who’s 50: Ottawa’s Alex Munter

Perhaps it was Ottawa musician Glenn Nuotio who best summed up what any ordinary person might have felt on the eve of Alex Munter’s birthday: grossly inadequate.

Ottawa health hackathon breaks down silos between physicians, techies

Techopia

Ottawa physicians, coders, designers and entrepreneurs came together this past weekend to find some common ground on some of healthcare’s most pressing problems. Hacking Health

“For the Kids” charitable auction raises $117K for Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre

TD Place is about to become home to a new piece of art that celebrates our nation’s major milestone birthday and also has the distinction

Feature: Ontario’s healthcare system in dire need of an innovation injection: Chief healthcare strategist

Techopia

Bill Charnetski loves his job. For a little more than a year now, Charnetski has served as Ontario’s chief health innovation strategist. He’s been mandated