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Around Town: Laureen Harper charms Ladies Who Lunch
OTTAWA — For a lady who lunches, Laureen Harper was refreshingly funny and down-to-earth while sharing a midday meal with 220 other gals at the National Arts Centre last Monday. She was at Ladies Who...
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Around Town: Hundreds see fit to Bust a Move
[imagebrowser id=456] OTTAWA — If only celebrity guest Derek Hough could’ve busted a move to Ottawa, then maybe he’d have made it to the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation’s VIP reception on time. The...
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Photographer’s website chronicles residents’ love affair with Ottawa
OTTAWA — Dwayne Brown lovingly scrolls through his website, pausing at the photo of a bearded man in a suit who’s holding a set of antlers draped in a gas mask. “He’s just a really lovely guy,” Brown...
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Around Town: An inspirational Royal Ottawa gala
[imagebrowser id=461] OTTAWA — The best way to turn a frown upside down Friday was to attend the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health’s Inspiration Awards Gala, where mood-lifting stories of men,...
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Just for Cats film festival coming to Ottawa
You can’t herd cats, but you can herd cat lovers. The “Just for Cats” Film Festival is coming to Ottawa this summer. The exact date and location isn’t set, says Kim Elmslie of the Canadian Federation...
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Ron White is a SOLE man
[imagebrowser id=489] The year was 1988. A skinny kid named Ronnie White packed his bags and turned his back on Winnipeg for school in the Big Smoke (well, Oakville). Along the way — somewhere between...
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Around Town: Luncheon for Canadian AIDS Research
CANFAR president and CEO Christopher Bunting with federal Minister of Labour Kellie Leitch at an inaugural luncheon in Ottawa for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, held Tuesday, May 27, 2014,...
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All-cats film festival in Ottawa June 22
The news that everyone has been waiting for is finally here. The date and location for the Just for Cats Film Festival in Ottawa have been announced. The unique festival, consisting of the most popular...
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Laureen Harper sports Ottawa designer's purse
Nina Saab is hoping that Laureen Harper’s star appeal may do wonders for her new business. While cleaning her closet on Canada Day, she heard the roar of the Snowbirds fly overhead and turned on the...
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Letter: A trip to Normandy for veterans
Veterans Affairs Canada and Minister Julian Fantino are to be complimented and thanked sincerely for their offer to fly veterans of D-Day landings and the ensuing battles in Normandy over for the 70th...
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Petals on the plate
When John Morris, the National Arts Centre’s executive chef, unveiled his menu last week for the NAC Gala to be held Oct. 2, it was uncommonly colourful, sprinkled with flower petals from the roasted...
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Run for the Cure: Run director now a breast cancer survivor
For years, Susan Enns cheered from the sidelines at the Ottawa-Gatineau CIBC Run for the Cure. In less than 12 months, she has learned firsthand what it means to be both a cancer patient and survivor....
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Around Town: NAC Gala nets $917,000
Thursday was the new Saturday as the 18th annual National Arts Centre Gala shifted to a weeknight this year and brought big names in business, politics and philanthropy together under the same roof to...
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NACO in the U.K.: The tale of Thomas Williams fills a trans-Atlantic musical...
It is just a small silver-coloured metal box of the kind that young soldiers used in the muddy battlefields of France in the Great War to protect their smokes. But turn it over in your hands and you’ll...
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Now Ottawa has a pop-up "National Portrait Gallery"
What: National Portrait Gallery, new paintings by Lorena Ziraldo When & where: to Nov. 22 at Wallack Galleries, 203 Bank St. Lorena Ziraldo got tired of waiting for the federal government to build...
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Around Town: NAC Gala promises "biggest and best" ahead
Gary Zed, a philanthropic fixture on the Ottawa society scene, is picking up the baton to lead the organizing committee of the National Arts Centre’s annual signature gala, it was announced at a...
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Around Town: Corner Gas comes to Ottawa (with video)
Everyone was feeling pumped about Corner Gas: The Movie as it enjoyed its Ottawa premiere across the river, at the Canadian Museum of History, on Monday night. Heritage Minister Shelly Glover has been...
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Around Town: FurBall gives 'second chance' to homeless pets
Animal lovers unleashed their support for the Ottawa Humane Society by helping to raise more than $100,000 at the 11th annual FurBall, held at the Shaw Centre on Saturday night with special guest...
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Tory MPs more likely to reap gains from income splitting
Conservative MPs are more likely to personally benefit from the income-splitting measures proposed in the budget than are MPs from other parties, a Citizen analysis suggests. The provision, long...
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Around Town: HIV-positive teen, mom share uplifting story at CANFAR luncheon
High up in the Rideau Club that overlooks our fair city, a 17-year-old teen born with HIV captured the undivided attention of her well-heeled and well-connected audience through her remarkable story of...
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