Laureen Harper playing more prominent role this election campaign
She’s very much a politician in the broader sense, advising and working in tandem with the prime minister on the Conservative campaign, although she’s not running for a seat in Parliament.
View ArticleAround 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...
View ArticleRon 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...
View ArticleAround 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,...
View ArticleAround 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...
View ArticleAround 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...
View ArticleMeasuring the menu
A select group got the chance to join Laureen Harper, the prime minister’s wife, and Jayne Watson, CEO of the National Arts Centre Foundation, in the main kitchen of the NAC on Thursday to taste-test...
View ArticleAround Town: For the animals, Live and Let Live
[imagebrowser id=126] There was no hibernating Saturday for our city’s animal lovers, seen at the National Gallery of Canada for the Ottawa Humane Society’s annual FurBall. Honorary chair Laureen...
View ArticleEgan: Amazing veteran Lloyd Swick, 94, was force behind war animals memorial
I first met Lloyd Swick in 2010 when he was 87 years old — and yet unstoppable. He had this kooky plan to create a national monument — not to people — but to animals that had served in Canadian wars....
View ArticleAround 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...
View ArticleAround 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...
View ArticleAround 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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