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Around Town: Remembering Fratelli's Roberto Valente at sold-out gala for...
Sadly, widely respected restaurateur Roberto Valente couldn’t be there Saturday night to see the full-capacity crowd that came out to the 28th annual Daffodil Gala to honour him. The devoted family man...
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Around Town: Sittler, Savard and Oates among players in Sens Alumni & NHL...
Oh, the dilemma: whether to skate alongside Darryl Sittler, Denis Savard or their fellow Hall of Famer Adam Oates, or maybe with former fan favourite Wade Redden, who was part of the Ottawa Senators’...
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Around Town: Spring has sprung for Ottawa Symphony Orchestra soiree
The slow spring start all makes sense now; it just wanted its anticipated arrival to coincide with the Spring Symphony Soirée, a biennial gala dinner for the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra that took place...
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Around Town: Gov. Gen. David Johnston's book launch draws great crowd
One down, 100 more to go. That’s roughly how many more books Governor General David Johnston will need to write if he wants to catch up to one of his predecessors, John Buchan, who churned out book...
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Around Town: Calling all kids of former PMs to Politics and Pen dinner
Catherine Clark showed up. So did Ben Mulroney. All that was missing was Justin Trudeau, who was too busy being prime minister of Canada to make it to the Politics and Pen dinner, held Wednesday at the...
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Around Town: Community pulls together for Allie's Fund in aid of depression...
Images of a girl looking relaxed and carefree on a swing set during her toddler years, arm wresting with her brother as a kid, and tightly hugging her dad as she blossomed into a teenager were...
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Around Town: Battle of Atlantic gala celebrates navy's accomplishments, past...
Take a bow, Naval Association of Canada and Royal Canadian Navy, for there was not a stern face in the bunch at the Battle of the Atlantic Gala Dinner, held Thursday at the Canadian War Museum. Bad...
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Around Town: Loft Gala brings out the best in fashion and style
There was plenty of gown-gawking to be had, both on and off the fashion runway, at the Loft Gala, held Saturday at the Hilton Lac Leamy. Models from AMTI showed off the latest by Israeli designer Eyal...
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Around Town: Hold onto your popcorn! Movie Night on the Hill is back
Just when it felt like the curtains had maybe closed on the always-popular Movie Night on the Hill, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly got the reel rolling again by hosting a special screening of the...
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Around Town: CNF to raise $1 million to recruit more indigenous nurses
Efforts are underway to raise $1 million to help train and educate more aboriginal people in the field of nursing, the Canadian Nurses Foundation announced at its annual Nightingale Gala held at the...
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Around Town: Barbara Crook speaks out on mental health
Mental health advocate, writer and well-known philanthropist Barbara Crook didn’t invent the term “stignorance” but its application in her speech, delivered at a fundraising dinner Thursday, is helping...
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Around Town: Food, wine and All That Jazz for Seventeen Voyces
Some 80 partygoers za-ba-doo-bopped over to a jazz-themed fundraising reception for the Seventeen Voyces chamber choir, hosted Monday by Stephen Assaly and his wife, Sandra, in Rockcliffe Park. The...
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Around Town: CANFAR luncheon fights AIDS through "collective advocacy"
High up in the Rideau Club, surrounded by elegant decor and magnificent views of Parliament Hill, a gathering of mostly women came together for a quick lunch with a lasting impact on the research...
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Around Town: Ortho surgeons give $1 million for new research chair
The Canadian Museum of History was one hip joint to be at Friday night as orthopedic surgeons and medical industry leaders gathered there to celebrate half a century of making a difference in health...
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Around Town: "I'm still a whole person" says former rehab patient at charity...
An Ottawa wife, mother and former public servant who lost both her legs after being run over by a snowplow shared her extraordinary story of survival and recovery at a charity dinner and auction held...
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Around Town: Evening in the Maritimes nets a record $110,000
It was a night to tie on the bibs and offer up the bids as a crowd of 500 gathered Thursday at the Hilton Lac Leamy for a lively evening of East Coast music, tantalizing seafood and lobster, and...
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Around Town: Ottawa women raise $1.6 million for mental health
More than 400 women in this city have put their money where their mouths are by supporting an all-female philanthropic program that’s helping to transform the way mental illness gets diagnosed,...
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Around Town: Biggest crowd yet at annual Swirl & Twirl benefit for LGBT groups
A bunch of new partygoers decided to give the 12th annual Swirl & Twirl a whirl this year, leading to a first-ever sell-out for the wine, beer and food-tasting fundraiser for Ottawa-Gatineau’s LGBT...
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Around Town: Firefighters fan fundraising flames for Girls Night Out
This year’s Girls Night Out was issued its own extreme heat alert after some of Ottawa’s smoking-hot firefighters volunteered to help out at the 10th annual benefit dinner and auction for Hospice Care...
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Around Town: Sophie and Serena headline popular Riverkeeper Gala
Somebody knew enough to cue the blue skies and warm weather for the 4th annual Ottawa Riverkeeper Gala held Wednesday on the very same river that the sold-out benefit was raising money to protect. A...
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