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A little rain never hurt a Riverkeeper

Annual gala fundraiser supporting Ottawa’s watershed swaps banks for wet and wild shindig, rakes in $330,000 under the clouds on May 21 at Jacques Cartier Park

Ottawa Riverkeeper Laura Reinsborough, left, and Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault attend the 12th annual Riverkeeper Gala on the north shore of Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau on May 21.The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY STUART BENSON

May 22, 2025

The 12th annual Riverkeeper fundraising gala proved once again to be one of the hottest parties in the capital, rain or shine, on May 21, as more than 400 politicians, politicos, philanthropists, and ecologically minded entrepreneurs proved that protecting the watershed mean...

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