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Riverkeeper raises more than $300,000 under a double rainbow

The annual fundraising gala in support of the Ottawa rivershed returned to Lemieux Island for the first time in a decade for the hottest philanthropic dance party in the capital.

Toronto-based cover band The 99s kept attendees dancing on the banks of the Ottawa River well past sundown on May 27 at the 13th annual Riverkeeper Gala's return to Lemieux Island.The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY STUART BENSON

May 28, 2026

The Ottawa Riverkeeper’s 13th annual fundraising gala returned to its roots on May 27 under a giant rainbow on Lemieux Island, and despite Parliament’s preoccupation with the Liberals’ environmental

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