Netflix Canada brought a taste of Newfoundland at the temporary ‘Linda’s Lounge’ on Oct. 20 to celebrate the launch of its new East Coast-based horror-mystery miniseries
Ahead of Halloween, October is packed with three weeks of sitting days packed with frightful festivities, spine-chilling soirées, and a hair-raising Hill days.
With parliamentarians away for the week, dozens of politicos, health advocates, and life-sciences lobbyists landed on the Château Laurier’s terrace on Sept. 29 for Santis Health’s annual industry celebration.
Week 1 of the fall sitting closed out with Women on the Hill on Émilie’s Terrace and a Tory Bierkmarket speakeasy on Thursday, plus a Friday Gallery mugging in the West Block and a Kuss-Lockington wedding reception at The Met.
Day Two of Parliament went until midnight and so did the Parliamentary Precinct parties, with BIONATION’s Gold Leaf Awards at the NAC, the House Speaker’s sophomore garden party at ‘The Farm,’ and Earnscliffe/Politico’s Housewarming rager at The Mét.
The Hill’s five-day fall frosh week has everything, from the Speaker’s Farm to the NAC and the Met; Earnscliffe and Politico’s Housewarming rager, welcome receptions and policy forums, a Ladies Night at the Château, and everything else from beef bbqs, co-op breakfasts, bilingual coffee, Paul Wells, free toothbrushes, and a Sparks Street ‘Torynado’.
Politico celebrates filing more than 1,000 Playbooks at the Commons in Ottawa with cake, cowboy koozies, and a packed midday birthday bash.
The 16th annual fundraiser and lawn bowling tournament returned to Ottawa’s Elmdale Lawn Bowling Club for one-night-only of fun, philanthropy and fierce competition.
Things may have slowed down in Ottawa for the summer, but there are still some noteworthy events on the horizon.
Politicos, politicians, and pundits descended on the U.S. ambassador’s official residence on July 4 to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
The Canucks took over Lansdowne and the Tartan Army captured the British High Commission on June 24 as they cheered on their teams in the final FIFA World Cup group stage match.
The Globe and Mail’s long-time Ottawa bureau chief Robert Fife was fêted by hundreds of colleagues, friends, and a few special guests at his semi-retirement, ‘Fife Fest,’ on June 11 at the Métropolitain Brasserie. It was a great shindig.
Members of the press, the Liberal cabinet and their staffers helped themselves to local lambchops, donuts and beer at Rideau Cottage on June 9 at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s sophomore Media Garden Party
Outgoing-governor general Mary Simon rolled out the National Arts Centre’s red carpet for the final time in her tenure to celebrate the trailblazing legends, talented rising stars, and dedicated volunteers of Canada’s performing arts community on June 6.
Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld’s formerly foster feline Coco was also voted Cutest Cat, and a hamster named Nugget crushes crowded ‘Other Pet’ category.
Up this month: awards galore with The Pearson Centre, Cutest Pets, and Governor General doling out accolades, plus the Prime Minister’s Garden Party.
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.
Canadian astronauts Jeremy Hansen and Jenni Gibson received a warm welcome on May 13 as the Artemis II mission crew made a two-day flyby in the nation’s capital to keep the ‘joy train’ rolling toward humanity’s future among the stars.
The Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, and Bell Media hosted an exclusive red-carpet a pre-premiere screening of Crave’s Bon Cop Bad Cop reboot at the Rogers Centre on May 5.
Up this month: the Canada Strong and Free conference, celebrating Inuit culture at the NAC, and a red-carpet TV series premiere.
Party Central closed out last month with events featuring the Danish ambassador, David Frum, and World Press Freedom Canada, plus a pit stop at Sandstone Group’s post-lockup Spring Economic Update shindig.
Party Central was double-booked on April 23, with a Mexican embassy book launch followed by the 20th Century Boys’ spring concert featuring a special guest.
3Sixty Public Affairs, IQVIA, and medical magician Don Husereau pull $6,000 out of the hat for Ottawa Youth Services on April 22 at the Métropolitain Brasserie.
Party Central and the CMPA return to Ottawa for the ‘Lights, Camera, Jobs!’ reception, and The Pearson Centre hosts a double book launch featuring a diplomatic romance novel and a publication of Lester Pearson correspondences.
Closing out the second day was a post-passover Shabbat, the Artemis II splashdown, a smoky basement aerialist in a french vault, and a final port of call with the Atlantic MPs for a kitchen party. Plus one last hurrah on day three in the Laurier Lounge.
