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.
Day One was jam-packed with cocktails aside Liberal ladies and young Grits, plus more hospitality suites and tavern trawls than one reporter could possibly cover.
April offers a full social calendar with the Liberal convention in Montreal and the crown jewel of Canada’s literary social circles for the glitzy Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa.
March packed a month of parties into the last four parliamentary sitting days, with a double-booking at the French Embassy and the U.K. High Commission on March 24, and a packed Riddell reception on March 25 at the NAC.
Japanese Ambassador Kanji Yamanouchi’s personal chef wished Ottawa farewell on March 19 with one last showcase of Canuck-inspired culinary creations
Order of Canada recipient and prolific political cartoonist Michael de Adder celebrated with friends and family at the Metropolitain Brasserie on March 18, on the eve of his official induction ceremony at Rideau Hall.
Ireland’s Ambassador John Concannon hosted his first St. Patrick’s Day party at his official residence on March 11, smack dab in the middle of a full schedule of International Women’s Week celebrations.
St. Patrick’s Day tops the calendar in March, which also has events on deck from the British and Japanese embassies, Conservative Women in Politics, and includes a screening of the Jacinda Ardern documentary.
Parliament is back in full swing. It’s a jam-packed dance card in February with an upcoming birthday bash for the Japanese Emperor and more.
Over 1,500 Conservatives from across Canada and around the world painted the Rogers Centre blue with a glitzy black-tie gala on Feb. 4 to cap off the final day of ‘Harper-palooza’ celebrating 20 years of Canada’s 22nd prime minister.
Heated Rivalry-mania hit Ottawa on Jan. 29 to close out Day 2 of CMPA’s Prime Time conference and Week 1 of 2026 parliamentary parties.
Week 1 of the 2026 parliamentary party season featured the final of the heated Politico Ottawa Trivia Championships, Compass Rose Group New Year’s Levee, and Day 1 of the Canadian Media Producers Associations’ and Prime Time Conference.
Politicos packed the Métropolitain Brasserie on Jan. 22 to bust a move and bust open their wallets in support of Ovarian Cancer Canada.
Zambian-Canadian actor Natasha Mumba’s debut play mines geopolitics and familial Succession-like drama until Jan. 24 before heading to Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre in February.
Nearly 2,500 Liberals packed the Rogers Centre Ottawa for their annual holiday party as Santa Carney delivered one more colleague under the caucus tree.
The ‘real’ Conservative leader finally shows up, New Democrat Don Davies dubbed comedy king, Hélène Buzzetti wins the 2025 Charles Lynch Award, and Shared Bylines splits $5,000.
This Hour has 22 Minutes mainstay Mark Critch celebrated the launch of his new book, Sorry Not Sorry, at the Irish Ambassador’s residence.
Finance Minister Champagne takes a victory lap at The Métropolitain Brasserie on Nov. 4 at Politico and Earnscliffe Strategies’ post-budget party
Hundreds of New Democrats painted SJAM orange on Oct. 28 at the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation’s annual gala.
Library and Archives Canada honoured five of this country’s literary luminaries on Oct. 22 at the 2025 LAC Foundation Scholars Awards.
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters capped off a two-day conference with a low-key reception on Oct. 21 in the NAC’s panoramic O’Born Room.
Canada’s public affairs channel hosted a classy fall reception on Oct. 9 in the Sir John A Macdonald Building.
