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.
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.
