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Arcade Fire's Win Butler DJing Dudebox Party To Support Kanpe Charity
Arcade Fire's Win Butler DJing Dudebox Party To Support Kanpe Charity Party people at a previous Dudebox event — photo credit: DudeboxWith all the high-gloss, high-profile, high-rolling stars, athletes and big spenders rolling into Toronto for NBA All-Star Game events, the best party of the weekend just might be the decidedly underground and not-…
Kool Kicks Drive Spearheaded By Two Kind Souls
Kool Kicks Drive Spearheaded By Two Kind Souls (L to R): Joshua Stern, Daley Douglas, Joye Dunkley, Nicole Stiletto and Neddy Nyce outside Toronto's Salvation Army Maxwell Meighen Center during the Kool Kicks shoe drive initiative.For most people, January is a time of resolutions though few survive past the end of the month. But there is one thing folks…
Feist Opposes Mega Quarry
Feist Opposes Mega Quarry Feist accepts Polaris Music Prize cheque from Arcade Fire (right) and show hosts (left) — photo credit: Dustin RabinFeist doesn’t know how she will use the $30,000 she just received as winner of the 2012 Polaris Music Prize, declaring Metals the year’s best Canadian album, but she is contemplating donating part or all of it. “…
Ex-NHLers Take On Police Nationwide
Ex-NHLers Take On Police Nationwide There will surely be no jabs hooks and uppercuts on the ice for these hockey tourneys. Taking place in cities across Canada, the ex NHLers take on police officers for charity. Players include Hockey Hall of Famers Glenn Anderson, Steve Shutt, Bryan Trottier, Billy Smith as well as Theoren Fleury, Igor Kravchuk, Gary…
Red Hot Organization Resurrects AIDS Awareness Albums
Red Hot Organization Resurrects AIDS Awareness Albums Album cover for 2011's Red Hot + RioAfter the release of Red Hot + Riot – The Music And Spirit Of Fela Kuti in 2002, John Carlin thought he was done. The co-founder of the not-for-profit New York-based Red Hot Organization had enjoyed a successful run raising funds for AIDS awareness commencing with…
Cadbury Delivers 5000 New African Terrain Bikes To Ghanaian Kids
Cadbury Delivers 5000 New African Terrain Bikes To Ghanaian Kids All photos taken on Cadbury's The Bicycle Factory Program, Ghana, fall 2009It’s so simple it sounds almost trite, and yet it’s true: something as everyday as a bicycle can, in the right circumstances, actually change a life. That’s the take-away from a new documentary, Wheels of Change,…
Sarah McLachlan: Small Gestures Important
Sarah McLachlan: Small Gestures Important “You have to realize that every individual voice has a power. You can get bogged down with all the things that are wrong with the world, and it can be really overwhelming and you can feel paralyzed, but we have to remember that really small gestures can be equally as important. You can give away millions of…