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Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign
Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign Toronto rock act Billy Talent is next in line to create a graphic t-shirt for Bluenotes clothing retailer to benefit Kids Help Phone. The shirt is due in stores and online the first week of October. “We sent some ideas to them and we’re going to collaborate,” guitarist Ian D’Sa told…
Chain Battling Canada’s Most Sinister Disease One Burger At A Time
Chain Battling Canada’s Most Sinister Disease One Burger At A Time Can a simple hamburger help combat multiple sclerosis, the most common neurological disease of young adults aged 15 to 40 in Canada? Can a fridge magnet offer support to the three new people who are daily diagnosed with MS, the majority of them women? Sadly the answer is no. But over the past four years, sales of same have…
Iron Maiden Quietly Committed To Help Ex-Drummer With MS
Iron Maiden Quietly Committed To Help Ex-Drummer With MS Iron Maiden on stage in 2005 at London, England's Apollo Hammersmith with their ex-drummer Clive Burr for a fundraising concert for the Clive Burr MS Trust Fund. Band members L-R: Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Nicko McBrain and Janick Gers (photo credit: George Chin).…
Book Editor Seeks True Stories About Living With Multiple Sclerosis
Book Editor Seeks True Stories About Living With Multiple Sclerosis Toronto-based therapist and editor Liz Pearl, M.Ed., is seeking personal stories from people who are living with Multiple Sclerosis for an upcoming book entitled, MS—My Story, published by PK Press. The deadline for a one-paragraph synopsis is January 9, 2012, and, upon acceptance,…
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS Billy Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk is in a multi-platinum Canadian rock band, headlining arenas across the country and touring all over the world, but he has just realized another dream — the launch of www.someonelikeme.ca, a youth-based blogging website for people affected by…
Did This “Affected” Young Man Get A Yes From Dragon’s Den?
Did This “Affected” Young Man Get A Yes From Dragon’s Den? Brady Thrasher on an upcoming episode of Dragon's Den, where a panel of wealthy entrepreneurs sayBrady Thrasher wants to know what’s affected you, and then for you to buy the T-shirt. The 23-year old Windsor, Ontario entrepreneur is the founder of the Affected Campaign, a line of clothing…
Billy Talent Drummer Knows What MS-affected Youth Need
Billy Talent Drummer Knows What MS-affected Youth Need photo credit: Dustin RabinBilly Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1998 and nine years later started the MS Society of Canada Scholarship Fund. Under the cooler name F.U.M.S, Billy Talent and Friends put on an annual concert to raise money to help send young…