News
NHL All-Star Game Jerseys Will Be Made Of Repurposed Marine Plastics
NHL All-Star Game Jerseys Will Be Made Of Repurposed Marine Plastics Toronto Maple Leafs 2019 All-Star jerseys — image providedThis year's National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star game won't just be a showcase for superstar talents like Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, Toronto Maple Leafs' Austin Matthews and Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid. It'll also be…
ABBA Revisted Tapped To Alleviate S.A.D. at Benefit To Support CAMH Gifts of Light
ABBA Revisted Tapped To Alleviate S.A.D. at Benefit To Support CAMH Gifts of Light ABBA Revisted tribute act — photo credit: ABBA Revisited FacebookABBA Revisted, an acclaimed tribute act, will be belting out the hits to raise funds for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation's Gifts of Light program in Toronto, which provides necessities…
Simple Plan Foundation Donates $225,000 to 30 Charity Groups
Simple Plan Foundation Donates $225,000 to 30 Charity Groups Simple Plan — photo credit: Chapman BaehlerSimple Plan Foundation, the philanthropic organization created by the multi-platinum Canadian pop-rock band, handed out $225,000 at the end of 2018, according to a press release issued by its record label Warner Music Canada. In all, over 30 charities…
Metallica To Release Acoustic Live Double Album On Vinyl For Charity
Metallica To Release Acoustic Live Double Album On Vinyl For Charity Helping Hands…Live & Acoustic at The Masonic album cover — image providedLegendary thrash metal band will be donating all proceeds from their forthcoming Helping Hands…Live & Acoustic at The Masonic towards their All Within My Hands Foundation (AWMH) charity with the goal of…
WATCH: New Gillette Ad Confronts Toxic Masculinity, Challenges Men To Do Better
WATCH: New Gillette Ad Confronts Toxic Masculinity, Challenges Men To Do Better Scene from 'We Believe: The Best Men Can Be' — image capture via Gillette YouTube pageA new ad campaign from Gillette is confronting the concept of toxic masculinity and challenging men to be the best they can be. Launched on Jan. 13 with a short film titled We Believe: The…
Plane Flies Over Label Trailing Banner: “RCA/Sony: Drop Sexual Predator R. Kelly."
Plane Flies Over Label Trailing Banner: “RCA/Sony: Drop Sexual Predator R. Kelly." Photo courtesy of Unbendable Media. National womens' group UltraViolet took to the skies today to urge Sony Music and CBS Records to drop R&B music artist R. Kelly from their talent rosters amid renewed accusations of sexual predation of black girls and women.…
David Foster to Receive Humanitarian Award at Juno Gala
David Foster to Receive Humanitarian Award at Juno Gala David Foster — photo courtesy of AirAsia. Canada's David Foster is known to the music world for discovering pop greats like Celine Dion, Josh Groban and Michael Buble. But Foster, since, 1986 has also spearheaded The David Foster Foundation, a non-profit charity that helps pay for non-medical…
Blue Jays Annual Toronto Winter Fest Supports Jays Care Foundation
Blue Jays Annual Toronto Winter Fest Supports Jays Care Foundation Girls At Bat program — photo via Jays Care TwitterThe Toronto Blue Jays baseball club will once again be letting fans peek behind the curtain with its Winter Fest event happening Jan. 19 and 20 at the Rogers Centre. A massive community outreach event taking place at the Jays' home stadium…
Follow In The Footsteps of Celine, Damon, McLachlan: Donate Shoes To Ron White
Follow In The Footsteps of Celine, Damon, McLachlan: Donate Shoes To Ron White Sarah McLachlan and Ron White — photo courtesy of Ron White ShoesToronto shoe designer and retail owner Ron White has kicked off his 23rd annual charity shoe drive to put gently worn shoes and boots onto the feet of those in need during the winter months. The donated footwear…
Barenaked Ladies, Scott Helman, Monster Truck, USS Among Acts Honouring Walk Off The Earth's Mike Taylor At Free Show
Barenaked Ladies, Scott Helman, Monster Truck, USS Among Acts Honouring Walk Off The Earth's Mike Taylor At Free Show Mike Taylor tribute — graphic providedBarenaked Ladies, Scott Helman, Monster Truck, USS and Saint Alvia are among the bands announced to perform acoustically at a free tribute concert to honour Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor, the multi-…
Italian Band Mardi Gras Records "One Guitar" To Support Light Of Day Foundation
Italian Band Mardi Gras Records "One Guitar" To Support Light Of Day Foundation Mardi Gras album cover — image providedItalian band Mardi Gras have recorded a new version of the Willie Nile and Frank Joseph Lee song "One Guitar" to support the Light Of Day Foundation. Proceeds from the digital sale of the song (which is available at all major…
Consider Donating to The Bridge School in Memory of Co-founder Pegi Young, Dead at 66
Consider Donating to The Bridge School in Memory of Co-founder Pegi Young, Dead at 66 Pegi Young — photo credit: pegiyoung.com Pegi Young, a musician and former wife of Neil Young who toured with him and put out albums of her own, died on Jan.1 after a long battle with cancer. She was 66 years old. Married to Neil for 36 years until their divoce in 2014…
These Are The 18 Women's Advocacy Groups CBS Is Sharing $20 Million Amongst
These Are The 18 Women's Advocacy Groups CBS Is Sharing $20 Million Amongst U.S. media giant CBS Corp. announced it will divide up the $20 million earlier promised for women advocacy groups to 18 organizations focused on eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace. The move stemmed from a recent decision to part ways with CBS' longtime CEO, Leslie…
Adele, Stormzy, Marcus Mumford Part Of New Grenfell Tower Fire Awareness Video
Adele, Stormzy, Marcus Mumford Part Of New Grenfell Tower Fire Awareness Video Stormzy in the Grenfell United support video — screencap via Grenfell United YouTube channelHigh profile British musicians Adele, Stormzy, Marcus Mumford and Akala are speaking up about the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy which caused 72 deaths in June 2017. "FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS…
Country Musician Aaron Goodvin First Artist to Use World For Good Platform
Country Musician Aaron Goodvin First Artist to Use World For Good Platform Aaron Goodvin promo shot — courtesy of Warner Music Canada‘Tis the giving season, but Canadian country artist Aaron Goodvin wants to keep that goodwill going the rest of the year, too. So he’s partnered with A World For Good, a service that lets customers — or in this case fans —…