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Amazon's Priest and Imam Ad Shows a Shared Humanity
Amazon's Priest and Imam Ad Shows a Shared Humanity A priest and an imam meet for a cup of tea — photo via Amazon YouTube channelA new Amazon Prime commercial is using the pains of getting old to show the common humanity between the Christian and the Muslim world. Titled "A Priest and an Imam meet for a cup of tea," the video follows the visit…
By Divine Right's Last Depeche Mode Cover Performance To Help All Paws
By Divine Right's Last Depeche Mode Cover Performance To Help All Paws By Divine Right — photo by Tess ParksBy Divine Right are hoping to provide some animals in need with "new life," when they perform as part of a benefit concert event for the All Paws Rescue Group happening Dec. 8 at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern. The veteran indie band, which once…
Doug Gilmour Courage Campaign To Raise Money For Gord Downie Cancer Research
Doug Gilmour Courage Campaign To Raise Money For Gord Downie Cancer Research Buy Doug Gilmour's motorcycle, help Gord Downie's cancer fund — photo via the Boon-Town webpageDoug Gilmour, one of the most popular players to ever suit up for the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, is donating some of his most iconic memorabilia to support Tragically Hip singer…
Rush Donate $40k To Gord Downie Cancer Fund
Rush Donate $40k To Gord Downie Cancer Fund Rush — photo courtesy Canadian Music WeekRock band Rush are donating $40,000 to the cancer research cause of Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie. The famed Canadian trio recently announced they were donating the money to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Toronto's Sunnybrook hospital, the fund…
Neil Young Calls on President Obama in Standing Rock Support Letter
Neil Young Calls on President Obama in Standing Rock Support Letter A water protector at Standing Rock — photo by: Rob Wilson Photography, Honor The EarthNeil Young has singled out U.S. President Barack Obama to support the peaceful protestors standing against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota. "We are calling upon you, President…
What Is Giving Tuesday?
What Is Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday — image via Giving Tuesday CanadaToday, Tuesday, Nov. 29, is Giving Tuesday, the antidote to the relentless buy, buy, buy messages of the previous four days' Black Friday and Cyber Monday commerce free-for-all which began the day after U.S. Thanksgiving. Started in 2012 by the United Nations Foundation and the New…
Munk, Pringle, Movember, HSBC, Aird Among 2016 Philanthropy Award Winners
Munk, Pringle, Movember, HSBC, Aird Among 2016 Philanthropy Award Winners Aiden Aird, 17, receives his award from Loblaws Companies' Nicole Donaldson, at the 2016 Philanthropy Awards — photo credit: Joel Nadel of Event Imaging. Peter Munk and his wife Melanie, Andy and Valerie Pringle, HSBC Bank Canada, Movember Foundation, and 17-year-old Aidan Aird…
Heavy Metal Bowling Event In Ronnie James Dio's Memory Raises Nearly $50K
Heavy Metal Bowling Event In Ronnie James Dio's Memory Raises Nearly $50K (from left) Eddie Trunk, Damon Fox, Rock Feinstein, Wendy Dio, John 5 and Tom Morello (who brought his own bowling ball) — photo by Gene KirklandOne of late heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio's signature songs was the rollicking number "We Rock." This month friends and…
Year-End: MusiCounts Donated $525K Worth of Instruments and Gear to 33 Community Groups
Year-End: MusiCounts Donated $525K Worth of Instruments and Gear to 33 Community Groups Kardinal Offishall performs at the MusiCounts TD Community Music Program Union Station event — photo via Strut Entertainment Twitter page Thirty-three community groups received musical instruments and equipment worth $525,000 this year, thanks to the MusiCounts TD…
Metallica Doing Club Show in Toronto to Support Daily Bread Food Bank
Metallica Doing Club Show in Toronto to Support Daily Bread Food Bank Metallica — photo courtesy Warner Music CanadaMetallica will be coming to Toronto for a special charity concert on Nov. 29 at the 950-capacity Opera House to support The Daily Bread Food Bank. Established in 1983, the Daily Bread Food Bank is a registered charity that combats hunger in…
Andy Kim Christmas with Nelly Furtado, Ron Sexsmith, Sloan and More, on Way to a Sell-Out
Andy Kim Christmas with Nelly Furtado, Ron Sexsmith, Sloan and More, on Way to a Sell-Out Andy Kim — photo via Andy Kim FacebookThe Andy Kim Christmas concert in Toronto has moved this year to the bigger Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Dec. 7 and Nelly Furtado, Ron Sexsmith and Sloan will be among the names performing at the 12th annual charity event. It is…
Honour Late Dap-Kings Singer Sharon Jones by Donating to These Charities
Honour Late Dap-Kings Singer Sharon Jones by Donating to These Charities Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings — photo credit. SJ&TDK web site.Sharon Jones, the inimitable Grammy-nominated singer with soul/funk group the Dap-Kings, died from cancer Nov. 18 in Cooperstown, New York. The subject of the 2015 Barbara Kopple documentary, Miss Sharon Jones! was 60…
McGregor Socks Creates Two Movember Designs
McGregor Socks Creates Two Movember Designs McGregor Socks first previewed its Movember socks during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) at the Tastemakers’ gifting lounge, where actors such Tom Ford, Gerard Butler and Jeremy Renner, got to take a home a pair of the moustache-emblazoned men’s socks. The six designs — three in stripes with a…
Zak Starkey and Sshh Liguz Recruit Original Players for Charity Covers Album
Zak Starkey and Sshh Liguz Recruit Original Players for Charity Covers Album SSHH: singer Sshh Liguz and guitarist Zak Starkey — photo courtesy of High Rise PR.Teen Cancer America and Teenage Cancer Trust have a new musical ally. The respective US and UK cancer charities, both founded by The Who’s frontman Roger Daltrey, will split all sales proceeds from…
Susan Sarandon's Petition Quickly Surpasses Goals
Susan Sarandon's Petition Quickly Surpasses Goals Susan Sarandon — photo credit: Bryan Gibbs.Actress Susan Sarandon has quickly surpassed her goals on a Care2 petition, asking opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline to withdraw their money from certain banks until they divest from Energy Transfer Partners, the company in charge of the project. The…