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Ecuador Earthquake: 5 Ways Canadians Can Help

Ecuador Earthquake: 5 Ways Canadians Can Help Earthquake damage in Ecuador — photo credit: Canadian Red CrossA 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Ecuador on Saturday night (April 16) has resulted in at least 350 deaths and 2,068 injuries so far. Damage from the quake and a reported more than 230 aftershocks is still being assessed, but a number of areas off the…

M.I.A. Unveils 'Rewear It' Video To Support H&M #WorldRecycleWeek

M.I.A. Unveils 'Rewear It' Video To Support H&M #WorldRecycleWeek M.I.A. in theRap rebel M.I.A. is encouraging people to recycle their old clothes with the release of new video "Rewear It." The M.I.A. video is part a partnership with retail clothing chain H&M to promote their upcoming #WorldRecycleWeek initiative happening April 18-24.…

MLB Commissioner Issues Letter to Fans on Jackie Robinson Day

MLB Commissioner Issues Letter to Fans on Jackie Robinson Day Jackie Robinson — photo credit: Jackie Robinson Facebook.Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. issued this letter on one of the most historic days in the sport. On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black major league…

Apple's Apps For Earth Campaign To Help World Wildlife Fund

Apple's Apps For Earth Campaign To Help World Wildlife Fund Apps For Earth — Photo credit: Richard Lisboa, WWFYou now have an even better reason to feed your Angry Birds or Candy Crush addiction. Technology giant Apple has announced it's teaming up with 24 high-profile app developers for the Apps For Earth promotional campaign to raise funds for…

North Carolina Billboard Asks Vistors to Set Their Clocks Back 100 Years

North Carolina Billboard Asks Vistors to Set Their Clocks Back 100 Years Planting Peace's billboard — photo credit: Planting PeaceA peace organization is fighting North Carolina's hateful HB2 "Bathroom Bill" in a hard-to-miss-way — via a large highway billboard contemning the bill and its stripping of LGTBQ rights and protections. Placed by the roadside…

Shawn Mendes, Lights, Tom Cochrane, Kardinal Offishall, Shawn Hook Join Others in Sign-Holding Kidney Foundation campaign

Shawn Mendes, Lights, Tom Cochrane, Kardinal Offishall, Shawn Hook Join Others in Sign-Holding Kidney Foundation campaign Shawn Mendes — photo credt: Cathy CutzNothing gets the word out as far and wide as social media. Attach a celebrity to your message —making their diverse followers a de facto workforce via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter shares — and…

Kiehl's Eye Cream Sales To Help Beluga Whales, Canadian Wildlife Federation

Kiehl's Eye Cream Sales To Help Beluga Whales, Canadian Wildlife Federation Kiehl's is helping the Canadian Wildlife Federation — photo credit: Kiehl'sFor the next 12 days, incorporating creamy, moisturizing eye treatments to your beauty regime may have a bonus secondary benefit — helping the Beluga whale. Between now and Earth Day on April 22,…

MLSE Team Up Challenge Supporting Camp Trillium Passes $1 Million Fundraising Mark

MLSE Team Up Challenge Supporting Camp Trillium Passes $1 Million Fundraising Mark Mascots from various MLSE teams and Camp Trillium get together at the 2014 Challenge — photo credit: MLSEFormer Toronto Maple Leafs hockey players Wendel Clark and Peter Ing got together last week, but it wasn't to talk about the glories of the 1990-91 NHL season they…

Bryan Adams Cancels Mississippi Concert to Protest Anti-LGBT Bill

Bryan Adams Cancels Mississippi Concert to Protest Anti-LGBT Bill Bryan Adams — photo credit: self-portrait.Bryan Adams has cancelled his concert this week in Mississippi in protest of the “extremely discriminatory bill” 1523, an anti-LGBT law signed by Governor Phil Bryant April 5.  The Canadian rocker was scheduled to perform April 14 at the…

Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Show To Fight Discriminatory Anti-Transgender 'Bathroom Bill'

Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Show To Fight Discriminatory Anti-Transgender 'Bathroom Bill' Bruce Springsteen — photo credit: Bruce Springsteen TwitterBruce Springsteen is taking a stand against North Carolina's controversial "bathroom bill" by cancelling an upcoming concert scheduled for April 10 in Greensboro. "Some things are more…

Pizza Pizza Offering Free Slice For Old Phones, Electronics As Part Of Earth Month

Pizza Pizza Offering Free Slice For Old Phones, Electronics As Part Of Earth Month Free slices for devices — photo credit: TorchiaThat dead electronics graveyard in the back of your closet is finally worth something — free pizza from Pizza Pizza. To celebrate Earth Month, throughout April the pie chain will be giving away free pizza slices — your choice…

NBA Stars Chris Bosh, Draymond Green, Gordon Hayward Join Equality Movement Lean In

NBA Stars Chris Bosh, Draymond Green, Gordon Hayward Join Equality Movement Lean In Robyn Hayward, daughter Bernadette and NBA player Gordon Hayward leaning in together — photo credit: Lean InNational Basketball Association (NBA) players Chris Bosh from the Miami Heat, Draymond Green from the Golden State Warriors and Gordon Hayward from the Utah Jazz are…

Brussels Terror Attack Victims Fund Established By GoFundMe

Brussels Terror Attack Victims Fund Established By GoFundMe Mourners in Brussels — photo credit: GoFundMeMajor crowdfunding site GoFundMe has launched a campaign to support Brussels, Belgium in the wake of the terrorist bomb attacks that shook the city yesterday. The company has just announced the Brussels Terror Attack Victims Fund, a crowdfunding…

Rob Ford Died from Rare, Speedy Form of Cancer, More Research Needed

Rob Ford Died from Rare, Speedy Form of Cancer, More Research Needed Rob Ford passed away March 22 from a rare form of cancer — photo credit: Rob Ford's Twitter.Ex-Toronto Mayor Rob Ford died today (March 22) from cancer less than 18 months after he was diagnosed. He was just 46. The type of cancer he had was one of the rarest forms of the disease, and he…