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Slaight Family Foundation Gifts $15M to 12 Organizations Supporting Women and Girls

Slaight Family Foundation Gifts $15M to 12 Organizations Supporting Women and Girls Gary Slaight — photo credit: The Slaight Family Foundation.The Slaight Family Foundation, one of Toronto’s most wide-reaching family foundations, has announced its latest charitable give of $15 million to 12 organizations across Canada, focused on improving the lives of…

Pie Drive In Honour of Grandmother Sells Out In An Hour

Pie Drive In Honour of Grandmother Sells Out In An Hour Zack GiniesZack Ginies’ second Pie Drive benefitting homeless youth at Covenant House sold out in just over an hour. The Toronto man will bake 80 pies in one week, Dec. 1 to 7, using his late grandmother Kay Andrews’ blueberry, apple and raspberry pie recipes. While orders may be closed, his site is…

Maestro Fresh Wes An Inspiration Beyond The Hip Hop World

Maestro Fresh Wes An Inspiration Beyond The Hip Hop World Maestro Fresh Wes at one of his speaking engagements.Maestro Fresh Wes, who is celebrating 25 years in hip hop with his first full-length studio album in 13 years, Orchestrated Noise, and still holds the record in Canada for the top-selling Canadian hip hop album with 1989’s Symphony In Effect …

NHL Lockout Can't Stop Leafs Execs From Hosting Massive Holiday Dinner

NHL Lockout Can't Stop Leafs Execs From Hosting Massive Holiday Dinner Two members of Toronto Peel Police with Toronto Maple Leafs president/general manager Brian Burke (2nd from left) and head coach Randy Carlyle (far right).While the National Hockey League lockout continues, members of the Toronto Maple Leafs camp, including president and general…

Man To Bake 80 Pies In A Week To Honour Grandma Kay

Man To Bake 80 Pies In A Week To Honour Grandma Kay Ready, set, go: Zack Ginies will be baking 80 pies in a week in honour of his late grandmother. Proceeds go to Covenant House.When it doesn’t kill you, grief is an unbeatable catalyst for good. Just ask Zack Ginies. The 29-year-old Toronto interactive developer lost his beloved grandmother Kay Andrews…

Taxi Canada Says Goodbye To Mini Cooper; Hello To $$$ For Covenant House

Taxi Canada Says Goodbye To Mini Cooper; Hello To $$$ For Covenant House Parting isn’t such sweet sorrow in the case of car brand Mini and advertising company Taxi Canada. Taxi’s downtown Toronto office has a Mini Cooper parked out front to much fanfare. No, it’s not the insanely privileged parking spot of the agency’s founder; its appearance there is…

Former Homeless Youth Lead Covenant House Step Up for Street Kids 5K walk

Former Homeless Youth Lead Covenant House Step Up for Street Kids 5K walk Pumping up the participants of last year's Covenant House Step Up for Street Kids 5K walk event, Dundas Square, Toronto For the first time, a group of current and former Covenant House residents will be joining the 4th annual Covenant House Step Up for Street Kids 5K walk. The…

Nikki Sixx Inspires Homeless Youth To Make Music, Take Photos And Become Flacks

Nikki Sixx Inspires Homeless Youth To Make Music, Take Photos And Become Flacks Nikki Sixx’s kids, the product of his generous Running Wild In The Night music program at Covenant House California which serves more than 10,000 homeless youth a year, are making more of the program than even the Mötley Crüe and Sixx: A.M. bassist imagined.  In May 2008, Sixx donated $250,000 to the Los Angeles and…

SNL’s Seth Meyers to Host Stand Up for Kids

SNL’s Seth Meyers to Host Stand Up for Kids Seth Meyers, the host of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, is set to host Stand Up For Kids, an annual fundraiser at The Winter Garden Theatre, on Oct. 27, to raise money for charitable agencies that assist youth at risk in Canada. The event for Covenant House, Dixon Hall and The Robin Barhydt Rocks on Fund at the SickKids Foundation will also…