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Honey Jam All-Female Singing Showcase Donates To Women's Charities For 16 Years

Honey Jam All-Female Singing Showcase Donates To Women's Charities For 16 Years Ebonnie Rowe (L) with Aisha Wickham ThomasPhem Phat Entertainment Group’s Ebonnie Rowe has managed to keep Toronto’s Honey Jam, the multi-genre female singing showcase at which Nelly Furtado was discovered, alive for 16 years. No matter how difficult that has been, she…

Saving Asses: The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada

Saving Asses: The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada Juno, a brown Standard donkey, lives with the oldies and special needs donkeys on the farm, after years of abuse, including being regularly hit with a shovel.When Sandra Pady relocated to the Guelph countryside from Toronto with her husband Dave more than 20 years ago, the last thing they imagined or expected…

Did Singer-Songwriter Bruce Cockburn Become A Radical?

Did Singer-Songwriter Bruce Cockburn Become A Radical? In elementary school, Bruce Cockburn remembers a teacher wishing upon her class that they all grow up to be “radicals,” a person intent on forcing change by uncompromising methods. The future folk-rock singer-songwriter doesn’t known how that might’ve affected his desire to make a difference in the world, but in the 1980s — after the…

Avril Lavigne Designs And Sells "Abbey Dawn Hearts Japan" Charity T-Shirts

Avril Lavigne Designs And Sells "Abbey Dawn Hearts Japan" Charity T-Shirts Avril Lavigne has designed a T-shirt with heart. The Canadian pop singer, who has her own clothing line called Abbey Dawn, created the shirt to help raise money for those affected by the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan in March.…

Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder Foundation Takes "Interdependent" Approach To Global Aid

Vampire Diaries' Ian Somerhalder Foundation Takes "Interdependent" Approach To Global Aid The Ian Somerhalder Foundation Ian Somerhalder is in full swing, reaching 195 countries in just six months. The Louisiana-born actor who currently plays Damon Salvatore on the CW television series The Vampire Diaries and was Boone Carlyle on the ABC…

Well-To-Do Family Rummages Through Trash Bins For "Bottles For Bread"

Well-To-Do Family Rummages Through Trash Bins For "Bottles For Bread" About 12 hours ago, 17-year-old Jonathan Korman was at his high school graduation ceremony, and a long after-party ensured that he wouldn’t head to sleep until 3 a.m. But, while his friend snoozes away in the basement, Jonathan is up just after 8 a.m. and is ready to pick…

Sketch Art Studio Encourages Creative Potential Of Street Youth

Sketch Art Studio Encourages Creative Potential Of Street Youth Toronto volunteer Phyllis Novak has spent the last two decades trying to maximize the creative potential for at-risk and homeless youth. In 1996, her efforts materialized into Sketch, an art studio that offers marginalized young adults, aged 15 to 29, the chance to express themselves through…

Top Hip Hop Group Far East Movement "4 C The Power" They Can Have On Kids

Top Hip Hop Group Far East Movement "4 C The Power" They Can Have On Kids Far East Movement make surprise appearance at a benefit show for the Univeristy of California Autism Center and the Red Scarf Project, Dec. 2009 in Los Angeles — Photo courtesy of www.4cthepower.com Los Angeles electro-hip hop group Far East Movement is one of the mentors…

15-Year-Old Alice Pyne's Bucket List Gets Attention From CNN, Katy Perry, And MPs

15-Year-Old Alice Pyne's Bucket List Gets Attention From CNN, Katy Perry, And MPs A 15-year-old British girl with terminal cancer has inspired the Internet and Twitter community to help her fulfill her bucket list.  Alice Pyne has Hodgkin's lymphoma that has spread throughout her body and her bravery, enthusiasm, commitment and compassion shines…

Singer Natalia Kills Joins Justin Bieber In Support Of Pencils Of Promise

Singer Natalia Kills Joins Justin Bieber In Support Of Pencils Of Promise Natalia KillsJustin Bieber isn’t the only musician behind Pencils of Promise.  British singer Natalia Kills, signed by Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am, and whose album, Perfectionist, comes out August 16, is already supporting the New York-based charity which builds schools in the…

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…

Coldplay's "Fix You" Re-Cut In Asia By Simple Plan, These Kids Wear Crowns & More

Coldplay's "Fix You" Re-Cut In Asia By Simple Plan, These Kids Wear Crowns & More Canada's These Kids Wear Crowns in a Singapore's Ocean Butterflies Studio record their part of Coldplay's More than 40 artists from all over the world, including Canada’s Simple Plan, These Kids Wear Crowns and Saidah Baba Talibah, cut a charity single of…

Ten Budding Entrepreneurs Selected In Socially-Minded Business Contest

Ten Budding Entrepreneurs Selected In Socially-Minded Business Contest Project Wildfire workshop with youth contestantsAn online calculator that helps companies reduce their carbon footprint. A cleaning business run entirely by the autistic community. A tutoring website that pays youths to do their homework. These are just a few of the captivating…

Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer Fundraiser Expands Across Canada

Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer Fundraiser Expands Across Canada As hockey fans await the Stanley Cup’s possible arrival north of the border in 2011, Canadians across the country have another reason to cheer. The two largest national cancer charities announced on June 3 that they would be teaming up to expand the popular Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer…

Moms Host Golf Tournament To Give Special Needs Children Summer Camp Experience

Moms Host Golf Tournament To Give Special Needs Children Summer Camp Experience Nathan PeddieGoing to summer camp is one of the definitive experiences for Canadian children. But when Dorothy Peddie and Ingrid Anderson, two working moms from the Greater Toronto Area, discovered there was an additional fee to send their sons with Down syndrome to summer…