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Ronald McDonald House Expansion Means More Families Can Stay Close To Hospitalized Child
Ronald McDonald House Expansion Means More Families Can Stay Close To Hospitalized Child Ronald McDonald House Rendering for new Ronald McDonald house, Toronto, for families to stay close to their hospitalized child, is expanding. Although more than 10,000 Canadian and international families annually require the services of the dozen Ronald McDonald…
U2's Bono Celebrates Amnesty International's 50th Birthday With Crowd of 50,000
U2's Bono Celebrates Amnesty International's 50th Birthday With Crowd of 50,000 U2 frontman Bono alerted a crowd of 50,000 at Winnipeg’s Canada Inn Stadium on Sunday evening, May 29, that “tonight is Amnesty International’s 50th birthday.” The date is slightly off, but the human rights organization was founded in London, England 50 years ago,…
Corey Hart And Marie-Christine Support Neurosurgeon's Project Medishare For Haiti
Corey Hart And Marie-Christine Support Neurosurgeon's Project Medishare For Haiti Singer-songwriter Corey Hart first met Project Medishare for Haiti co-founder Dr. Barth Green when he underwent cervical disk fusion surgery by the world renowned Miami neurosurgeon. At the time, Hart had just signed Montreal singer Marie-Christine Depestre to his…
Hail The Villain's Chad Taylor Jokes About His "Shitty" Disease
Hail The Villain's Chad Taylor Jokes About His "Shitty" Disease Chad Taylor pictured here wearing sunglassesHail The Villain’s bassist Chad Taylor is the first to make “shitty” jokes about it, but he knows living with Crohn’s disease is not a laughing matter. The bassist for the Oshawa, Ontario hard rock band seizes the opportunity to talk…
Sundae Funday! A Fun Way To Raise Money For Canada's Aboriginal Children
Sundae Funday! A Fun Way To Raise Money For Canada's Aboriginal Children It’s ice cream time! One is high in calories; one is zero. Take your pick. Both will raise money for Save The Children Canada. Appliance brand Frigidaire has pledged to donate a maximum of $25,000 via its Sundae Funday initiative. It’s part of the company’s commitment to…
The Story Behind Viral Video Sensation "Dear 16-year-old Me"
The Story Behind Viral Video Sensation "Dear 16-year-old Me" Many 16-year-olds likely do not know what melanoma is or that one bad sunburn can double your chances of getting the deadly disease. To help spread awareness about this aggressive type of skin cancer and how to protect against it, the David Cornfield Melanoma Fund (DCMF) released a…
Skate4Cancer's Rob Dyer's New Cause: The Dream Love Cure Centre
Skate4Cancer's Rob Dyer's New Cause: The Dream Love Cure Centre The founder of Skate4Cancer has evolved his vision. Rob Dyer, the 27-year-old Newmarket, Ontario native who has skateboarded across the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and parts of Australia to raise awareness about cancer, has a new goal in mind: the Dream Love Cure Centre (http://…
Former Child Soldier Emmanuel Jal To Speak at Canadian Schools, Release Album On Universal
Former Child Soldier Emmanuel Jal To Speak at Canadian Schools, Release Album On Universal Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier now 31, is making a name for himself as a conscious rapper on a global scale. The new album, See Me Mama, will be released in Canada in September via his own label, Gatwitch, through Universal Music Canada. The first single is "…
Canadian Hospital Foundation Lotteries
Canadian Hospital Foundation Lotteries They’ve won the houses of their dreams. After purchasing tickets for the May 12th Princess Margaret Home Lottery, more than a dozen people are sporting ear-to-ear grins after winning a combined $9.094 million in real estate, including a $3.99 million, 7062 sq. ft show home in Thornhill, Ontario and a $654,000…
'Reggae Against Landmines' Album To Benefit Non-Profit Landmine Clearance Organization
'Reggae Against Landmines' Album To Benefit Non-Profit Landmine Clearance Organization A Toronto-based reggae record label is joining such musical activists as Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, and Bruce Cockburn in their attempts to transform Earth into a landmine–free planet. Turning its attention towards atrocities in Africa, Ohm Grown Records…
The Bully Project: More Than Just A Film
The Bully Project: More Than Just A Film American director Lee Hirsch and producer Cynthia Lowen, whose timely and riveting — and heart breaking — documentary The Bully Project follows the lives of five bullied children and their families, hopes the film will not only be a teaching tool at schools across North America, but that it starts a whole anti-bullying movement, also called The Bully…
Actor Jason Lewis Helps Amputee Learn To Kite-Surf
Actor Jason Lewis Helps Amputee Learn To Kite-Surf Actor Jason Lewis, best known as Samantha Jones’ handsome young beau Jerry “Smith” Jarod in Sex and the City, took much of 2010 and 2009 off and did something most of us wouldn’t have the patience or fortitude, let alone the skills, to do. He invited a recent amputee to stay with him at his California…
13-Year-Old Raises $150,000 From Annual Lemonade Stand And Donations
13-Year-Old Raises $150,000 From Annual Lemonade Stand And Donations Amanda at her first lemonade stand, June 1999.Amanda Belzowski is a 13-year-old with a big assignment to finish. It’s not an English essay or science fair project. The Toronto teen is trying to spread the word about her 13th annual lemonade stand fundraiser, which has raised over $150,…
Police Punch-Ups Help Send Kids To Camp
Police Punch-Ups Help Send Kids To Camp Out on the street, two police officers punching each other would likely get them taken into custody, but at the 2011 Police Memorial “Ringside For Kids,” held April 28, at Le Treport Wedding and Convention Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, it was in the name of charity. Presented by Canadian Emergency Services Boxing Association (CESBA), the fourth annual…
Jill Barber Is "Spark" For Girls Action Foundation
Jill Barber Is "Spark" For Girls Action Foundation Photo credit: Ivan Otis As a musician, jazz-pop chanteuse Jill Barber always found ‘girls with guitars’ night or other female-only music events ghettoizing, but that is far different from mentoring other females. That’s why she said yes to Girls Action Foundation’s Light A Spark initiative. “…