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Meet and Shoot Pucks with Wendel Clark at Shell Canada This Weekend
Meet and Shoot Pucks with Wendel Clark at Shell Canada This Weekend Wendel Clark — photo courtesy of NKPR.For some people meeting Wendel Clark might be even better than meeting Santa Claus. Oil and gas company Shell has booked the former Toronto Maple Leafs captain and hockey legend, along with designer and The Goods television host Steven Sabados and…
Watch And Weep Too: Olivia Newton-John Gets A Big Big Surprise
Watch And Weep Too: Olivia Newton-John Gets A Big Big Surprise Olivia Newton-John with mystery donor — photo credit: screenshotA mystery auction buyer of Olivia Newton-John's iconic Grease black leather jacket surprised the actress and singer by giving it back to her. A Dec. 10 video posted to YouTube shows the donor, face blurred out to preserve his…
Unison Party To Help Members of Music Industry Raises $800,000
Unison Party To Help Members of Music Industry Raises $800,000 (L to R) Amanda Power, Darren Throop, Tom Cochrane, Jodie Ferneyhough, Catharine Saxberg, Sheila Hamilton, Gary Slaight, Bernie Breen, Derrick Ross. Photo credit: Farrell Rafferty. It’s been a banner year for Unison Benevolent Fund, with seemingly more public attention on the charity set up…
Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Murray To Support Local LGBTQ With Stadium Series Equipment Auction
Pittsburgh Penguins' Matt Murray To Support Local LGBTQ With Stadium Series Equipment Auction Matt Murray at the Stadium Series — photo via Pittsburgh Penguins TwitterPittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray will be auctioning off a historic set of equipment to support area LGBTQ causes. The National Hockey League player is donating his custom-…
Guitar Signed by A Who's Who of Rock to Benefit Fairport Convention's Jerry Donahue at Auction
Guitar Signed by A Who's Who of Rock to Benefit Fairport Convention's Jerry Donahue at Auction Autographed guitar and travel case — photos via Gardiner HoulgateMany of classic rock's biggest names including Sir Paul McCartney, members of Led Zeppelin, The Who's Pete Townshend, Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson have come…
Thousand Pairs Of "Babsocks" Donated To Support Toronto's Homeless
Thousand Pairs Of "Babsocks" Donated To Support Toronto's Homeless Indie88 staff receiving Babsocks — photo provided While the debate is still ongoing as to whether the firing of high-profile hockey coach Mike Babcock by the Toronto Maple Leafs was a good thing, one group of people have benefitted from his dismissal — Toronto's homeless.…
SickKids Get Better Gifts Campaign Aims To Support Youths Who'll Be In Treatment Over Holidays
SickKids Get Better Gifts Campaign Aims To Support Youths Who'll Be In Treatment Over Holidays SickKids Get Better Gifts campaign — photo via SickKidsA giving campaign is ensuring patients who'll be in treatment over the holidays at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto will receive some form of gift. The SickKids Foundation's Get Better Gifts…
Cineplex Offers Free Movies Dec. 7 to Benefit Boys And Girls Club
Cineplex Offers Free Movies Dec. 7 to Benefit Boys And Girls Club Cineplex Community Day is Dec. 7 — graphic providedCineplex will be supporting the Boys And Girls Clubs Of Canada when it screens five classic holiday movies in theatres across the country for free as part of its annual Community Day event on Dec. 7. The five movies that will be featured…
Avicii Tribute Concert For Mental Health Awareness to Be Live Streamed Dec. 5
Avicii Tribute Concert For Mental Health Awareness to Be Live Streamed Dec. 5 Avicii — photo via Avicii official TwitterThe tribute concert to Swedish DJ and electronic producer Avicii in support of mental health issues will be live streamed on Dec. 5 on his official youtube channel, Instagram and Facebook, as well as broadcast on U.S., Swedish, European…
Wayland Launch "I'm Not Alright" Mental Health Challenge With Help Of Shinedown, Three Doors Down, Hinder
Wayland Launch "I'm Not Alright" Mental Health Challenge With Help Of Shinedown, Three Doors Down, Hinder Wayland — photo providedMichigan rock band Wayland want to expand the conversation about mental health and high-profile friends in Shinedown, Three Doors Down and Candlebox are helping them get heard. The band's just-released single "I…
Walter Craft Caesar Selling Holiday Lobster Version to Raise Funds For Big Brothers Big Sisters, Partners with Fashion Santa
Walter Craft Caesar Selling Holiday Lobster Version to Raise Funds For Big Brothers Big Sisters, Partners with Fashion Santa Fashion Santa is helping to market the Walter Caesar Holiday Mix — photo credit: Chris Nicholls. Walter Craft Caesar hopes to donate a minimum of $10,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada by donating $1 from every bottle sold…
Swagtron E-Scooter Maker and Scott Stapp Foundation To Support Toys For Tots Campaign
Swagtron E-Scooter Maker and Scott Stapp Foundation To Support Toys For Tots Campaign Sevendust's Lajon Witherspoon autographs a Swagcycle Pro — photo providedThe new "Giving Is Swag" promotional campaign from light electronic vehicle maker Swagtron will be supporting the charitable Toys For Tots program Until Dec. 31, 2019, the hoverboard, e-scooter and…
Olympic Gymnast Ellie Black Springboarding Hudson’s Bay National Red Mitten Day
Olympic Gymnast Ellie Black Springboarding Hudson’s Bay National Red Mitten Day On sale now at Hudson's Bay — photo provided.Two-time Olympic gymnast Ellie Black is backing what Hudson’s Bay is declaring National Red Mitten Day, today, Nov. 21, by encouraging Canadians to buy and wear a pair of the company’s mitten to show their support for this country’s…
Alex Trebek Helps Raise Awareness For World Pancreatic Cancer Day Nov. 21
Alex Trebek Helps Raise Awareness For World Pancreatic Cancer Day Nov. 21 Alex Trebek — screencapture via World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition YouTube pageAlex Trebek, host of high-profile television trivia show Jeopardy, will be the face of this year's World Pancreatic Cancer Day, happening Thursday, Nov. 21. The popular television personality knows the…
Dave "Bookie" Bookman's 600-piece Record Collection To Go On Sale for Charity
Dave "Bookie" Bookman's 600-piece Record Collection To Go On Sale for Charity The late DaveThe record collection belonging to the late Toronto radio host Dave “Bookie” Bookman will go on sale this Thursday (Nov. 21) at Rotate This with proceeds going to MusicCounts, the charitable arm of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences…