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Being Good To The Be Good Tanyas Member
Being Good To The Be Good Tanyas Member Samantha Parton, of The Be Good Tanyas, before her car accidents.Given her status as one of the most prominent and popular members of Canada's roots music community, it should come as no surprise that Samantha Parton of The Be Good Tanyas is now being assisted by that scene in her time of need. She has been facing…
Window Sign Brings Piles of Pizza to Sick Child
Window Sign Brings Piles of Pizza to Sick Child Hazel (on right) and friend enjoying the pizza that arrived after posting aNever underestimate the kindness of strangers, especially in the Internet age. That’s the mantra of California’s Hammersley family, who learned first-hand that a modest request for something — like pizza, for instance — can prompt…
Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign
Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign Toronto rock act Billy Talent is next in line to create a graphic t-shirt for Bluenotes clothing retailer to benefit Kids Help Phone. The shirt is due in stores and online the first week of October. “We sent some ideas to them and we’re going to collaborate,” guitarist Ian D’Sa told…
School Kids Collect 140 Million Pennies For Free The Children
School Kids Collect 140 Million Pennies For Free The Children Wagons full of We Create Change penny bags ae pulled along Toronto's Bay St. June 27 as part of the final tally announcement — photo courtesy of Free The Children.Free The Children has many programs to engage young people to fundraise and raise awareness for global issues, but We Create Change…
Canadian Red Cross Taking Long View on Alberta Flood Relief
Canadian Red Cross Taking Long View on Alberta Flood Relief Aerial view of the Alberta flood.The recent flooding in southern Alberta shows ominous signs of being the disaster that keeps on giving, with four fatalities so far confirmed and years of cleanup and restoration pending. And with tens of thousands of devastated Albertans facing an estimated $3-$5…
Cody Simpson New Ambassador For The Who's Teen Cancer America
Cody Simpson New Ambassador For The Who's Teen Cancer America Cody Simpson (striped shirt), at UCLA Medical Center's first teen cancer ward, alongside friends and members of the advisory group for Teen Cancer America.Cody Simpson, the 16-year-old Australian pop singer-songwriter who is represented by Justin Bieber’s manager, is the new ambassador for…
Soccer Rockers & Olympians Kick In Dough
Soccer Rockers & Olympians Kick In Dough Olympic medalist Adam van Koeverden holds cup; Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning (in white shirt) is a good sport — photo credit: Peter Vipavec.Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, Great Big Sea’s Murray Foster, Bedouin Soundclash’s Eon Sinclair and four-time Olympic medalist Adam van Koeverden joined…
Mick Jagger's Hair Up For Sale
Mick Jagger's Hair Up For Sale A lock of Mick Jagger's hair from the '60s is up for bid at Bonhams auction house until July 3, 2013.Who wants a 50th anniversary Rolling Stones concert T-shirt when you can have something much more personal, especially since some fans have been paying upwards of $1000 to $2000 for VIP packages to attend a concert, get…
CONTEST ALERT! WIN A BUILD-A-BEAR!
CONTEST ALERT! WIN A BUILD-A-BEAR! CONTEST ALERT: Samaritanmag.com has covered the philanthropic initiatives of Build-A-Bear Workshop® and now they want to show Dad how super he is with great gift ideas for Father’s Day! "Paperback Pup" dressed in his Iron Man superhero costume and "Fishing Pro Happy Hugs Teddy" are the perfect pals for Dad on his…
Beyonce, Madonna, J-Lo, Florence Help Raise Millions For Girl Power
Beyonce, Madonna, J-Lo, Florence Help Raise Millions For Girl Power Madonna promo shot — courtesy of Warner Music Canada.A massive fundraising concert organized by Chime For Change co-founders Frida Giannini, actress Salma Hayek Pinault and singer Beyonce, raised S4.3 million over the weekend to help girls and women in 70 different countries achieve…
Queen Extravaganza YouTube Sensation Records No More Hurting People Anthem
Queen Extravaganza YouTube Sensation Records No More Hurting People Anthem Marc Martel would love to go on Ellen again, reach out to the people who viewed his Queen Extravaganza audition video “Somebody To Love” 7.7 million times, and if American Idol hadn’t recently ended even go on there again to perform, as he did when Brian May and Roger Taylor…
Tim Hortons Coffee Buys Camp for Kids During Daylong Initiative
Tim Hortons Coffee Buys Camp for Kids During Daylong Initiative Kids having a blast in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, at one of the Tim Horton Children's Foundation camps — photo courtesy of Tim Hortons. Few of us need encouragement to drink more coffee but it’s nice to know that, on one day at least, our collective java obsession can actually bring about…
iRun and Rock Benefits First Responders Battling Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder
iRun and Rock Benefits First Responders Battling Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder Nurse Nicole Taylor (centre) and members of the committee at the iRun and Rock media launch.Shortly after her husband returned from the Middle East, post 9/11, O.R. nurse Nicole Taylor noticed a dramatic change in him. The military firefighter had become withdrawn: he…
Nationwide Yard Sales Turn Clutter into Cash Battling Breast Cancer
Nationwide Yard Sales Turn Clutter into Cash Battling Breast Cancer 2009 Yard Sale for the Cure, in Toronto's Kew Gardens, sponsored by 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Simple ideas sometimes net the best results. Just look at Yard Sale for the Cure, the annual event which raises money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation through coordinated but independently staged…
Rarities CD For Mental Illness: inc. Glass Tiger's Alan Frew, The Spoons, ex Crowded House
Rarities CD For Mental Illness: inc. Glass Tiger's Alan Frew, The Spoons, ex Crowded House (L to R) Glass Tiger's Alan Frew with Jeff Liberty, who put together a rarities CD to benefit mental health.A limited edition compilation CD featuring tracks from Alan Frew of Glass Tiger fame, new wave legends The Spoons, Tarmac Adam featuring onetime Crowded…