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My Darkest Days Rocker Thinks Pink For Grandma
My Darkest Days Rocker Thinks Pink For Grandma Sal Coz Costa with grandmother Monique (photo credit: Michael Hurcomb)Maybe a light pink guitar seems a little soft for a hard rock band like Canada’s My Darkest Days, but this custom-made Flying V, made especially for mohawked axeman Sal Coz Costa for a 53-date arena tour with Nickelback, was to be auctioned…
What's Avril Lavigne Doing With Pauly D's Tanning Lotion?
What's Avril Lavigne Doing With Pauly D's Tanning Lotion? Photo credit: Mike LiddellAll month Avril Lavigne will be auctioning off one-of-a-kind items to benefit The Avril Lavigne Foundation from a personal phone call and a cameo in one of her upcoming music videos to Jersey Shore’s Pauly D’s tanning lotion and a Nickelback signed Gibson guitar…
'Freddie For A Day' Event Conjures Fallen Star’s Spirit
'Freddie For A Day' Event Conjures Fallen Star’s Spirit If you see someone sashaying down the street tomorrow (Sept. 5) wearing a pasted-on handlebar moustache — or better, a skin-tight satiny jumpsuit slit down to the navel — you haven’t accidentally wandered into a Pride parade. You’ve encountered a light-hearted do-gooder being a ‘Freddie for…
Sir Elton, Furnish Create Charity Candles, To Make Holt Renfrew In-Store Appearance
Sir Elton, Furnish Create Charity Candles, To Make Holt Renfrew In-Store Appearance Sir Elton John and husband, Toronto native David Furnish, have teamed up with Canada’s luxury department store chain Holt Renfrew and leading American home fragrance company NEST to create two limited edition, exclusive scented candles to benefit the Elton John AIDS…
Defusing Mines With Music
Defusing Mines With Music The presence of landmines on many different continents still represents a very real threat to millions of civilians, and one Swedish musician is out to fight the problem with music. Jesper Eriksson is the man behind Paradors, a musical collective comprising artists from Canada, the U.K. and Sweden. The newly released MAG Songs is…
Marble Slab's Extra Incentive To Buy Ice Cream & Mixins This Saturday
Marble Slab's Extra Incentive To Buy Ice Cream & Mixins This Saturday It’s hard to imagine a better charitable fit than one uniting children with ice cream... and happening during summertime. So the forthcoming Cones for Kids event hosted by the Canadian arm of the Marble Slab Creamery global ice cream company bears all the hallmarks of a…
Hoola Hoops, Classic Cars, Car Hops Part of A&W Fundraiser
Hoola Hoops, Classic Cars, Car Hops Part of A&W Fundraiser (L to R) MS Society of Canada president/CEO Yves Savoie, Great A&W Root Bear, A&W president/CEO Paul HollandsOn August 23, if you happen to be cruisin’ by one of the more than 750 A&W restaurants across Canada and see a bit of ‘50s throwback hoopla going on — hoola hoops, classic…
Beyoncé's Message To 1 Billion People
Beyoncé's Message To 1 Billion People Beyoncé (photo credit: Myrna Suarez)Beyoncé has made a 50-second PSA for World Humanitarian Day, Aug. 19. In the video (see below), which can be viewed on YouTube, the singer says, “Do one thing for another human being. Nothing is too small.” Black and white pictures of a man holding a child, a child handing…
Annie Lennox To Headline Hope Rising!
Annie Lennox To Headline Hope Rising! Annie Lennox (photo credit: Mike Owen)Annie Lennox, who appeared in yesterday’s Olympic closing ceremony in London, has been announced as the headliner for the second annual Hope Rising! A Benefit Concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation Nov. 7 at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. The singer-songwriter, who rose to fame…
New Balance Sees Red For Olympics
New Balance Sees Red For Olympics The same shoes Canadian marathon stars Reid Coolsaet and Eric Gillis used to train for their 42.2 kilometre race at the 2012 Olympics in London, England on August 12 are for sale at Canadian retailers while supplies last. Famed shoe brand New Balance created the red Maple Leaf-emblazoned 890 Canada shoe, an Olympic-…
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…
Ex Child Soldier Turned Musician Rallies The World
Ex Child Soldier Turned Musician Rallies The World Peace activist Emmanuel Jal performs at Omnilife RallyFormer child soldier Emmanuel Jal, now an internationally renown musician and peace activist, is hoping the worldwide peace rallies taking place the past couple of days at Sudanese Embassies and other key locations will help focus attention on civilian…
Aglukark Song Benefits Suicide Prevention
Aglukark Song Benefits Suicide Prevention Award-winning singer Susan Aglukark and Collateral Damage Project founder Scott Chisholm speak at 2011 World Suicide Prevention Day concert in Ottawa - photo credit: Dwayne Brown Proceeds from the sale of a song Inuk folk singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark recorded in 2006 from her Blood Red Earth album will now go…
Ian Astbury Doc Examines 'Untold Massive Injustice'
Ian Astbury Doc Examines 'Untold Massive Injustice' Photo credit: Delissa SantosRock singer Ian Astbury has shed light on various aspects of indigenous culture throughout his 30-year career fronting The Cult and now he's zeroed in even more on a specific plight - the horrific history of Native American women. "How can you look away?" says…
Rockers & Rollers Play The Field For NXNE Queen & Beaver Cup
Rockers & Rollers Play The Field For NXNE Queen & Beaver Cup The Rockers vs The Rollers - musicians from such bands as Broken Social Scene, Flashing Lights and Bedouin Soundclash and media from such outlets as ET Canada, CBC and Report On Business - lace up their cleats, throw on their jerseys, and go on the attack again for the annual North By…