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Fashion Week's Unique Dare To Wear Gala For Stephen Lewis Foundation
Fashion Week's Unique Dare To Wear Gala For Stephen Lewis Foundation CBC's Wendy Mesley wears Kingi Carpenter for Peach Berserk at 2010 Dare To Wearphoto credit: George Pimentel/WireImage The third annual Dare To Wear Love gala fashion show, benefitting the Stephen Lewis Foundation which combats HIV/AIDS in Africa, closes Toronto's World MasterCard…
Young Rock Photographer First-Ever Ambassador Of American MS Organization
Young Rock Photographer First-Ever Ambassador Of American MS Organization Rising young rock photographer Anna Webber has been named the first-ever ambassador in the history of The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA). The 25-year-old, whose work has appeared in such publications as Rolling Stone, Spin, People, Billboard and Variety, will…
Everyone Gives Starts Now: 8 Days, 60 Countries, 100s of Charities
Everyone Gives Starts Now: 8 Days, 60 Countries, 100s of Charities The first annual Everyone Gives is a worldwide social giving campaign that runs for eight days in more than 60 countries, involving hundreds of charitable organizations. Created by Colliers International, one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms, participants make a small…
In Lieu of Flowers Or Gifts, Donate To Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
In Lieu of Flowers Or Gifts, Donate To Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts Fans of the late Whitney Houston can honour her memory by donating to the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, the Houston family requested in a message on the late singer’s official web site. Houston — who died in a bathtub at the…
Princess Margaret Hospital's One-Day Diagnostic Centre Expands
Princess Margaret Hospital's One-Day Diagnostic Centre Expands Pictured: Emmanuelle Gattuso, a breast cancer survivor, for whom The Gattuso Rapid Diagnostic Centre is namedToronto’s Princess Margaret Hospital was the first to create and establish a one-day breast cancer diagnosis program six years ago and in 2009 launched The Gattuso Rapid…
Lacuna Coil Helps Provide Water Wells Through Rezophonic Music Project
Lacuna Coil Helps Provide Water Wells Through Rezophonic Music Project Cristina Scabbia, co-vocalist for Italian metal band Lacuna Coil, has a water well in her name in the Kajiado area of Kenya from her contribution to Rezophonic, an ambitious collaborative album, whose proceeds go to the world renown African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF). “…
Justin Bieber Donates Half-A-Million Dollars At End of Massey Hall Concert
Justin Bieber Donates Half-A-Million Dollars At End of Massey Hall Concert Justin Bieber presents $500,000 cheque to Children's Wish Foundation of Canada — photo credit: MuchMusic/George Pimentel for WireImageCharity was far from the minds of the ecstatic girls that comprised the majority of the 2750-capacity audience at Toronto’s Massey Hall last night (…
Richard Simmons, Gloria Gaynor, Blake McGrath Boogie Down For PMHF's Dance To Conquer Cancer
Richard Simmons, Gloria Gaynor, Blake McGrath Boogie Down For PMHF's Dance To Conquer Cancer Put on your short-shorts and get ready to boogie - that is if you wanna have some fun on the dance floor for a good cause. Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation (PMHF) has scored the inimitable Richard Simmons to lead its first ever Dance To Conquer…
Sarah McLachlan And Her Students Hope Their Free Christmas Song Inspires Generosity
Sarah McLachlan And Her Students Hope Their Free Christmas Song Inspires Generosity Sarah McLachlan and student from her School of MusicSarah McLachlan and students from Vancouver’s Sarah McLachlan School of Music (SoM) are offering a free original Christmas song the kids wrote and recorded with the hopes that people, in turn, will give money, however…
Nickelback And BC Community Stand Together For One-Year-Old Girl
Nickelback And BC Community Stand Together For One-Year-Old Girl Two British Columbia rock bands — one unknown and unsigned; the other, one of the biggest in the world — have joined forces to bring attention to the story of a one-year-old girl battling cancer. Chilliwack’s Pardon My Striptease put its song “Pray (For L.J)” for sale on iTunes to raise…
Glee Cast Records "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Charity Song
Glee Cast Records "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Charity Song Oh joy, oh glee. The cast of the hit television show Glee has recorded its own version of Band Aid’s 1984 hit “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” with 100 percent of the net monies from its sale going to The Band Aid Trust (www.bandaid.org.uk). The song, which was co-written…
Andy Kim Christmas Show Taps Sam Roberts, Alex Lifeson, Sarah Harmer, Finger Eleven, BSS, And More
Andy Kim Christmas Show Taps Sam Roberts, Alex Lifeson, Sarah Harmer, Finger Eleven, BSS, And More Andy Kim (far right) is joined onstage by Ron Sexsmith (with scarf), Sean Cullen (holding mic) and others, at a past Andy Kim Christmas Concert. This year's concert takes place at the Phoenix Concert Theatre December 14An impressive group of admirers,…
Spirit of the West Release Bulembu To Benefit A Population Threatened With Extinction
Spirit of the West Release Bulembu To Benefit A Population Threatened With Extinction Spirit of the West's John Mann on a visit to BulembuImagine an entire population wiped off the face of the earth, due to the spread of HIV/AIDS. That is the startling reality of Swaziland, Africa, the only developing nation in the world with a negative population growth…
Salvation Army's Fill The Kettle Campaign Gets Modern With Google Maps
Salvation Army's Fill The Kettle Campaign Gets Modern With Google Maps We see them everywhere, as commonplace in the holiday season as a Christmas tree, multi-coloured lights and people with their arms full of shopping bags — volunteer “bell-ringers” from The Salvation Army, standing at mall doors and street corners hoping for a donation in the…
Book Editor Seeks True Stories About Living With Multiple Sclerosis
Book Editor Seeks True Stories About Living With Multiple Sclerosis Toronto-based therapist and editor Liz Pearl, M.Ed., is seeking personal stories from people who are living with Multiple Sclerosis for an upcoming book entitled, MS—My Story, published by PK Press. The deadline for a one-paragraph synopsis is January 9, 2012, and, upon acceptance,…