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Paul Brandt's New Build It Forward TV Show Still Needs Sponsors, Volunteers
Paul Brandt's New Build It Forward TV Show Still Needs Sponsors, Volunteers Paul Brandt — photo credit: Build It ForwardIn a new television series, Build It Forward, hosted by country singer Paul Brandt, seven families at risk of becoming homeless will each receive a new home and have the opportunity to build a home for another family in a…
Dracula, Little Women, Anna Karenina Part of New RED Products at Indigo Books
Dracula, Little Women, Anna Karenina Part of New RED Products at Indigo Books Starting on World AIDS Day, December 1, Canadian readers can contribute towards programs that fight HIV and AIDS in Africa, while they broaden their minds. Penguin Classics has partnered with Indigo Books and Music, the country’s largest book retailer, to launch a new line of…
Rush's Alex Lifeson, Ron Sexsmith, Platinum Blonde Join Andy Kim Xmas Concert
Rush's Alex Lifeson, Ron Sexsmith, Platinum Blonde Join Andy Kim Xmas Concert (L to R) Hedley's Tommy MacDonald, Andy Kim and Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning at the 2009 Andy Kim Christmas ShowOnce again, legendary singer-songwriter Andy Kim has rounded up an impressive line-up of talent to join him at his annual charity concert in Toronto.…
Canadian Country Artists Release Charity Single For The Military
Canadian Country Artists Release Charity Single For The Military Terri Clark, Michelle Wright, Dean Brody, Ridley Bent and Emerson Drive join another two dozen Canadian country artists on the charity single/video “Standing Strong and True (For Tomorrow),” dedicated to Canada’s fallen soldiers and their families. Proceeds go to the Military Families Fund and Boomer's Legacy, which helps the…
Maternal, Child Health Fires Up New AMREF Exec-Director
Maternal, Child Health Fires Up New AMREF Exec-Director AMREF Canada's new executive director Susanne CourtneySusanne Courtney is the kind of woman you pray to be seated next to on a long-haul flight. Smart, charming, peripatetic, fluently bilingual in French and English and with a dossier that includes — but is not limited to — work with the Canadian…
Toronto’s Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival Set For October
Toronto’s Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival Set For October Margaret AtwoodToronto’s Planet in Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival, now in its 11th year, runs October 13 to 17 and will screen 90 feature films, documentaries and short films from Canada and around the world. The full line up will…
Bathroom Tissue Couture Designers Announced For Annual Fundraiser
Bathroom Tissue Couture Designers Announced For Annual Fundraiser Who hasn’t seen the Cashmere bathroom tissue television ad, in which a woman parades down the runway wearing a dress made out of toilet paper? Well, it’s not just the magic of television. The 7th Annual White Cashmere Collection takes place September 22 at the Art Gallery of Ontario in…
Musicians Vs. Media In NXNE Charity Soccer Match
Musicians Vs. Media In NXNE Charity Soccer Match Bedouin Soundclash's Eon Sinclair and CARAS's Jane Tattersall tussle for the ball with Universal Music Canada's Tyson Parker (left), Designer Guys' Anwar Mukhayesh and Barenaked Ladies' Jim Creegan (far right) following the playMembers of Broken Social Scene, Great Big Sea and Bedouin Soundclash are among…
Jewel’s Foundation Partners On Give A Drop Campaign
Jewel’s Foundation Partners On Give A Drop Campaign Jewel Kilcher’s 1995 album, Pieces Of You, is one of the most successful debuts of all time — selling 12 million copies in the U.S. alone. She was just 21. Only three years earlier, while homeless for a year, she became ill and struggled to buy the two gallons of purified water she needed for her ailing…
Jeff Burrows’ Drum Marathon To Help Cancer Patients
Jeff Burrows’ Drum Marathon To Help Cancer Patients Crash Karma drummer Jeff Burrows will get a major workout behind his kit next week when he stages his fourth annual drum-a-thon to raise money for a Windsor, Ontario organization called Transition To Betterness. T2B, as it is known to many in the southern Ontario community, refurbishes hospital rooms so they’re more comfortable for cancer…
Purina Animal Hall of Fame’s 2010 Inductees
Purina Animal Hall of Fame’s 2010 Inductees The Purina Animal Hall of Fame added three dogs and a cat to its membership during an induction ceremony at Toronto’s PawsWay Pet Discovery Centre on Monday. Nestle Purina PetCare is behind recognizing heroic animals (http://www.samaritanmag.com/features/pet-heroes), and this year’s class of inductees brings the Hall of Fame’s total to 120 dogs, 25…
Hellmann’s Offering $100,000 In Real Food Grants
Hellmann’s Offering $100,000 In Real Food Grants A recent national study showed that 92 percent of Canadians with kids believe that consuming food made with simple, natural ingredients is important, but just six percent of them make all of their meals with it. Hellmann’s, which makes a number of different types of mayonnaise, wants to make it easier for…
Drake Donates $30,000 To Build Computer Schools In Jamaica
Drake Donates $30,000 To Build Computer Schools In Jamaica Drake is already doing good things with the money that has come his way since becoming one of the fastest rising hip hop artists in the music world by helping out the poverty-stricken Cassava Piece community in Kingston, Jamaica. “It’s where one of my favourite reggae artists, Mavado, and one of…
Pepsi Refresh Project Asks 20 Canadian Musicians To Each Pick A Charity
Pepsi Refresh Project Asks 20 Canadian Musicians To Each Pick A Charity The Pepsi Refresh Project’s Canadian program is launching this weekend at the JUNO Award celebrations in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, and will give 20 Canadian musicians $2,500 each for the Canadian charity or foundation of their choice. The grants will be given out on a…
Uncle Ben’s Teams With Curlers To Help Food Banks
Uncle Ben’s Teams With Curlers To Help Food Banks The professional curling season will draw to a close this week with the World Curling Tour’s Players Championship, and folks who support the fight against hunger should be cheering the rink skipped by Edmonton’s Kevin Martin. The former world championship-winning team — which also includes John Morris,…