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Toronto’s Melanie Fiona Ambassador For ‘Empowering Women Through Music’
Toronto’s Melanie Fiona Ambassador For ‘Empowering Women Through Music’ Toronto R&B-pop singer Melanie Fiona, whose song “It Kills Me” was nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award in January and debut album, The Bridge, is up for a JUNO Award this month, has aligned herself with U.S. non-profit Music Unites. The organization is dedicated to bringing music…
Singer Teams With Mountain Equipment Co-op To Help Environment
Singer Teams With Mountain Equipment Co-op To Help Environment Canadian indie artist Chris Velan is touring across the country this month to boost awareness about local environmental issues and organizations that share his perspective. Velan is an artist member of One Percent For The Planet, a growing eight-year-old movement of more than 1,200 companies…
Lilith Tour 2010 Launches Choose Your Charity Audience-Engagement Campaign
Lilith Tour 2010 Launches Choose Your Charity Audience-Engagement Campaign Sarah McLachlanThe 2010 Lilith Tour music festival has brought in social media technology platform Involver to launch Choose Your Charity, an audience engagement campaign run exclusively on Facebook. This contest invites local citizens in each city on this summer’s tour to have a…
Toronto’s Panty Schmooze Talent Line-Up Confirmed
Toronto’s Panty Schmooze Talent Line-Up Confirmed R&B singer Jully Black, folk-rock band Great Lake Swimmers and country artist Aaron Pritchett have been tapped to appear at the 8th Annual Panty Schmooze in Toronto May 3. Pritchett will perform and host. GLS will also play and Black will be the auctioneer. The event, created by Heather Ostertag of…
Sarah Harmer And Other Determined Citizens Battle Goliath
Sarah Harmer And Other Determined Citizens Battle Goliath Singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer, and co-founder of Protecting Escarpment Rural Land, is proof that a bunch of determined civilians can successfully battle a major company, Nelson Aggregate. PERL’s executive committee and hundreds of members have been on a mission to protect Mount Nemo in Burlington…
Harley-Davidson Offers Clothing Line For Rethink Breast Cancer
Harley-Davidson Offers Clothing Line For Rethink Breast Cancer Legendary motorcycle company Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada has partnered with Rethink Breast Cancer to offer a new clothing line called Pink Label, with 10 percent of the proceeds donated to the charity. The Pink Label Collection is comprised of 12 of the most popular women’s MotorClothes…
Toronto Man Donates Original 1994 South African Multi-Racial Election Ballot
Toronto Man Donates Original 1994 South African Multi-Racial Election Ballot A portion of the 19 political hopefuls on the 1994 South African election ballotAn original ballot from South Africa’s historic 1994 multi-racial election that voted Nelson Mandela into power and marked the end of Apartheid was donated by the Groll family last week to Nelson…
Two Canadians To Trek Across Siberia … Why?
Two Canadians To Trek Across Siberia … Why? (L to R) Kevin Vallely, Ray Zahab, Richard Weber at South Pole, January 2009Impossible2Possible’s Siberian Express For Water will take Ray Zahab of Quebec and Kevin Vallely of British Columbia across the frozen surface of Siberia’s Lake Baikal, starting March 1. The Canadian adventurers hope to raise awareness…
“Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone” Sings Rock Band
“Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone” Sings Rock Band Iranian Canadian rock band Blurred Vision has made a video for its poignant version of Pink Floyd’s 1979 classic “Another Brick In The Wall,” which they have subtitled “Hey Ayatollah, Leave Those Kids Alone!” Since it was posted on YouTube February 1, it has been viewed close to 86,000 times. With permission from Pink Floyd founder Roger…
NYC’s Greener Gadgets Conference
NYC’s Greener Gadgets Conference 2009 Greener Gadgets Conference panelNew York City’s third annual Greener Gadgets Conference, taking place February 25 at the McGraw-Hill Conference Centre, explores viable sustainable alternatives for the electronics we use at home, work and in between. As a forum for discussing green technology solutions, Greener…
Speakers, Seminars, 70 Vendors At Toronto Pet Fun Fest And Adopt A Pet-A-Thon
Speakers, Seminars, 70 Vendors At Toronto Pet Fun Fest And Adopt A Pet-A-Thon Pet Fun Fest and Adopt A Pet-a-thon is a unique indoor event being held at Toronto’s Downsview Park, February 13 and 14 at Studio 3 (40 Carl Hall Road) that includes guest speakers, seminars, and more than 70 vendors and animal welfare groups. Admission is $5 for humans ($3 in…
Pitch In So Haiti Can Pitch 1000 Tents
Pitch In So Haiti Can Pitch 1000 Tents Pictured: Salvation Army Coleman tent; larger ones are on the way to accommodate a small family or group of four (photo courtesy of Salvation Army)The Salvation Army has launched a Canadian campaign to raise money to buy 1000 tents for the survivors of last month’s earthquake in Haiti. Just drop into one of thrift…
Build-A-Bear Workshop Retailer Looking for Kid Heroes
Build-A-Bear Workshop Retailer Looking for Kid Heroes Build-A-Bear Workshop 2007 Huggable HeroesBuild-A-Bear Workshop, the North American make your own stuffed animal retail mall chain, is looking for the next crop of Huggable Heroes. The company’s 7th annual search recognizes and rewards kids, age 8 to 18, who demonstrate extraordinary service in their…
The Panty Schmooze Movement: Something We Don’t Think About
The Panty Schmooze Movement: Something We Don’t Think About Underwear and bras. One never thinks of these items when it comes to donating used clothing, and rightly so; that’s quite simply gross. But they are still needed. For the past seven years, Toronto’s Heather Ostertag has put on the Panty Schmooze, an event which rallies the music industry to help…
War Child Canada’s Dr. Nutt Given Ontario’s Highest Honour
War Child Canada’s Dr. Nutt Given Ontario’s Highest Honour Humanitarian Dr. Samantha Nutt, co-founder and executive director of War Child Canada, has received the Order of Ontario, the highest official honour in the province. The ceremony will be held on January 28 at Queen’s Park in Toronto, and bestowed by the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant…