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Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company Hops To Their Own Oktoberfest For Charity
Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company Hops To Their Own Oktoberfest For Charity Getting their green on at Beau's All Natural Brewing Company's annual Oktoberfest charity beer bash.Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company will split $75,000 raised from its recent signature Oktoberfest charity event between The Canadian Canoe Foundation, United Way Ottawa, Kiva,…
Cool iPod Drive From Music Heals Gets Boost By Singer Lydia Hol
Cool iPod Drive From Music Heals Gets Boost By Singer Lydia Hol BC singer-songwriter Lydia Hol involved in cool iPod drive.Emerging West Coast singer-songwriter Lydia Hol wants your iPod and MP3 players for music therapy. She is asking concert-goers and fans to donate the gently used items to Music Heals’ cool iPod Pharmacy program, which issues the…
Property Brothers Help Michelle Obama, Visit Slums In New Delhi
Property Brothers Help Michelle Obama, Visit Slums In New Delhi The Scott brothers in New Delhi with World Vision.Property Brothers’ Drew and Jonathan Scott have built a lucrative career out of their expertise in real estate, both as renovators and realtors, and in the process have become TV stars in their native Canada and in America, where they reside…
New Terry Fox Fundraising Initiative Engages Students At 23 Campuses
New Terry Fox Fundraising Initiative Engages Students At 23 Campuses Terry Fox during the Marathon of Hope, which still inspires Canadians 33 years later.Thirty-three years after his Marathon of Hope inspired Canadians, Terry Fox remains one of the country’s finest examples of both athleticism and altruism. Terry Fox Runs continue to make millions of…
Keira Knightley: More Funding Needed For Disease That Kills Babies
Keira Knightley: More Funding Needed For Disease That Kills Babies Keira Knightley attends Momentum Awards Dinner for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Trust, 2011Actress Keira Knightley has supported everything from Amnesty International to Women’s Aid but signed on a few years ago to bring attention to spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that leads…
Country Junkie Singer Gord Bamford Writes Big Cheques For Sick Kids
Country Junkie Singer Gord Bamford Writes Big Cheques For Sick Kids L to R: Gord Bamford; Dianne Tuterra, Child Life team leader; and Jan Guerin, senior manager, donor relations, at the cheque presentation.Gord Bamford’s forthcoming album is called Country Junkie, but the acclaimed country singer-songwriter is a charitable junkie as well. He may project…
Ian Thomas Band Reunited After 33 Years To Help Ailing Bandmate
Ian Thomas Band Reunited After 33 Years To Help Ailing Bandmate The Ian Thomas Band reunited after 33 years for a benefit concert for former bandmate, David Cooper, who has serious cardiopulmonary disease. (L to R): Stephen Hogg (bass), Mark Willms (keys), David Cooper (guitar), Ian Thomas (guitar-vocals), Leo Culliton (soundman), Mike Oberle (drums),…
Arcade Fire-boosted Young Rock Band Raises Money For Cancer & Haiti
Arcade Fire-boosted Young Rock Band Raises Money For Cancer & Haiti The Brothers Dubé in Haiti. They would spend up to eight hours a day in the back of that pick up just kicking back and playing tunes and writing musicThe Brothers Dubé impressed Montreal’s Arcade Fire enough for the Grammy Award-winning band to jam with them, but when they discovered…
Michelle Obama Behind Hip Hop Album
Michelle Obama Behind Hip Hop Album Screenshot of First Lady Michelle Obama in the video forMichelle Obama isn’t rapping or singing, but the First Lady does appear and talk in the video for “Everybody,” featuring Jordin Sparks, Doug E Fresh, Dr. Oz, Ryan Beatty, Artie Green and The Hip Hop Doc. The song, available for free download, is from an album…
Young Woman Other Than Angelina Jolie Brings Attention To Breast Cancer Gene
Young Woman Other Than Angelina Jolie Brings Attention To Breast Cancer Gene Mary Quick and daughter Theresa — photo courtesy of Theresa Quick.Actress Angelina Jolie may have gone public with her decision to have a double mastectomy, but it’s a decision countless others have made for similar reasons. For Toronto brand marketer Theresa Quick, an envelope…
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…
Thicke’s Son’s Diabetes Diagnosis Leads To Crusade
Thicke’s Son’s Diabetes Diagnosis Leads To Crusade Alan Thicke gives keynote speech for March of Dimes Canada at 2013 Ability & Beyond Gala Dinner, Toronto — photo credit: Diane Foster.Alan Thicke, best known as patriarch Jason Seaver on the hit sitcom Growing Pains 20 years ago and continuing to appear in a range of TV and film projects, is not one…
Shawn Desman Heading To Kenya With Free The Children
Shawn Desman Heading To Kenya With Free The Children Shawn Desman performs at 2012 We Day, Alberta — photo credit: Michael Rajzman.Shawn Desman has been participating nationwide in Free The Children’s massive We Day student gatherings since he first performed at one in 2010, encouraging a new generation of social activists. The Toronto singer-dancer, who…
Golden Retrievers Bring Comfort, Joy To Disaster Survivors
Golden Retrievers Bring Comfort, Joy To Disaster Survivors Comfort Dogs lolling about in Boston before they venture out to do their comforting — photo courtesy of Lutheran Church Charities.Dogs have long distinguished themselves in the service of humans, both informally as trusted companions and professionally as seeing-eye or sniffer dogs. But rarely…