FREE THE CHILDREN TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA In honour of Nelson Mandela’s legacy, Free the Children hosted a special celebration at St. Joseph’s College in Toronto recently. Inspirational speakers and personalities like Shawn Desman, Kardinal Offishal, Nelly Furtado and The Hon. David C. Onley, lieutenant-governor of Ontario, joined 450 students as they conferenced with Free …
MARCH BREAK CAMP AT THE MCMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION There’s an easy way to keep your kids’ creative juices flowing this March Break with McMichael’s drop-in art camp sessions. Taking place Mar. 10 to 14, the camp gives aspiring Da Vincis and Van Goghs from ages four to 12 an opportunity to season their skills …
While it’s undeniable that Canadians will huddle around televisions for every puck drop Sidney Crosby and our national hockey team see at the 2014 Winter Olympics, there’s one event that just shouldn’t be missed: men’s moguls. The reason? Alexandre Bilodeau and Mikaël Kingsbury. These two freestyle-skiing Canucks solidified themselves as the sport’s undisputed front-runners; their …
Elisha Cuthbert has the coolest job in the world. A darling of both the small and silver screens, the Montreal native turned heads in the likes of Love Actually, The Girl Next Door and 24 before landing a lead role in the smash hit Happy Endings, a sitcom telling the knotted-up tales of five friends …
When you’re about to interview the likes of Romanian-Canadian songstress Carmen Corcoz, there’s some hefty preparation required. Because let’s be honest, there are usually two ways that a sit-down chat like this could go: the individual in question could either turn out to be in the same league as the Mean Girls’ posse (“You can’t …
Sid Seixeiro isn’t too happy with Environment Canada. The radio sportscaster is giving it to the government’s weather watchdog for a not-so-prompt heads-up about the snowstorm that hit Toronto over the weekend. “I would like to thank the guys who waited for the end of the Chelsea game to throw out a weather warning for …
It’s hard to imagine a career as successful as that of Celine Dion. She inhabits the kind of stratospheric heights that very few artists ever attain — Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston. One might add a few other names, but it remains a very exclusive club and Dion certainly belongs there. When you’ve sold …
BLACKBERRY BUILD A VILLAGE AWARD PROGRAM BlackBerry and Free the Children are teaming up again to inspire youth to make a difference in the world. This unique volunteer experience is now available to students across Canada. The program has been successful at providing classrooms in Kenya and India, as well as health-care services at school …
BREAKFAST WITH THE CARDINAL At Montecassino Place in Woodbridge, over 350 guests from surrounding churches in Vaughan welcomed His Eminence Cardinal Thomas Collins at a community breakfast. Guests were inspired as Cardinal Collins spoke about his time in the conclave during the election of Pope Francis and discussed the pastoral plan for the Archdiocese of …
REBEL GOLF TOURNAMENT The 14th annual Rebel Golf Tournament, held at the Glen Eagle Golf Club in Bolton, was a smashing success. Over 125 players and 170 dinner guests participated, helping to raise over $15,000. All proceeds went directly to the Down Syndrome Association of York Region, a community that believes in the inherent equality …