KJ Mullins: Will and Jada Smith celebrate their September birthdays together, this year they are doing something “radical” they are donating their birthdays with Charity:Water. Jada celebrated her birthday on September 18 and Will’s is on Friday. They discovered that just $20 dollars provides clean water for one person for 20 years. Will is asking [...]

OTTAWA, Sept. 20 /CNW/ – The CFC Flying Chicks are rappelling down an 18-storey building on September 27th for a great cause – to raise money for Easter Seals. Who says chickens can’t fly? Our intrepid “super birds” are raising money for kids with physical disabilities and challenging other participants too. The team’s goal is [...]

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 /CNW/ — Emmy award-winning actress Claire Danes will join millions of people who’ve added their thumbprints to an innovative and unique global petition at Grand Central Terminal, lead by global humanitarian organisation Save the Children. The thumbprint mosaic has been designed by New York-based artist Ian Wright and represents the support [...]

Wilket Creek Park one of 8 sites participating Patrick Connors-Toronto: On Sunday, September 19, the Terry Fox Run celebrated the 30th running of the charitable event.  Participants were encouraged to run, jog, walk, bike, wheelchair, or rollerblade to raise money for cancer research. “The 30th Anniversary of Terry’s Marathon of Hope has re-affirmed the timelessness [...]

KJ Mullins: Until families and community care is a priority children will die at needless levels says a World Vision report launched today. Every year more than 8 million children under the age of five and 350,000 mothers die have preventable causes. “It’s not acceptable that more than 24,000 children are dying every day, most [...]

OTTAWA, Sept. 16 /CNW/ – Canadians are joining millions of people around the world at “Stand Up” events this week (September 17-19) calling on world leaders to meet their promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are a set of eight ambitious targets aimed at significantly reducing global poverty and disease by [...]

VANCOUVER, Sept. 15 /CNW/ – The BCGEU has learned Prima Enterprises Ltd. will be shutting down its Lower Mainland operations due to funding cuts by Community Living British Columbia (CLBC). Long term group home residents and adults with complex support needs will be impacted. “The community living sector is in crisis,” said Darryl Walker, president [...]

KJ Mullins: The University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) has a new $1-million chair supported by Nestlé Purina PetCare Canada to help prevent people from abandoning their pets. The new chair will support teaching and research to develop strategies to prevent pet overpopulation and abandonment. The 5-year chair will be held by Jason Coe, [...]