Can blockbuster American novelist James Patterson save, or at least buoy, independent book stores? Can anyone, given that that business, already operating on miniscule margins, has been battling cut-...
Kim Hughes
Can blockbuster American novelist James Patterson save, or at least buoy, independent book stores? Can anyone, given that that business, already operating on miniscule margins, has been battling cut-...
Banks may be noted for outrageous profits but TD’s Friends of the Environment Foundation pours millions into community greening projects nationwide. Since being founded by TD Bank...
What to do when kids hate reading or are a little bit behind? Why not get them to read to cats? Yes, cats. And what to do when kids love reading and love cats? Get them to read to cats too. The...
Penguins wearing tiny hand-knit sweaters. The optics are unbeatable, and the backstory compelling: penguins drenched in oil as a result of an oil-spill accident are protected in “penguin...
Virgin Mobile’s branding might be youthful, sexy and carefree but the corporate brass behind that image knows not everyone in North America is living the dream. That explains why, of the...
If you are having a tough financial month, can pay rent or mortgage, but have no money left over to buy groceries because your car died or you needed a root canal, Canadian food banks are there...
With 46 consecutive seasons of charitable giving behind it, the CP24 CHUM Christmas Wish, which brings toys and financial aid to needy families across the Greater Toronto Area each December, has...
It may not grab headlines like schoolyard bullying but elder abuse is an equally insidious and pervasive problem. According to the Government of Canada on its website, it has been estimated that...
Canadian musician Barney Bentall, onetime leader of 90s roots-rock combo the Legendary Hearts, known for such songs as "Something to Live For" and "Life Could Be Worse," has...
No campaign to end cancer has achieved the white-hot media profile of the breast cancer campaign.
Celebrities from across the spectrum — actresses Cynthia Nixon and Christina Applegate,...