Developing Countries

Aspiring pop stars hoping to balance dreams of glory with something more meaningful should consider entering the My Song for Change contest, currently accepting submissions until June 1.  Last...
The story of the Congo is largely a tragic one, and one of its sad chapters involves Virunga National Park, the subject of a new documentary bearing the park's name from British director Orlando...
Singer Suzie McNeil, the last girl standing on the Rock Star: INXS TV series who went on to a successful career in Canada with four albums and 13 national top 20 hits, has just released a charity...
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard is an outgoing, friendly, funny prankster whose personality and hit pop songs have made his band one of the biggest new acts in Canada. Since 2005, Hedley has sold...
She played a surgeon on the Fox TV medical drama House, but New York-born actress Olivia Wilde has participated in the real thing in the most dire circumstances in her beloved Haiti, through her work...
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...
Online bargain hunters may not seem like obvious targets for charitable outreach. But Toronto’s Apostolos Sigalas of GreedyGiver.com can attest to the generosity of penny-pinchers seeking deals...
Bruce Cockburn, who has written songs and campaigned about everything from banning landmines to protecting the rain forests, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Allan Slaight...
The Brothers Dubé impressed Montreal’s Arcade Fire enough for the Grammy Award-winning band to jam with them, but when they discovered the kids were raising money for the same charity,...
It’s hard to imagine a more worthwhile endeavour for a musician than bringing the joy and power of music to kids, particularly kids struggling to fulfill everyday needs most of us are lucky...

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