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CHILDREN’S CHOIR HOPES TO RECONNECT WITH OLD FAN ... DRAKE For its 15th anniversary, the Toronto Children’s Concert Choir and Performing Arts Company (known to many as TC3 pictured performing on the right) is hoping and praying to reconnect with Drake who had encouraging words for them back when they shared the same stage at one large concert in 2006. Courtesy photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/tc3choir WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Learn more about TC3, which started with just 11 kids and $5 to run the program.
THE TRAGICALLY HIP PLAN FOR LAST TOUR AFTER DOWNIE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER Gord Downie’s diagnosis of terminal brain cancer should have no bearing on The Tragically Hip’s upcoming summer tour, his neurologist from Sunnybrook hospital said during a press conference this week. Courtesy photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/hiptour WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: Read the statement issued by the band to fans on their website.
‘SKETCH’ PROGRAM ENTICES YOUNG PEOPLE TO ARTS WITH FOOD
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URBAN FARMING: A GROWING TREND
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With the world’s population expected to boom to 11 billion people by 2050, urban farming is growing in popularity in cities worldwide including Toronto. Staff photo/JUSTIN SKINNER
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Food brings people of all ages together. It’s a simple premise that non-profit group SKETCH, focusing on community arts development of homeless and marginalized youth, is banking on when it comes to its culinary arts program. It provides roughly 5,000 meals a year to more than 800 young people. Courtesy photo FULL STORY: bit.ly/sketchprogram WHY YOU SHOULD READ MORE: See how you can support this program that runs strictly on donations from the community.