BC mining executives take pie in the face for kids’ health The BC mining community’s fundraising campaign, Mining for Miracles, raised over $1 million in its 2013 Teck Celebrity Pie Throw event on May 2 to support the Institutional Pediatric BioBank at BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Child and Family Research Institute. Featuring Canada’s first ever [...]
Holyfield and Canadian champion Sarah Pucek among guests at Amanda Todd Legacy Fund dinner By Lev Jackson The Amanda Todd Anti-Bullying Foundation has a new supporter. Former five-time heavyweight world champion Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield has joined the fight against bullying and will be the guest of honour at a charity dinner at the Fraserview Hall [...]
Industry professionals to lead Surrey Arts Centre week-long training The Surrey Arts Centre is organizing is a week-long training course for young performers between March 18 and 22. The Arts Club Mini Musical Theatre Intensive is open to aspiring dancers, musicians and actors. Deadline for enrolment is Feb. 7 for the $265 course which includes [...]
Stork Craft, government join hands to provide cribs to low income families Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. and the B.C. government are working together to provide cribs to low income families. Stork Craft is a large corporation in the province and one of the largest supplier of children’s furniture and toys in the world. It recently [...]
New tool from Bitdefender to protect kids on IMs, social networks and mobile phones Beacon Staff Reporter Bitdefender, a computer antivirus design company, has launched a Parental Control to serve as a digital bodyguard for children and teens, helping fend off bullies, predators and unwanted exposure, and helping safeguard their reputations on social networks. As kids [...]
