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by Aaron Brophy | October 2, 2015 · 8:50 pm

Samaritan News 10 Pack: Blue Jays, Big Sean, Black Sabbath, More

Big Sean

I’ve been helping do up some news stories for the charitably-minded music-ish site Samaritan Mag lately so I decided to collect some of my latest pieces all in one place.

Here are 10 of these stories…

Guns With History Viral Video Continues To Affect Viewers

Young And The Restless Cast Members Coming To Toronto To Support Hospital

Big Sean’s Social Message Wins MTV Video Music Award

Blue Jays Race For Rookies Scavenger Hunt Helps Kids Play Ball

Harry Belafonte, Geena Davis Among Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award Recipients

Musician Nurse Cycling Across Canada To Support David Suzuki Blue Dot Plan

Gord Bamford Golf Event Raises Half-Million For Charity

Late Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Possessions Being Auctioned For World Vision

Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler, Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor Contribute Music To Unique Peace Tracks Project

Nickelback Guitarist and Wife Undertake South Sudan Basic Needs Challenge

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by Aaron Brophy | September 30, 2015 · 8:43 pm

‘Ninth Floor’ Doc Explores An Ugly Event At Montreal University In ’69

Ninth Floor

In 1969 six students of Caribbean descent attending Sir George Williams University in Montreal accused one of its professors of being a racist.

When the school inadequately addressed their accusation it sparked an extended sit-in on the ninth floor of the school’s computer building.

A suspicious fire, riot police, arrests and some peculiar agent provocateurism later, the result was one of the ugliest racial incidents in Canadian history.

Vancouver filmmaker Mina Shum recently revisited this not-well-known event for her new documentary, Ninth Floor.

I talked to her about it for Samaritan Mag.

Read the full interview here.

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by Aaron Brophy | August 19, 2015 · 1:15 pm

Samaritan News 10 Pack: Robbie Williams, Ed Sheeran, Dairy Queen, More

Robbie Williams

I’ve been helping do up some news stories for the charitably-minded music-ish site Samaritan Mag lately so I decided to collect a bunch of these pieces all in one place.

Here are 10 of these stories…

Buy Dairy Queen Blizzard On Miracle Treat Day, Help A Child

People With Multiple Sclerosis Being Challenged To ‘Do’

TOMS Backpacks To Help Combat Bullying

Jimmy Kimmel Looks For Positive In Cecil The Lion’s Death

Robbie Williams Helps Ramp Up Charity Auction of 159 Personal Items

Robin Thicke, Common, Nile Rodgers To Help Fulfill Nelson Mandela’s Wish

Popdose Charity Album To Help Publicist Pigeon O’Brien’s Cancer Fight

Donations Can Be Made in Memory of The Jellyfish Project’s Daniel Kingsbury, Dead at 28

Neil Young’s New Song Firmly Anti-Starbucks, Monsanto, GMOs

Coldplay, U2, Kermit, Ed Sheeran Help Raise $10M For Inaugural Red Nose Day USA

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by Aaron Brophy | August 12, 2015 · 4:42 pm

Vaughan Mills Pet Patrol Is Looking Out For Animals

Vaughan Mills Pet Patrol in action.

The topic of leaving your pet unattended in a sweltering automobile on a hot day is becoming an issue that’s popping up in the news more frequently as animal lovers become increasingly outraged about potentially negligent behaviour by pet owners.

At the Vaughan Mills shopping centre just north of Toronto the facility’s staff are taking an innovative and pro-active approach to this problem — the Vaughan Mills Pet Patrol.

I spoke to Vaughan Mills GM Stephen Gascoine about what goes into looking out for dogs in hot cars.

The full interview can be found at Samaritan Mag.