Altruism
PHILANTHROPY: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF FOOD INSECURITY HEAD-ON
The numbers blasted across the news media this past year were telling and cut to the core of what's a dire situation – according to a Statistics Canada report in October, from 2021 to 2022, more households reported experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity, and...
GENERAL MOTORS LOOKS AT Q4 2024 SALES BOOST FOR CADILLAC LYRIQ
The Cadillac Lyriq is an all-electric crossover, the first luxury electric vehicle launched by General Motors. Our love-hate relationship with electric vehicles is well detailed, but let's be the bigger man here. I drove the Lyriq for a week, all over Toronto, back...
ELECTRIC VEHICLES: THE 2025 POLESTAR 3 SUV DRIVES LIKE A SPORTSCAR
It’s hard to miss a convoy of brand new Polestar 3 SUV EVs cruising the 401 West under stormy skies. Polestar 3 has arrived, and the SUV that drives like a sports car set out from Toronto, headed west along the bustling Highway 401 for an epic rally across Niagara on...
ALTRUISM: RAVEN RAISES MONEY FOR INDIGENOUS-LED EFFORTS TO PROTECT RIGHTS, LANDS, AND CULTURES
According to these stats, people in Canada are active on the charitable giving and philanthropy front, with almost 84,000 registered charities, and $304 billion of total revenue (67% from government), based on the 2020 Blumbergs' report, anyway. People of affluence...
PHILANTHROPY: WALKING THE WALK WHEN IT COMES TO KIDS EDUCATION
It's one thing to say there's nothing more important than giving kids the tools for the world of tomorrow. It's quite another to speak through action. That's where STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education comes in, especially according to teachers on...
PHILANTHROPY AND THE NWRCT: GIVING IS FELT MOST DEEPLY DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
At no time of the year is want at its highest peak than during the Christmas holidays. There's so much pressure to spend on gifts, so much commercialism, everywhere you turn, and that becomes that much more pronounced during tougher times, as we all saw in 2023. That...