Category: Announcement

  • The 2024 Juno Nominations @CBC -Tues.,February 6th, 2024

    By Sally W. Tuesday, February 6th, the CBC Building was filled with excitement and anticipation…and most importantly the room was filled with Canadian talent. Big time Canadian talent.  President & CEO, CARAS Allan Reid welcomed everyone and spoke with pride and happiness about the JUNO Nominees Announcement for 2024.   Nominees in two key categories: TikTok Juno fan choice: Charlotte Cardin, Daniel…

  • Fashioning The Beatles, A New Book By Canadian Journalist & Author Deirdre Kelly @Liss Gallery-Tues.,Sept.26th,2023

    Yes we’re going to a party party. The Toronto launch of Fashioning The Beatles, a new book by Canadian journalist and author Deirdre Kelly, rocked out at the Liss Gallery on Tuesday night, where dozens lined up to get signed copies of a book that — only days after its hotly anticipated release — is already…

  • The 27th Reel Asian Film Festival Luncheon@The Shangri-La-Wed.,May 31, 2023 

    By Sally Warburton & Photography By Alex Lam Fire Horse Award Presentation Luncheon and Red Carpet at Shangri-La Hotel Toronto The Reel Asian International Film Festival will take place November 8 – 19, 2023 in Toronto, Canada Today was a celebratory event to present the 2023 Fire Horse Award. The return of the Fire Horse…

  • YORKVILLE SOUND & TRAYNOR AMPS CELEBRATE 60 YEARS

    YORKVILLE SOUND & TRAYNOR AMPS CELEBRATE 60 YEARS Canadian Pro Audio manufacturer, Yorkville Sound, and iconic amplifier brand, Traynor Amps, are celebrating 60 years in 2023. This milestone marks significant achievements in manufacturing, sound technology, and tells the unlikely story of how a mild-mannered jazz trumpeter and a rock & roll bass player ignited a…

  • Sultans of String Win2 Canadian Folk Music Awards: Global Roots Album Of The Year and Producer of the Year (John “Beetle” Bailey and Chris McKhool)

    Website Spotify “Mi Santario” YouTube Toronto-based Sultans Of String continues to lead the global music world with two wins last night at the Canadian Folk Music Awards:  Global Roots Album Of The Year for their “Sanctuary” and Producer of the Year (John “Beetle” Bailey and Chris McKhool) for the same album.  Keeping within the band’s…

  • Visit Malta@Drake Hotel-Thursday, March 9th,2023

    Malta is a scenic island and to promote it, we were invited to an event to showcase the beautiful seaside location. The island has year round warm weather, never-ending sunshine and some of the most perfectly clear waters in the Mediterranean, the Maltese Islands are one of Europe’s most popular destinations. Located just south of…

  • McMichael Canadian Art Collection Announces 2023-24 Exhibition Schedule

    Left: Shary Boyle (b. 1972), Revival Beach, 2011–2015, ink and gouache on paper, 89 x 107 cm, private collection. © Shary Boyle. Right: Tom Thomson (1877–1917), Silver Birches(detail), 1915–1916, oil on canvas, 40.9 x 56 cm, Gift of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin, McMichael Canadian Art CollectionFebruary 6, 2023, KLEINBURG, ON – The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is pleased to announce a…

  • HOWIE LONG IS HONORED WITH THE PAT SUMMERALL AWARD @SUPER BOWL 57 WEEK, CHARITY EVENT TO BENEFIT ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL – THURS., FEB.9TH, 2023

    This year FOX NFL Sunday Studio Analyst Howie Long was honored with the coveted Pat Summerall Award to recognize his career accomplishments and the inspiration he brings to his community, viewers and patient families at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In attendance were: the entire Long family, Richard C. Shadyac Jr. President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising…

  • 2023 JUNO Nominee Announcement presented by Ontario Creates live at CBC

    By Sally Warburton The 52nd Annual JUNO Awards and JUNO Week 2023 will take place in Edmonton, AB from Thursday, March 9 through Monday, March 13, 2023, culminating with The JUNO Awards Broadcast hosted by Simu Liu. Tickets to The 2023 JUNO Awards on sale now. For the first time since 2020, CARAS and the JUNO…

  • Low Budget Rock Star Pay Tribute To Passing Of Drummer In “More Than Ever”

    “More Than Ever” YouTube and Spotify Instagram The new single by Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Manitoba’s Low Budget Rock Star, “More Than Ever,” sounds like it’s about a lover: “I need you more than ever / baby don’t you ever go.” But that chorus was written about drummer Richie Cudmore, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. It was…

  • Canadian Directors receive WIDC Awards Worth Over $265K Towards Development and production of original Content

    Vancouver, Canada (November 2022) – During a WIDC Awards celebration hosted Sunday, November 27, 2022 on Zoom, Women In the Director’s Chair (WIDC) organizers handed out multiple awards valued at over $265k, including cash and in-kind services towards development, production and post production of women*-directed projects.  Top prize winner, Susanne Serres takes home the 2022 WIDC Feature Film Award,…

  • A Special Afternoon Event To Learn More About Taiwan!-Fri.,Oct.21st,2022

    By Steph C.With the borders opened, Taiwan is ready to welcome the world. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Toronto prepared a special treat for Torontonians to get a taste of Taiwan this weekend at Charidise Toronto and then a short walk to Yonge-Dundas Square for the pop-up activation. Enter into a life-sized rendition…

  • Miranda Kwok Signs with WME ! WME has signed Writer, Creator, Actor and Executive Producer Miranda Kwok

    (LOS ANGELES, CA – Prolific Writer, Creator, Actor and Executive Producer Miranda Kwok (Fox Network’s “The Cleaning Lady,” The CW Network’s “The 100” and Starz Network’s “Spartacus: Blood & Sand”) has signed with WME. Miranda Kwok is best known as the creator/series developer and executive producer of the 2022 hit U.S. television series “The Cleaning Lady,” based on the Argentine series “La Chica Que Limpia.” Produced by Warner Bros. Television andFox Entertainment, Miranda Kwok wrote the…