We’re about two weeks into Movember, meaning some of Toronto’s manly men are well into the month-long process of growing out their moustaches as part of a global effort to raise money for men’s health. (In Canada, the proceeds go to prostate cancer research.) But just because your facial hair is for charity doesn’t mean [...]

In today’s Urban Planner: Relive some of the good times at the Bad Dog Theatre in the venue’s last few days, knit some mittens for a good cause, rock out to some East Coast sounds while Ashley MacIsaac gets some birthday beats, and see a modern percussion ensemble.

If, on Tuesday, you found yourself confronted by more elaborately decked-out buskers than usual in the downtown core, there was a reason for it: Busking for CHANGE. War Child Canada’s event, which sprung up in part thanks to a marathon busking session by Raine Maida in 2007, sees musicians both biggish and small raise cash [...]

Local comedians trade laughs for dollars in a week of Haiti relief fundraising. Illustration by Jeremy Kai/Torontoist. Only a few months after a local comedian undertook a fundraising dare for a high-profile charity, he’s at it again—only this time, on a much larger scale. Pat Thornton raised over five thousand dollars for the Stephen Lewis [...]

Dorothy Cornish, packing food for the food drive. With Christmas only a week away, the Salvation Army York Community Church in Weston is gearing up for its annual food and toy drives. Since November, the church has been collecting and packaging toys and food to meet the needs of the community’s less fortunate, and over [...]