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One day Pamela Anderson stood in the centre turn lane of a highway, clad only in a Canadian flag...picturing it? Welcome to the lead photo for the "Best of Canada" edition of SNAP!. Now in its seventh year, SNAP! combines a juried competition for established and emerging photographers with a gala fundraiser on March 2 at the National Ballet School. Organizers predict that the works offered in live and silent auctions will raise $140,000 for the AIDS Committee of Toronto.

Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains of 2007––the people, places, and things that we've either fallen head over heels in love with or developed uncontrollable rage towards over the past twelve months. Get your dose, starting Boxing Day and running into the new year, three times a day––sunrise, noon, and sunset.

The AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT) holds condom stuffing parties every first and third Wednesday of the month to make packages of condoms, lube, and info on ACT and safer sex. ACT delivers the packages to clubs and venues in the Church and Wellesley area as part of its community outreach program to reduce the risk of transmission of sexually transmitted infections. In 2007, volunteers helped ACT create over 120,000 condom packs.

December 1st is World AIDS Day every year, but 2006 should stand out with particular significance. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS. And it was also the year that Stephen Harper decided to snub the International AIDS Conference.

As you may already know, Toronto is hosting the 2006 International AIDS Conference in August. While you may want to take a vacation during this important conference... those of you still in the city can enjoy a star studded concert with a veritable cornucopia of CanCon to keep your interest.

Fashion Cares will be celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with a party that is sure to become a spectacle of 'drama, daring and dreams.' On Saturday, June 3rd, over 5,000 guests will converge upon the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for 'M.A.C. VIVA GLAM 20' in support of the AIDS Committee of Toronto. This year will be a bit of retrospective of the last 20 years, but the evening is sure to live up to expectation with the usual glamour, kitsch and entertainment of years past. Tickets are a bit spendy at $125 a piece, but for the fight against AIDS, the cost is well worth it. For more details and ticket info, go to: Fashion Cares.

one song on repeat for the entire night. The first, a Just "Ace of Spades" night was covered extensively over at Zoilus. Last night was Just "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, and spontaneous head-banging did occur. TOist missed the first three hours but figured it was pretty much the same as the hour we spent at The Boat listening to Bohemian Rhapsody over and over and over and over and over and over again. All for a good cause of course: The money went to the AIDS Committee of Toronto.

And the NFB screens A Closer Walk, a film about the pandemic, with narration by Glenn Close and Will Smith. At both 6 and 8pm.