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January 10, 2018"Online donation sites are booming as patients with little or no health insurance turn to strangers to help pay medical costs..."— Barney Jopson, Financial Times -
March 23, 2016“Four months since one of North Shore Rescue’s core members was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, things are going “really well” for Jay Piggot…”— Brent Richter, North Shore News
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“Thousands of fundraising dollars have poured in within hours of the arson attack on the community’s only mosque.”— Affan Chowdhry, The Globe and Mail
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May 11, 2017"Independent local researchers are raising money for the third phase of a groundbreaking study that uses a pharmaceutical grade version of the party drug ecstasy to treat patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder..."— Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun
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January 24, 2014“An online fundraising campaign has been launched to set up a memorial fund in memory of Tim Jones, the longtime North Shore Rescue team leader who passed away unexpectedly.”— Yuliya Talmazan, Global News
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April 22, 2016“A Norfolk Island political group has started a crowdfunding campaign to help restore self-government, which they say was taken in ‘a hostile and illegal takeover’…”— Georgia Hitch, ABC News
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May 26, 2016“Fallout from the cancelled generating stations in Oakville and Mississauga could still be dogging Premier Wynne as she gears up for another crack at office…”— Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star
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March 23, 2016“Four months since one of North Shore Rescue’s core members was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, things are going “really well” for Jay Piggot…”— Brent Richter, North Shore News
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May 9, 2016“A low-cost school breakfast club has had a “significant positive impact on students” and reduced late attendance of participants by 22 per cent, a new study shows…”— Gerry Bellett, The Vancouver Sun
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April 6, 2016“Chefs, servers, mixologists, barbers, and anyone who is in any way associated with the service sector: the Aprons for Gloves Boxing Association wants you…”— Lucy Lau, The Georgia Straight
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March 30, 2016“I woke up from a dream, and in it I was drowning. When my eyes opened, I wasn’t drenched in sweat or gasping for air. I was simply lying on my back, looking up at the beige, cracked ceiling of my West End apartment…”— Nicolle Hodges, Montecristo Magazine
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March 31, 2016“Once a niche funding source for personal projects and products no consumer would ever want to buy, crowdfunding has evolved into a legitimate, common form of capital for startups and innovative businesses…”— Robert Gold, Profit Guide
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January 24, 2014“An online fundraising campaign has been launched to set up a memorial fund in memory of Tim Jones, the longtime North Shore Rescue team leader who passed away unexpectedly.”— Yuliya Talmazan, Global News
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April 18, 2016“Daryl Hatton, es fundador y CEO de la plataforma de crowdfunding de Canadá FundRazr, cuya compañía organizó campañas de 1.032 canadienses en 2015, recaudando más de $ 3,8 millones y más de $ 25 millones para campañas de crowdfunding 37.000 desde su fundación…”— Eva Gomez, CrowdEmprende
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May 12, 2016“Does PayPal’s announcement that the company will eliminate its Purchase Protection coverage for crowdfunding payments indicate a lack of confidence in crowdfunding?”— Andrew Friedman, Tradestreaming
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March 30, 2016“This year on Earth Day, the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IIES) program at Trent University is bringing together experts, researchers, and people from across the world interested in creating transformative change for a three-day conference aimed at bringing together Indigenous teachings and traditional knowledge to address complex global environmental issues…”— Staff, Nation Talk
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April 11, 2016“Brice Royer was told four years ago that the tumour in his stomach would likely kill him…”— Tara Carman, The Vancouver Sun
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April 11, 2016“Tryouts for this year’s Aprons For Gloves industry boxing matches are on the horizon. These details are copied from our inbox…”— Andrew Morrison, Scout Magazine
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December 18, 2013“‘But everyone has been amazing,’ [said Rachel Torti.] ‘Just with nice thoughts and positivity. But then there have been people … I don’t even know if I will ever know who they are because they have donated anonymously. And then others, people who you have never heard of, businesses, have just been so unbelievably generous. It is amazing. We can never thank these people enough. They have given us a chance and that is all we could ever ask for, it is all that matters.’”— Amy Remeikis, Brisbane Times
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May 13, 2016“The Georgian Triangle Humane Society is reminding residents to call them and make a plan instead of leaving kittens on their doorstep after hours…”— John Edwards, Simcoe.com
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May 23, 2016“The future Edmonton Tool Library is seeking financial backers so they can secure a location and move towards opening later this year…”— Alex Boyd, Metro Edmonton
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May 19, 2016“It seems like something out of science fiction or a bad infomercial. A wearable that lowers the temperature when pressed on the skin to help the body burn more calories and, in the process, cut more fat out of those problem areas?”— Ted Kritsonis, Yahoo! Tech
