In The News
Stories that caught our eye
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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 -
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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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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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
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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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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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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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April 27, 2016“Norfolk Island will be colonized by Australia in July. Renowned lawyer Geoffrey Robertson explains why he is representing the island’s 1700 people who are desperate to remain free…”— Geoffrey Robertson, The Daily Beast
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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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May 15, 2016“Their’s is a special bond. Savannah’s mom knew a dog would help her daughter, Savannah, deal better with autism if she had a companion…”— Adrea, Life With Dogs
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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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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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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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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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May 4, 2016“Tom Hayes, the former banker convicted for his role in rigging the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), is trying to raise money for an appeal against his conviction using a crowdfunding platform…”— Will Martin, Business Insider
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February 10, 2016“The study analyzed data for campaigns from five of the largest U.S., U.K. and Canada-based crowdfunding platforms in 2015…”— Pete , Website Magazine
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March 30, 2016“Imagine being trapped in a body that just feels wrong, like it’s not yours. That’s how Los Osos artist RawfeyL Gene Burge felt from an early age…”— Glen Starkey, SantaMaria Sun
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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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May 12, 2016“Each new week brings with it an abundance of new gadgets — whether devised by tech giants like Google and Samsung or pushed by hopeful entrepreneurs to Kickstarter, they run the gamut from useful to niche to tech that nobody really needs…”— Hayley Williams, Gizmodo
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March 29, 2016“This year on Earth Day, the Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IESS) 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, Trent University
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May 13, 2016“Imagine a vest that you put on and you just start burning calories? Well, apparently it exists and it’s called Thin Ice…”— Michael Sawh, Wareable
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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
