On November 17, 2011, Toronto Eaton Centre, Canada's premier urban shopping destination, in partnership with Swarovski Canada, hosted the kick off the city's 2011 holiday season with a spectacular evening event featuring the unveiling of the seventh annual Swarovski Crystal Wish Tree, in support of The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada.

The High Park Choirs of Toronto delighted the audience with their choral artistry prior to the official unveiling at 6 p.m., which featured soulful…

Toronto, ON - November 2, 2011 - The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in downtown Toronto was host to one of the greatest Italian-Canadian concerts in Canadian history on Saturday, October 29, 2011. The 18th annual Venetian Ball, which raised $1.25 million net, in a single night, for Villa Charities - a family of organizations that has grown its mandate of providing culturally sensitive care for an elderly Italian Canadian population to include support for individuals with…

TORONTO, ON - October 3, 2011 - The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, one of North America's largest investors, owners and managers of commercial real estate, is pleased to announce the debut of Slipstream, a $2.5-million LED light installation, located in Toronto Eaton Centre's iconic galleria. Slipstream was unveiled to the public on October 1, 2011 as part of Toronto's annual all-night exploration and celebration of contemporary art, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche.

"We are ecstatic to be…

Since the debut of The Venetian Ball in 1993, the gala fundraiser has ascended to its current position as one of the top philanthropic events on the Toronto social scene. The Ball in 2010 raised just over $1.3 million net for Villa Charities - a family of organizations that has grown its mandate of providing culturally sensitive care for an elderly Italian Canadian population to include support for individuals with intellectual disabilities and mental illness.

Villa Charities is pleased…

TORONTO, March 9 /CNW/ - ING DIRECT today announced the national rollout of the THRiVE Chequing™ Account, an online, no-fee daily chequing account that actually pays interest. THRiVE Chequing enables Canadians to make payments, deposit, withdraw or transfer money for free, all without being nickel and dimed. Building on its history of innovating new financial products for savers, THRiVE Chequing marks a new era for ING DIRECT, as the no-fee daily chequing account and client card makes banking…

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January 5, 2011, TORONTO, ON - As a chorus of experts from economists to financial pundits encourage Canadians to become better savers in 2011, a survey by ING DIRECT finds slightly more than half of Canadians have yet to take advantage of Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). While only 8% of those polled found TFSAs more complicated than RRSPs, Canadians seem to still be grappling with how best to benefit from the program.

According to a recent Angus Reid Public Opinion poll commissioned by ING…