Posted AT 12:10 PM EDT on 12/06/03
The wages of SARS for stars
It's going to be one of the biggest single paydays in Canadian music history. And it's all thanks to the SARS outbreak that's been preying on the minds and some of the bodies of Torontonians for the last three months.It is the June 21 Concert for Toronto, sometimes called "Stars for SARS" after Ontario Premier Ernie Eves agreed to bankroll the event to the happy tune of more than $5-million as part of the province's two-year, $128-million SARS Assistance and Recovery Strategy.
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Arts
- Cannes 2008
- Visit the Globe's Cannes page for videos, pictures, blogs and more
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Video:
Cannes at 61 
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Blog:
Scene at Cannes
50 Greatest Books
- The Critique of Pure Reason
- Is it 'the single greatest work of modern philosophy'?
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Submit your thoughts:
The 50 greatest books
Earlier discussion
In pictures
Japan's Warhol
In pictures
Society
- Inaugural Canada India Foundation Gala
- Politicos and captains of industry mingle in Toronto
Audio Slideshow
- Super hero summer
- Liam Lacey previews this season's blockbusters
Essential tracks
- Feist's Islands in the Stream
- Canada's It girl channels Dolly in duet with Constantines
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Commentary
- Andrew Ryan
The long, hot summer of reality TV starts now
- R.M. Vaughan
An American innocent abroad, supersized
