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Bell Commits $121M To Mental Health Program Funding

Since 2010, Bell has been working to help increase awareness about mental health and mental illness with the company’s Bell Let's Talk Day on Jan. 26.

 Bell Commits $121M To Mental Health Program Funding

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Since 2010, Bell has been working to help increase awareness about mental health and mental illness with the company’s Bell Let's Talk Day on Jan. 26.


On this date, for every applicable text, local or long-distance call, tweet or TikTok video using #BellLetsTalk, Bell donates 5 cents to Canadian mental health programs. Bell will also donate 5 cents for every Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube view of the Bell Let's Talk Day video, and every use of the Bell Let's Talk Facebook frame or Snapchat lens. Participants do not pay anything beyond what they would normally pay their service provider for online or phone access.

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As part of the telecommunications company’s mental health initiative, its Community Fund provides annual donations of up to $25,000 to charitable organizations to fund mental health services in communities across Canada.

Over the past 12 years, this Community Fund has invested more than $15 million in grants to 888 organizations. – Continue reading Charmaine Noronha’s feature story on the Samaritanmag website.

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CNE 2026 Bell SOUNDSTAGE Lineup: Charlotte Day Wilson, JoJo, Finger Eleven and More

As part of its partnership with NXNE and a renewed focus on live music, CNE will also welcome a special soon-to-be revealed global headliner presented by Billboard Canada on Aug. 28.

The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is embracing its musical roots with a high-profile lineup for 2026.

The beloved long-running fair, baptized The Ex by Torontonians, has unveiled the full list of artists who will be headlining the newly-named Bell SOUNDSTAGE at the Bandshell to celebrate the event's 147th edition. Canadian stars like Charlotte Day Wilson and Finger Eleven as well as international pop star JoJo have been added to this year's programming, which reflects a diverse mix of renowned names and rising stars across a multitude of genres including pop, hip-hop, Punjabi music and soca, among others. They join previously announced acts like Lights, Lupe Fiasco, Shaggy and more.

This year, the exhibition is partnering with Toronto music festival NXNE, to modernize its musical programming with chart-topping artists and newer acts, and revamping the Bandshell as the Bell SOUNDSTAGE. “Music is such a massive part of who we are,” Mark Holland, CEO of the CNE, told Billboard Canada in April during his Executive of the Week interview. "Connecting everybody to that is a democratic mission that we are really invested in."

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