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The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure committee is collecting bras to cover the pedway over Ste Anne's Point Drive in Fredericton.

This is designed to raise awareness of breast cancer and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure.

All bras that are collected will be displayed on the pedway over Ste Anne's Point Drive.

"We would like to collect as many as possible to make the display really stand out. It's a popular awareness event for breast cancer awareness all across the country," says Beth Ashton.

If you would like to get involved you can drop off your gently used bras of any colour at the Running Room in Kings Place, 106.9 Capital FM on Rookwood Avenue and at the human resources office on the UNB campus. Or you can contact the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure committee by email at pedwaybras@gmail.com for more information about other drop off locations.

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure committee members ask everyone who collects bras to contact them before July 15 and they will gather all of the bras that have been collected.

Volunteers will string these bras on both sides of the pedway on Monday, July 20 in time for the 4-6 p.m. drive-home traffic and will remain on display until Tuesday morning.

July 20-24 is also Paint Canada Pink week. This is a national initiative. Local businesses are encouraged to display pink in their locations.

"We're going to have committee members take a look at them and take photos of them and then announce a winner."

For more information about this event, email businessesforacure@gmail.com

Sunlight detergent seeks Canada's Most Eco-Friendly Kid

Canadian kids are dubbed the greenest generation yet. Sunlight detergent is searching to find Canada's greenest kids and empower them to make a difference in their communities and across the country. ­

The company is hosting a nationwide search to select the 10 most environmentally-conscious children in the country to be a part of a panel that will develop national eco-programs inspiring and enabling other kids to go green. Each Sunlight Green Kid selected for the panel will receive a $2,000 honorarium as well as the chance to develop national environmental programs with the help of some adult eco-experts.

One of the 10 selected kids could be from Fredericton. Interested green kids between the ages of six and 13 can submit a 150-word essay outlining how they contribute to protecting the environment or how they inspire others to go green to be eligible for the panel. The deadline to nominate a kid you know is July 24. More information can be found online at www.harbingerideas.com/Sunlight.

Diane London Award winner to be named July 10

The Diane London Award is presented each year at River Jam to a female who exemplifies the spirit and character of Diane London.

London, the much-loved diva of the Downtown Blues Band, died after a battle with cancer in August 2004.

The award recipient will be a local musician and performer with a creative spirit and talent who gives of themselves to the community.

The award is permanently housed in The Playhouse's green room, a space which hosts each and every entertainer during their performance stay at the venue. Previous winners include Tania Breen, Casey LeBlanc, Maureen Steeves and Cathy Hutchinson.

Now in its fifth year, the award is presented annually to a female musician selected from nominations made by the public.

First online launch of Canadian censuses from 1851 to 1916 has 32 million names

If you're looking for information about your ancestors now you have an online source that will be able to provide you with valuable information.

Ancestry.ca, in partnership with Library and Archives Canada, has recently launched Canadian censuses from 1851 to 1916.

These censuses contain more than 32 million names of those living in this country from the mid 19th century through to the early 20th century. It is estimated that half of all living Canadians will be able to trace their ancestors through these censuses.

Making this information available and fully searchable online will help novice and experienced family history researchers to learn more about all members of a given household including family, lodgers and household staff on the day that census was taken.

For many, this will mean having first-time access to vital information to help them search and map their personal history of family members, their ages, occupations, religions, native tongue and ethnicity, addresses and house type, parents' birthplace, immigration year and military service.

Given the richness of the information they contain, censuses are considered the foundation of family history research.

These censuses also provide information on births, marriages, deaths, military and immigration records.

The Historical Canadian Censuses, 1851-1916 contain records from the ancestors of present day politicians, business moguls, actors, movie directors and athletes.

Famous names with ancestors in the censuses include Conrad Black, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, federal liberal party leader Michael Ignatieff, Pamela Anderson and Alanis Morissette.

Laverne Stewart is a staff writer at The Daily Gleaner. If you've got an interesting tidbit to share, please contact her at stewart.laverne@dailygleaner.com. Did You Hear? appears every Friday.