Bold-name Canadian artists, activists, authors, athletes and performers will be doing their part to honour the live-saving efforts of front-line healthcare workers during a special 90-minute TV extravaganza with proceeds going to Food Banks Canada.
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble goes down Sunday, April 26 at 6:30pE/7p NT and will see international icons like Shania Twain, Céline Dion, Jann Arden, Alessia Cara, Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams and many more, joined by appearances from everyone like superstar athletes Hayley Wickenheiser, Bianca Andreescu to Canada's Mom and Dad, Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy, and familiar faces Jessie Reyez,
Shamier Anderson and
Stephan James, all making appearances from their homes.[video_embed id='1941901']RELATED: Bell is giving back to healthcare workers in a big way[/video_embed]Viewers who are able will be invited to support
Food Banks Canada in association with the broadcast, with funds going towards immediate coast-to-coast COVID-19 relief efforts as Canadians try to flatten the curve.The star-studded, all-Canadian lineup is the latest in celeb-fronted efforts to offer a sense of hope and unity amid the pandemic with artists like
Lady Gaga and Keith Urban performing from home during April 18's
One World: Together at Home concert and getting creative to offer those physically distancing a reason to celebrate and smile and to honour the people who are putting their lives at risk daily for the greater good.Late-night hosts, like
Jimmy Fallon and
Stephen Colbert, have also been making sure the show goes on by putting together programming from their living rooms and our own
etalk @ home shows come together with our hosts each delivering must-know entertainment news without leaving their homes.
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble is a joint effort between Bell Media, CBC, Corus and Rogers and will air on CTV, CTV2, TSN, CP24, MUCH, MTV, and in French on V and VRAK and will be streaming on
CTV.ca, Crave, iHeartRadio.ca and the CTV, iHeartRadio Canada apps as well as airing on Virgin Radio stations. In total, the hour-and-a-half show will be available on an unprecedented 120 platforms so if you have access to a screen, phone or radio, you'll be able to tune in.[video_embed id='1944032']BEFORE YOU GO: Canadian broadcasters to air 'Strong Together, Tous Ensemble' special[/video_embed]
