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A Calgary organization that helps vulnerable women and their families has temporarily closed its five family thrift stores due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The decision was made Tuesday by the Women in Need Society […]

When Calgary teen Allysa Narang was five years old, a bout of pneumonia kept her home from school for a spell. That when her mom, Anis, first taught her how to knit. Allysa didn’t start […]

It wasn’t a Canada Day to celebrate for Calgary’s Good4U recycling store. Thieves allegedly sifted through the social enterprise’s northeast Calgary location, swiping most of the valuable used furniture and appliances from their store. Along […]

A new food app is launching in Calgary, but it’s not going to get food delivered to your door. In fact, it will help you make the delivery yourself. The Leftovers Foundation, a Calgary charity […]

A website built for volunteers, by volunteers, is marking its first birthday, and the woman behind the site says the idea is quickly catching fire. Alice Lam came up with the idea for a website […]

A new Netflix show is sparking joy with the manager of a thrift shop in Calgary that relies on donations from the public. On New Year’s Day Netflix released its show Tidying Up with Marie […]

A new Calgary charity wants to take the burden of electric bills away from charities by covering the cost for solar panel installation. Heart and Solar was launched by two young Calgary lawyers in 2015. […]

STORY UPDATED: The province of Alberta provided a response to social impact bonds and it has been added below. Calgary could soon be home to the province’s first social impact bond, though critics say the […]