Tracey Colquhoun, store supervisor a the Salvation Army Family Thrift Store in Winnipeg, rings up a purchase. Faith-based thrift shops attract thousands of customers each year. PHOTO: JOSIAH NEUFELD
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Stores raise funds, recycle goods and are chic to boot
If it weren't for thrift stores, I never would have found my “Talk nerdy to me” T-shirt (which I only wear at home, of course) or my very own Oscar the Grouch “It's another grouchy day” T-shirt (which I only wear out).
And if it weren't for faith-based thrift stores, those second-hand shops run by various Christian ministries and scattered from one end of Canada to another, a lot of ministry in this country-and beyond-just wouldn't happen.
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WINNIPEG, MB--In October the name “Grace Hospital” will be removed from The Salvation Army's last general hospital in Canada.
On April 1, more than 100 years after they founded it, The Salvation Army handed over the management of Grace Hospital to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA).
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TORONTO, ON--The Peoples Church, one of Canada's most prominent evangelical churches, has backed off from plans to cut ties this fall with the private Christian school that bears its name.
While logistical challenges and red tape are the official reasons the school is giving out for its change of plans, the church acknowledges that growing frustration from parents and school staff are a factor.
The original plan-to have Peoples Christian Academy off of the church's adjoining property by September 2008-would effectively “destroy the school,” says the church ministry's board, Peoples Ministries Inc. (PMI). It has extended the deadline for relocation by another year.
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