This Easter, families in Grande Prairie will be able to enjoy a turkey dinner thanks to a corporate partnership with the local Costco. Not only will the partnership ensure that families in need can celebrate, but it is also a creative way to prevent food waste. Earlier this year, Costco donated 75 frozen turkeys to  […]

The Salvation Army Thrift Store in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, recently reunited a local woman with a sentimental item that belonged to her late sister. Demi Peterson was walking in downtown Swift Current with a friend when she happened by the thrift store’s display window. When she saw the blue and white cruiser bike, she stopped  […]

The pillars flanking the doors to the chapel at Winnipeg’s Weetamah Corps welcome visitors with bright new images depicting the Seven Sacred Teachings. Seven colourful animals are accompanied by traditional woodland-style motifs reaching to the ceiling and freshly painted walls with pictures of a thunderbird and a teepee. The sanctuary is the heart of the  […]

At the Portage la Prairie Salvation Army in Manitoba, community members meet monthly to big batch cook some of their favourite recipes and share them amongst a group. The meals are subsidized with items from the food bank and monetary donations and only cost participants $5 per family member. Everyone goes home with roughly five  […]

After 42 days, The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) has wrapped up its latest Alberta wildfire response in Jasper and Hinton. During the six-week operation, EDS served meals to evacuees, firefighters, RCMP officers, and other first responders involved in the wildfire response. In total, 10,871 meals, 11,593 drinks, and 15,416 snacks were served over  […]

In early August, English Café and Living Hope Community Church members hopped on a bus to visit several sights in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario. The bus stopped at the Steinbach Mennonite Heritage Village, featured a potluck lunch at Falcon Lake, and visited the Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre before ending at Anicinabe Park and  […]

It’s not every day a volunteer-run thrift store raises a Million dollars, let alone for charity. On this particular Tuesday, the Westlock Community Thrift Store and its volunteers were presented with a plaque for their massive achievement of raising $1 million for The Salvation Army over the past 40 years. This is very impressive for  […]

In this first-person account, Saskatoon Crossroads Residential Services chaplain Tyrone McKenzie shares how divine timing and the perseverance of kindness can win over even a hardened heart. Housing, shelter, and social services (including correctional and justice services and addiction services) are fundamental aspects of The Salvation Army’s mission. Click the links above to learn more. I  […]

Adam Walker has lived a life of hardship, trauma, and addiction. His story is the type that doesn’t always have a happy ending. However, Adam was determined to be one of the lucky ones when he entered the doors of The Salvation Army’s Addiction and Residential Centre (ARC) and began his first step to healing.  […]

The 2024 Supreme Group Salvation Army Golf Classic was a huge success, raising $266,350 for a Rapid Response Bunk House and Tow Vehicle for Emergency Disaster Services (EDS). The day started a little gloomy, with dark clouds hovering over the golf course. Golfers prepared for rain, but the sun came shining through in the afternoon.  […]