Langford New store: Salvation Army

The Salvation Army has opened its new store in Langford. 

Closure: Sidney SPCA thrift

 The SPCA thrift shop in Sidney has closed.

New? Salvation Army Langford

The Salvation Army appears to be opening a store in Langford in the former Capital Iron premises at 975 Langford Parkway.  It is unknown if this new store will augment or replace the store on Goldstream Avenue.

Move: Habitat for Humanity ReStore

 Habitat for Humanity's ReStore off Cloverdale Avenue in Saanich has moved to north to 721 Vanalman Avenue.

Move: St Vincent de Paul Esquimalt/Victoria West to Saanich

 The Society of St. Vincent de Paul thrift shop on Craigflower Rd @ Tillicum has moved to 735 Cloverdale Avenue in Saanich.

Closure: Salvation Army Victoria downtown

 The Salvation Army closed its downtown Victoria store on 23 March 2024.  3 stores in Saanich remain, as do stores in View Royal and Langford

Thrift Shops along the Crow (Highway 3) Hope to Castlegar

 BC's Highway 3 hosts some obscure thrift shops.  We passed by portions of the route (east to Castlegar) in 2020, 2022 and 2023 but unfortunately have not been able to visit many.

Hope still does not have a thrift shop since Hope Community Services' Hidden Treasure closed.  The next shop is in Princeton which hosts the Princeton Hospital Auxiliary shop.  Opening days are limited and I have not managed to coincide a visit with an opening day.

Moving along to Keremeos, there is the Treasure Chest shop of the Cawston United Church.  Unfortunately another shop that I have not been able to visit when open. 

Osoyoos host the thrift shop of the Osoyoos United Church.  There was another thrift shop operated by another church but the building was destroyed by an arson attack several years ago. 

Though it's a little ways up Highway 33, I'll make a mention of the Westbridge thrift shop in Westbridge.

Midway has The Bridge located in an old church.  Another one I have not been able to visit when open.

Greenwood has the Greenwood Seniors Thrift.

Grand Forks has 3 shops all of which I was able to visit.  Habitat for Humanity ReStore and Grand Forks Hospital Auxiliary south of the highway and Whispers of Hope north of it.

Getting to Castlegar, we were only able to visit Habitat for Humanity ReStore.  Treasure Shop of the Castlegar Hospital Auxiliary and the joint shop of St. David's Anglican and Castlegar United Church are there but were closed during out visit.

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