Victoria: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria Garage Sales UPDATE

 The Victoria chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters is holding sales of non-clothing items.   Sales are held in the parking garage  area of the offices at 230 Bay Street in Victoria West on a monthly basis.

The last sale for the year will be tomorrow Saturday 17 October, 10-14h.

Victoria Closure: Habitat for Humanity ReStore Burnside

Sometime in the past few months,  Habitat for Humanity's Victoria chapter closed its 3rd location on Burnside Road (formerly occupied by a Home Hardware) that was newly-opened in the past 2 years.

Victoria Closures: St Vincent de Paul in Sooke and Saanich

Due to difficulties and challenges in the logistics of donation handling, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has closed two locations; the ones in Sooke and in central Saanich (Keating Cross Road).    The Society had close its shops in Victoria and Sidney a coule of years ago.   The shops in Langford and Esquimalt remain for now.

 https://www.ssvpvancouverisland.ca/news/posts/store-closing

Kamloops closure: Salvation Army

Just received social media feed that the Salvation Army in Kamloops is permanently closing the thrift shop located at 533 Tranquille.

Kelowna Closure: IODE

Despite having a rather anachronistic name, the Imperial Order Daughters of rhe Empire has advocated women's education.  The Kelowna chapter has operated a thrift shop in Kelowna for 65 years but sadly, the chapter closed the thrift shop at the end of May 2020.

New Page: Southern Boundary/Crow's Nest Highway

A new page has been added to the listings.  The Southern Boundary page lists thrift shops along (or close by) Highway 3 / Crow's Nest Highway.  Thrifht shops in Princeton, Keremeos, Westrbridge, Grand Forks, Castlegar, Rossland, Trail, Fruitvale, Salmo, Creston, Cranbrook and Sparwood. 

https://bcthriftshop.blogspot.com/p/southern-boundary-princeton-to-sparwood.html

Osoyoos is covered in the Southern Okanagan page.