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.

A Trip to the Southern Interior - POSTPONED

A social-distancing visit to family in the sourthern interior will be undertaken in a few weeks.  Hopefully, thrift shops not previously visited and/or covered in Castlegar, Grand Forks, Osoyoos, Keremeos and Princeton will be added, as well as those in Trail and Rossland.


Update

Unfortunately due to damage caused during a prior rental and hence cancellation of booking by the owner, the RV trip has been cancelled.  I will highlight the thrift shops one could hypothetically visit on a drive along the southern boundary / Highway 3 in B.C.

Kelowna Closure: Salvation Army thrift shop on Sutherland Avenue

The Kelowna Salvation Army has announce the closure of the Sutherland Avenue thrift shop with immediate effect.  The Rutland and Westbank branches remain.

Kelowna: Possible Closure of Rutland Healthcare Auxiliary thrift shop?

I saw in social media feed (from the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation) that the Auxiliary to Kelowna General Hospital voted to close down last month.  Along with auxiliaries to hospital through out B.C., this hospital auxiliary operates a thrift shop which is in the Rutland neighborhood.  Hopefully the thrift shop will continue to operate.