Halifax Community News

Students from an Edmonton high school kept a non-profit charity initiative alive with a two-day event that provided free clothing and hygiene products to anyone who needs them. Christina Daniel founded Ross Sheppard High School’s Givology in 2024 as a Grade 11 student after learning one of her peers had been facing homelessness.

“Because we produce four-to-five thousand meals a day, with those extra four-to-five thousand meals particularly for the school lunch program that didn’t have a home, we started last year finding community fridges,” “This week we had a snow day,” said founder Mark Brand. As of Thursday, those extra 3,200 meals found homes across the city at 15 different organizations, with Bryony House, Halifax Community Fridge, Hope Blooms and Souls Harbour among them.

Goodbye, 2025: when it came to big announcements, 2025 was a relatively underwhelming year for Canada’s charities and non-profits. But what will 2026 hold for the sector? Below, we highlight four developments to keep an eye on in 2026. Already, two of these: the CRA’s move to “axe the fax” and the Lobbying Commissioner’s move to lower the registration threshold for organizations, are well underway.

For Canadian nonprofits, 2026 won’t be defined by a single trend, technology, or threat. It will be defined by how well organizations adapt to an environment where demand continues to rise faster than capacity, fundraising models are shifting, digital transformation is uneven, and donors are more diverse in identity and expectation than ever before. In our work at Salytics, we see these pressures playing out in every engagement, from small social service agencies to large federated institutions and they are reshaping how leaders set strategy.

Nova Scotians in urgent need of help with home heating costs can now apply for financial assistance through the 2026 Home Energy Assistance Top-up (HEAT) Fund.

The mortgage industry is once again lacing up its bowling shoes and taking another spin in a collective effort to “Strike Out Cancer” in late February.