Halifax Communauté Nouvelles

Local philanthropist Mel Boutilier is the driving force behind Metro Care & Share Society (MCSS). Boutilier first created the Parker Street Food and Furniture Bank in 1984, before expanding the society to include more initiatives.

While Christmas is over a month away, a group of Nova Scotians are buying gifts for seniors who cannot afford to celebrate during the holidays. Robyn Carruthers, founder of Santa’s for Seniors, says her gift to give started as a personal hobby in 2010, after her grandmother died in 2006.

The Halifax Regional Municipality is seeking interested residents for a variety of important Regional Council advisory committees and boards. Citizens interested in connecting with the community are encouraged to apply for these volunteer opportunities no later than Monday, Dec. 2.

Cameron came to Halifax from the west coast because of rising housing costs, hitchhiking the whole way here. They really just want steady work, and to have a family, but with the cost of rent and stagnating wages, all Cameron can do is try and make it to tomorrow. The Out of the Cold Shelter (OTCS) is part of making it to tomorrow.

Ask Josh Creighton about the young lives he’s already influenced, despite being just 19 years old, and he’ll brush it off and talk about the “amazing youth” in his community. Growing up just outside Uniacke Square, Creighton said it was a challenge battling stereotypes about being a Black male from his community.

As a young woman, Charlotte Guy Jeffries worked at a Halifax clothing store by day and entertained tens of thousands of Second World War servicemen on piano and accordion by night. More than 70 years later, she and thousands of other women were recognized for their volunteer work during the Second World War when a bronze monument was unveiled Thursday morning on the Halifax waterfront.