What started as a backyard initiative for the Argentos to help feed the homeless has quickly grown into a project that involves neighbors, businesses and farms around Montreal.
The Marché Ferdous gives free meals year round to anyone without money – no questions asked.
The former Royal Victoria Hospital will now be welcoming sight for homeless men and women—and their pets—during the frigid winter months.
You now have an opportunity to live in this breathtaking $1.7 million home simply by writing a $25 letter to Alla Wagner about why you want to live there.
This 100-year-old woman could not stop smiling when a compassionate Mountie stepped forward to grant her birthday wish.
In a gesture of international solidarity, Canadian air traffic controllers are ordering pizza deliveries for their American neighbors.
Annemarie Kaan was anxious about moving to Canada – but a flight attendant's simple gesture of kindness is still helping her 17 years later.
This Canadian woman has spent the last few months ensuring that thousands of people know that they have not been forgotten this holiday season.
It has temporarily been named "The Sarlaac Pit" as a reference to the sixth installment of the Star Wars series.
The passenger says that he has made the ferry trip hundreds of times, but he has never seen anything like this before.
After being forced to live in an airport for seven months, this man was finally given a home thanks to a Canadian woman who saw his Twitter videos.
A Canadian plumber is making health care flow more easily in his community thanks to his $25 million donation to a Vancouver hospital.
In a partnership built on the true spirit of giving, members of the Muslim mosque in London, Ontario decided to help boost a Catholic church holiday food drive. "I wanted to get a megaphone and shout ‘Can we keep this going all year, people?', said one of the organizers.
A Vancouver charity, RainCity Housing, is giving homeless people in this rainy city some dry coverage and a place to rest by converting city benches into pop-up shelters.
Most kids spend their birthday money on toys, but 9-year-old Brandon Heyman used his to save an aging racehorse headed to slaughter.
America is way behind much of the world in urban cycling opportunities. In fact, Montreal is the only city in North America to make a list of top 20 biking cities globally, but there are some bright spots. Taking into account bike lanes, hilliness, route options, and number of commuters, the top cities in America include Portland, San Francisco, Denver, and surprisingly, Philadelphia.
Vancouver is rated first among North American cities for quality of life, in a closely watched annual survey, followed by Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal in second, third and fourth places. San Francisco won the fifth spot. On a global basis, once again, the top city in the world for quality of life is Vienna.
An employee at McMaster University coffee shop displays exuberant happiness for every customer. Her dancing paid off when students bought her a surprise vacation.
The Food For Friends program allows grocery shoppers to donate 25 cents toward food cards that go to needy families, in lieu of sending them to food banks.
A Canadian man who won $1 million in a lottery for charity plans to give it all back. “I bought a ticket for $100, thinking I would be giving $100 to charity -- now I can give $1 million!â€
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