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Many businesses look for ways to give meaningful gifts to a charity or help their communities improve. Charitable giving can include acts like volunteering at a meal center or donating to a local nonprofit organization. Acts of kindness benefit the community and help brands build goodwill. However, donating to charity can also bring a handful of challenges and potential headaches to small businesses. We’ll outline what small business owners should know about charitable giving so they can help their communities wisely while receiving public relations and tax benefits. Benefits of donating to a charityBusinesses experience a multitude of benefits when they donate to charities. Here are a few upsides of routinely donating to nonprofits and worthy causes. 1. Charitable giving helps you connect with your community. Charitable giving is good PR and makes sense for small businesses — especially those that depend on community involvement. “What distinguishes small business from large-scale corporations is the connection with the community,” explained Kristen Fusaro-Pizzo, a Peer Collaborative Teacher at Staten Island Technical HS. “People want to …

This article was prepared with the assistance of Summer Student Devon Medeiros and first appeared in The Capsule, a publication of Pharmacists Manitoba. Regulated health professionals are likely quite familiar with the annual dues that are imposed upon them by their regulatory college in order to maintain their practice within the profession. However, they may be less familiar with the deductibility of these dues when filing their annual taxes. While the Income Tax Act (ITA) generally allows for a deduction of these dues, there are limitations as to what is considered an eligible expense that regulated health professionals should be aware of.

ManitobaA Manitoba judge has struck all claims made in a proposed class-action lawsuit that accused the North's biggest grocery chain of keeping federal subsidy money that was supposed to be passed to consumers. Plaintiffs now reviewing decision and 'considering all avenues,' lawyer saysCaitlyn Gowriluk · CBC News · Posted: Oct 24, 2026 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Northern Store in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, in October 2022. A proposed class-action lawsuit whose claims were recently struck was aimed at the North West Company, which owns those and other stores. (David Gunn/CBC)A Manitoba judge has struck all claims made in a proposed class-action lawsuit that accused the North's biggest grocery chain of keeping federal subsidy money that was supposed to be passed to consumers, deeming each of the claims against the North West Company "certain to fail.

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