A group of Winnipeggers crocheted for a cause at Augustine United Church on Sunday. Roughly 50 people got together to take part in the Just a Warm Sleep Campaign, which saw thousands of plastic ...

A group of Kitimat women — who call themselves 'bag ladies' — have been crocheting unwanted plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Since September, the 'bag ladies' have handed out 20 to 25 ...

Turning waste into warmth A London organization recycles plastic bags and makes them into mats for the homeless. CTV London’s Jenn Basa explains.

A Fredericton environmental group is making sleeping mats out of old plastic bags for the city's homeless population. Charlotte Flores, education coordinator at the Falls Brook Centre, said the mats ...

Collect, cut, connect, and crochet. “When I was reading in the news about the increased number of homeless in Windsor and Essex County, I thought this would be the perfect idea,” said Julia Lee, a ...

Kathy Kibble was a frequent volunteer in hospice care and at her granddaughter's school before the pandemic hit. But when COVID-19 made both of those activities impossible, she wanted to find another ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Stanthorpe. Followed categories will be added to My News. The mats, made using a loom which weaves plastic bags, are designed to keep people dry from moisture on ...

West Island woman crochets plastic bags into mats for homeless A West Island woman collects plastic bags so she can re-purposes them into pillows and mats for the homeless.

Creative way to help the homeless CTV Prince Albert’s Jayda Taylor has the story of a high school student finding a new use for plastic bags.

WATERLOO — Kathy Kibble is putting her new crochet skills to use by making reusable sleeping mats out of plastic bags. The Waterloo woman collects donated plastic bags to turn into plastic yarn, which ...

CHICAGO -- This week's 4-Star-Chicagoan, New Life for Old Bags (NLOB), is an organization that uses plastic bags to create sleeping mats for the homeless. Board President Chrissy Batorski stopped by ...