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The Canadian Population Most Likely To Use Food Banks

CBC | Posted 02.23.2013 | Canada Impact
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Every Saturday morning, like millions of other Canadian families, Quxia Lin and her children, Emily and Aiden, do their grocery shopping. ...

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5 Ways To Help A Food Bank This Holiday Season

The Huffington Post Canada | Arti Patel | Posted 12.06.2012 | Canada Impact
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If you feel like giving a little extra this holiday season, your local food bank probably could use a hand or two. In the month of March, over 800...

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Canada Needs a Poverty Strategy Now

Megan Yarema | Posted 01.01.2013 | Canada Politics
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Megan Yarema

On October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, women who have a lived experience of poverty spoke to a group of parliamentarians, social justice organizations and community members at the Conference Centre in Ottawa to make sure a clear message was heard: poverty still exists, and there is no reason for this in a country as wealthy as Canada. A crucial next step is to develop a federal plan to end poverty.

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How Many Canadians Are Still Going Hungry?

The Huffington Post Canada | Arti Patel | Posted 10.30.2012 | Canada Impact
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This spring, over 882,000 Canadians used a food bank in the month of March alone. On Tuesday, Food Banks Canada released their annual "HungerCount"...

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This Thanksgiving, Consider Those Who Are Hungry in Canada

Ontario Association of Food Banks | Posted 12.05.2012 | Canada Impact
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Ontario Association of Food Banks

We are one day away from the Thanksgiving long weekend. For many Canadian families this is all about gathering around a dinner table, laden with delicious vegetables, succulent turkeys and elaborate pastries. However, this Thanksgiving weekend, thousands of Canadians will go hungry.

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Could You Live Off These Grocery Items For A Week?

The Huffington Post Canada | Arti Patel | Posted 09.18.2012 | Canada Impact
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Here's a challenge: Could you eat only basic pantry items for a week? For many users of the Saskatoon Food Bank, this is the reality. Over the past...

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Meal Exchange To Help With Hunger Across Canada Via Campuses

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.16.2012 | Canada Impact
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TORONTO - A national student food charter will be launched in conjunction with a summit being held this weekend at the University of Toronto.The non-p...

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True North Strong and Hungry

Katharine Schmidt | Posted 07.17.2012 | Canada
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Katharine Schmidt

We are lucky to live in Canada, a prosperous nation. Sadly, Canadians not being able to afford food exists today. In fact, close to 900,000 individuals turn to food banks for assistance each month across the country -- a number equivalent to the entire population of New Brunswick. This is unacceptable.

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Canada's Food Banks See Recession-Level Demand

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.31.2011 | Canada
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OTTAWA - The number of people using food banks in Canada remains near record highs, two years after the end of the last recession.The annual study don...

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