A new donation drive is being held at Billy Bishop Airport this month amid reports that food banks are struggling to keep up with a significant increase in demand.
The donation drive, which was announced at a press conference at the airport on Wednesday morning, will span the month of November. People can support the drive by donating funds through the drive’s webpage, or through GR codes posted throughout the Billy Bishop Airport.
“The most important this year is advocacy,” Daily Bread Food Bank CEO Neil Hetherington said during Wednesday’s press conference. “It’s talking to any elected official and saying ‘today is the day to reduce poverty, today is the day to implement the poverty reduction strategy in your government.’ We need people to let their elected officials know that they will no longer have a job unless they tackle poverty.
“When you tackle these three things, I think you’ll start to see the disparity between those who have and those who don’t start to diminish and food bank lines decrease,” he said.He explained that one pathway forward would be a guaranteed basic income – it’s something that Daily Bread Food Bank has consistently advocated for. In addition, it supports over 200 food programs in Toronto.
Waterloo regional police are appealing for video and witnesses after a jewelry store robbery at Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener.A series of threats against schools in northern Ontario that started overnight has expanded into the eastern part of the province, police say.A senior from Manitoulin Island died and two others were taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 6 on Tuesday afternoon.
Nova Scotia has launched a mobile app that will let users book health-care appointments, see expected emergency department wait times, and access vaccination records, among other things.Calgary police say Pineridge shooting was 'planned and targeted' The Winnipeg Police Service is looking for information after a man was found dead in the city’s North End on Wednesday.A Vancouver college instructor who made comments celebrating Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel during a pro-Palestinian rally last weekend has been placed on leave from her job.A state of emergency was declared in the Village of Harrison Hot Springs Wednesday over a threat to the water supply.
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