The Ottawa Food Bank is calling the record-breaking visits to its food programs 'a declaration of emergency,' with children and youth and newcomers accounting for more than a quarter of visits last year.
The Ottawa Food Bank is appealing for help this Thanksgiving, with food donations down 30 per cent. Ottawa, On.. Oct. 6, 2023. .The Ottawa Food Bank is calling the record-breaking visits to its food programs "a declaration of emergency," with children and youth and newcomers accounting for more than a quarter of visits last year.
Thirty-seven per cent of users to the Ottawa Food Bank were children and youth under the age of 18, and 42 per cent of visitors are single adults. The food bank receives 98 per cent of its funding through donations, while less than two per cent of the funding comes from governments. Amazon Canada's Black Friday Week Is On: This Smart Thermometer Will Make Holiday Cooking So Much Easier A teen who pleaded guilty in the death of another teen on Prince Edward Island last year will be sentenced Friday.Wanda Hennick is the lucky winner of a council seat in northern Cape Breton after her name was picked out of a box Friday morning.An emergency alert has been issued in Nova Scotia as Cape Breton Regional Police search for a missing vulnerable man.
The Canadian Coast Guard's seasonally operated search and rescue stations on the Great Lakes, Georgian Bay, and St. Lawrence River in Ontario are closing for the season.Significant delays are being reported in the area and tow trucks are on scene to help. No injuries have been reported.Emergency crews were called to the scene on Highway 10 around 9 a.m. for reports of a crash between a van and a delivery truck.
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