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Regina and Saskatoon food banks see increase in demand in 2024
The holidays can be a tough time for people across Saskatchewan and Canada. Laurie O'Connor, executive director for the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre, and John Bailey, Regina Foodbank CEO, j...
Jan 01, 2025 Both the Regina and Saskatoon food banks saw an increase in clients in 2024. (980 CJME file photo)
Regina library food box program expanding with need
Looking to help with a growing problem, more Regina Public Library branches have been added to distribution for Regina Education and Action on Community Hunger's (REACH) Good Food Boxes. "Libraries do...
Dec 05, 2024 Matt Leisle, executive director of REACH, said having the food boxes available at library branches helps reach customers the Good Food Boxes may not have otherwise. Dec. 4, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Regina Food Bank says proposed GST pause is 'positive' but urges caution
The Regina Food Bank is cautiously optimistic about the federal government's announcement to pause GST for two months. The pause would essentially make all foods in Canada tax-free from Dec. 14 until ...
Nov 21, 2024 John Bailey with the Regina Food Bank is cautiously optimistic about the federal GST pause, but he said the food bank doesn’t anticipate a negative impact from the pause. (980 CJME file photo)
Food banks in Regina, Saskatoon get million-dollar boost from K+S
Two of the busiest food banks in Saskatchewan got a big boost on Wednesday from K+S Potash Canada. The mining giant donated $1 million to improve food security in Saskatchewan, with the money split ev...
Sep 11, 2024 Food banks in Saskatoon and Regina will each get a $500,000 boost thanks to Wednesday's donation. (K+S Potash Canada/Submitted)
Regina Food Bank opens choice model food hub
The doors are set to open this week for Canada's first "at-scale" choice model food centre. The Regina Food Bank is set to officially launch its new Asahtowikamik food hub on Friday at 1881 Broad St. ...
Aug 15, 2024 John Bailey said roughly 39 per cent of the food bank's clients are children or youths. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Attendance up, security incidents down at 2024 Queen City Ex
More than a quarter-million people passed through the gates of this year's Queen City Ex in Regina. According to the Regina Exhibition Association, 262,720 people attended the five-day event, which is...
Aug 07, 2024 Attendance was up at this year's Queen City Ex, and organizers say security incidents were down "significantly." (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Surge of support for Moose Jaw Food Bank eases crisis concerns
By Gordon Edgar The Moose Jaw & District Food Bank (MJFB) has released another update to its declaration of a crisis two weeks ago - saying a surge of donations means no reduction in hampers, and ...
Jul 31, 2024
Sask. Government helps food banks with $2M over two years
Food Banks of Saskatchewan is getting a multi-million-dollar boost from the provincial government. The provincial government is giving the organization $2 million over the next two years in order to h...
Jul 25, 2024
Regina Food Bank does its part for truth and reconciliation
Regina's new food hub is set to open in just under a month. Unlike the large warehouse on Winnipeg Street, the food hub at 1881 Broad Street will operate like a grocery store, but it is also the locat...
Jul 17, 2024 The Wâhkôwîcihiwêwin Room at the new Regina Food Bank hub will be a safe space for all community members. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Demand high at Saskatchewan food banks ahead of Christmas
Food banks in Saskatchewan's two largest cities are seeing a lot more demand than normal as Christmas inches closer. "We're seeing it across the province and across Canada," John Bailey, CEO of the Re...
Dec 21, 2023
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