Tuesday December 13, 2011
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"Beyond Food Banks: Ending hunger in Canada"
The CBC's Mary Wiens brings us an important reality check as we approach our annual "Sounds of the Season" fundraiser for local food banks this Thursday.
PART 1:
There are nearly 350 meal programs in Toronto, serving tens of thousands of meals. And the number of people using food banks is nearing a record high this winter.
Listen
(runs 6:54)
PART 2:
Mary Wiens tells us why the "food cupboard" is an emerging trend at this city's community health centres.
Listen (runs 6:55)
PART 1:
There are nearly 350 meal programs in Toronto, serving tens of thousands of meals. And the number of people using food banks is nearing a record high this winter.
Listen
(runs 6:54)PART 2:
Mary Wiens tells us why the "food cupboard" is an emerging trend at this city's community health centres.
Listen
(runs 6:55)
Categories: Past Episodes
Features
- Disappearing Daughters
- A study raises the issue of gender selection in local South Asian communities.
- Great Expectations
- Immigrant families under pressure.
- A Fork in the Road
- A new role for government: the catalyst for collaboration.
- Turning Point
- Our town hall on family violence on March 29, 2010.
- Mary Wiens
- Listen to the latest report from Metro Morning's Mary Wiens.
- JOpublic
- What can we learn about our surroundings and ourselves? Contact Metro Morning contributor Jason Osler with your ideas or check out his blog.
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