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Food Banks Canada gets $17.9-million in federal funding to distribute menstrual products
Various menstrual products are seen on Feb. 20, 2019, in Kennesaw, Ga. The British Columbia government says it is providing $750,000 to expand access to free menstrual products for people who need them and to help the United Way establish a task force to consider how to end "period poverty." THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mike Stewart
life
Israeli chef Eyal Shani on his hate for QR codes, charging restaurant no-shows and cooking cauliflowers whole
Eyal Shani
politics
Government eyes bringing food prices in line with general inflation
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne listens to a reporters question in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. MPs returned today following the summer recess. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
international business
French supermarket slaps ‘shrinkflation’ warnings on products
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Maritimers prepare as Hurricane Lee on track to pummel parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
A pedestrian walks with an umbrella along the empty waterfront as heavy rain falls in Halifax on Thursday, September 14, 2023. Residents in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are being told to prepare for strong winds and more heavy rain this weekend as Hurricane Lee is expected to make landfall as a post-tropical storm. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
life
Three Canadians sickened in France’s botulism outbreak are from Quebec
The Public Health Agency of Canada says three Canadian residents have fallen ill from a botulism outbreak in Bordeaux, France. They're among 10 people who have suspected botulism after eating sardines prepared and served at Tchin Tchin Wine Bar. The Tchin Thin wine bar is seen in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Thursday, Sept.14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Sophie Garcia
opinion
To save the future from food insecurity, we should look to cuisine of the ancient past
Taras Grescoe
report on business
The long, slow return to normal for food inflation in Canada
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 12: People shop in the produce section of a grocery store on September 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) will be released tomorrow showing the latest inflation data and providing perspective on possible future interest rate moves by the Federal Reserve. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
opinion
Putin and Kim’s renewed collaboration is bad news for Asian democracies – and for Ukraine
Aurel Braun
canada
Canadian governments, charities and citizens send aid to earthquake-stricken Morocco
A person sits among wreckage caused by an earthquake in the town of Imi N'tala, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. A Canadian aid worker in Morocco says he's seen scenes of "complete destruction" in the wake of a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 2,900 people and left many more injured or homeless. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy
british columbia
Western Canada: Search continues for the exact cause of E. coli outbreak in Calgary
The building and kitchens where an E. Coli outbreak happened in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Several daycares have closed due to an E. Coli outbreak, Fueling Brains (formerly called UKids) are in the building where the kitchen of the outbreak began. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
alberta
What to know about E. coli infection symptoms and how to handle an outbreak
Alberta Health Services says dozens of children have arrived at hospitals in connection with an E. coli outbreak that's been declared at six locations of a Calgary daycare operator. E. coli bacteria of the O157:H7 strain that produces a powerful toxin which can cause illness is seen in a 2006 handout colorized scanning electron microscope image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Janice Haney Carr
opinion
Every child in every school has a right to food
Fatima Da Silva
alberta
Fifteen children in hospital after E. Coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
A microbiologist points out an isolated E. coli growth on an agar plate from a patient specimen at the Washington State Dept. of Health Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Shoreline, Wash. An official for six Calgary daycares closed due to an E. coli outbreak says a deep cleaning of the facilities could take anywhere from two days to a week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Elaine Thompson
canada
‘A very long wait’: Yellowknife prepares for people to return home
<div>Yellowknife residents are crossing their fingers that tomorrow's scheduled lifting of a general evacuation order will go ahead as planned and they'll be allowed to return home. Wildfire smoke fills the air over Yellowknife on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden</div>
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Burning Man attendees trapped in Nevada desert by rain and mud
Dub Kitty and Ben Joos, of Idaho and Nevada, walk through the mud at Burning Man after a night of dancing with friends in Black Rock City, in the Nevada desert, after a rainstorm turned the site into mud September 2, 2023. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
world
Niger hit by food crisis and soaring violence in coup aftermath
A moto-taxi carries a passenger past the French Embassy in Niamey on August 28, 2023. Thousands of people demonstrated on August 27, 2023 in Niger in support of last month's coup, a few hours before the deadline given to France's ambassador in an ultimatum to leave the country. Demonstrators gathered near the French military base in the capital Niamey, some waving Nigerien or Russian flags, others with placards calling for the departure of French troops. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
personal finance
Tips to eat healthy on campus despite food inflation
B1 Back to School package. August 25, 26, 2024. Illustrations by Maggie Prince
international business
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried ‘subsisting on bread and water’ in jail, lawyer says
FILE — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 16, 2023. Prosecutors said Monday, Aug. 14, they'll use testimony from Bankman-Fried's “trusted inner circle” of former executives at his collapsed cryptocurrency empire against him at an October trial. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
report on business
The Vancouver company that wants to bring protein from fungi to Mars
canada
Inspection agency finds four more fields with potato wart in P.E.I., completes probe
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has completed its investigation of two detections of potato wart in 2021, in Prince Edward Island. Loads of PEI potatoes wait to be loaded and shipped across Canada to local food banks in Toronto on Friday, March 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
first person
I’ve been to every CNE since I was a baby, now I go with my granddaughter
report on business
Alberta bid winner for donair costume says all about provincial pride – and lettuce
A donair costume is shown in this undated handout photo from Service Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Service Alberta *MANDATORY CREDIT*
small business
HalalMeals is beating the meal delivery odds as larger competitors struggle
Workers prepare hot meals at the Halal Meals kitchen facility in Scarborough, Ont. on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Yader Guzman/The Globe and Mail
report on business
Dairy industry woes push Saputo to revise earnings forecast
A sign at a Montreal Saputo plant is shown on Jan.13, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
opinion
No Ukrainian grain means pain for Africa. Will that change Putin’s tune?
Michael Bociurkiw
international business
Consumer inflation eases grip on U.S. households in July
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C./File Photo
canada
Metro donates perishables to food banks as workers strike citing affordability issues
Workers are seen on strike on a picket line outside a Metro grocery store in Toronto as workers rejected a tentative deal triggering a strike of nearly 3,700 grocery store workers in the Greater Toronto Area, Saturday, July 29, 2023..THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
alberta
Gleaning, produce rescue at food banks helps feed communities, reduce waste
Workers gather food for a homeless mission while at the Edmonton Food Bank, in Edmonton on Friday July 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
personal finance
This grocery calculator will help you spot ways to squeeze inflation out of your food bill
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cost of living
Want to minimize inflation in your grocery bill? Try prawns instead of pasta
Customers shop for produce at Freestone Produce market in Calgary on July 18. Despite the annual inflation rate easing to its lowest levels since early 2021, the price of groceries rose 9.1 per cent on an annual basis in June.
canada
Canadian youth in food-insecure homes made more visits to doctors for mental health, study finds
The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a study saying that because of financial problems, children and adolescents under 18 in food-insecure Ontario homes made 55 per cent more visits to doctors for mental health reasons compared to those who had enough to eat. A woman shops for produce in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
explainer
The foods that are safe to eat past the best-before date
People shop inside a Metro grocery store in Toronto, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Bargaining continues between the retailer and it’s nearly 3,700 employees as a strike deadline of 11:59 pm fast approaches. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning ‘the most vulnerable’ will suffer
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni arrive for the opening session of a three-day U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency's summit on food systems in Rome, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Morning Update: Search still under way for four missing after catastrophic flooding in Nova Scotia
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Alberta’s coveted donair costume designed for traffic safety campaign, province says
The Alberta government has shared the origin story of a donair costume that's sparked a fierce bidding war. Service Alberta says the one-of-a-kind costume was purchased in 2015 for a traffic safety video campaign about the perils of driving high on cannabis. The costume is shown in this undated handout photo from Service Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Service Alberta *MANDATORY CREDIT*