Some Canadian Food Banks Forced to Ration as Demand Increases and Donations Fall

Canada’s ongoing cost-of-living crisis has left food banks struggling with an increasing demand for their services and fewer donations, with some banks being forced to ration their dwindling supplies. “We hate to reach a point where we have to give less food or serve fewer people, but that is definitely where we are at right now,” said Food Banks Alberta executive director Shawna Bissell. “The surpluses and the reserves that we might have been able to accumulate are being used up very quickly, and it is impacting things like hamper size. We do the very best we can, but we definitely do have less to go around.”...