Tag: Food banks
Horticultural society receives Bruce Botanical Food Gardens update
It seems spring has finally sprung and the gardening season is in full frenzy with many events and activities. The Ripley and District Horticultural Society’s (RDHS) regular monthly meeting took place May 20 at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre with guest speaker Olivia Haufe, garden manager of the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG), delivering an overview […]
Local OPSEU workers strike in Owen Sound, Hanover
Members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union in Hanover and Owen Sound are on strike as part of a provincewide movement. Local 325 Community Living Hanover and Local 276 Owen Sound Family Health Team are part of thousands of OPSEU workers who walked off the job this week in what they say is “a […]
Nazem Kadri gears up for playoffs, joins hunger-fighting campaign
The London native returns from injury as playoffs begin and teams with Cadbury to support food banks.
United Way’s utility assistance program costs up 300 per cent
The rising costs of home-heating is creating an unsustainable situation for the United Way’s utility assistance program.
Pearson: Volunteers let governments off the hook
The more social agencies do, the less governments are inclined to fill in the gaps in our social safety net