Canada says nearly 2 million people used food banks in March 2023, the highest number since the group began collecting data in 1989, according to its annual survey.According to Food Banks Canada, food insecurity is increasing due to inflation and the high cost of living, which is why more people are using food banks.One in 10 people in Toronto is using food banks.According to Daily Bread and North York Harvest Food Bank's Who's Hungry report, between April 2022 and March 2023 visits were reported to have increased by 51 percent and show no signs of slowing.The number of visitors to the Toronto

Canadian health organizations have urged the federal government to crack down on flavored nicotine products.Other organizations, including the Canadian Cancer Society, say nicotine products pose a serious risk to children because it is a highly addictive drug.This is the first time in more than 100 years that nicotine products have been legalized to be sold to children in Canada, said Rob Cunningham, senior policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society.Health Canada gave approval for flavored nicotine pouches on October 12, prompting strong reactions from health organizations and demanding the

Canadian Heritage has released its final policy direction for the Liberals' controversial Online Streaming Act, which aims to modernize the country's broadcasting laws.The final direction for the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to implement the legislation was issued today.This marks the end of the government's direct role with the law formerly known as Bill C-11, the Liberal government's second attempt to bring major online streaming services into Canada's broadcasting system alongside traditional media such as TV and radio.The final policy direction explicitly ins

Residents of the Northwest Territories are heading to the polls today, more than a month after the election was originally set to be held.The election had been scheduled for Oct. 3, but was delayed because of a wildfire season that saw about 70 per cent of the territory's population under evacuation order.Legislature members voted unanimously to delay the election during a late August session held in the town of Inuvik, with the capital Yellowknife and its roughly 20,000 residents still under an evacuation order at the time.Premier Caroline Cochrane announced in September that she wasn't runni

The Royal Canadian Mint will soon begin producing Canadian coins bearing the face of King Charles.On the King's 75th birthday, the Winnipeg-based facility is set to showcase its design of the new British monarch that will appear on one side of all its coins, replacing the image of the late Queen Elizabeth II.The design by Canadian portrait artist Steven Rosati was chosen from among submissions by 350 artists.It was sent to Buckingham Palace for approval.Earlier this year, the federal government directed the mint and the Bank of Canada to replace the image of the queen with one of the King on c

The Bank of Canada has warned that interest rates are unlikely to return to the low levels seen over the past 15 years.Central Bank Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers told a news conference in Vancouver that the era of very low interest rates is over and Canadians will have to adapt to a higher interest rate environment.She said that people across the world are facing high interest rates.The Senior Deputy Governor said that geopolitical risks such as the Ukraine war and the Israel-Gaza war affect energy prices and supply chains in a way that could lead to higher inflation and further intere

The U.S. secretary of state is once again urging India to help Canada advance its investigation into the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.Antony Blinken says it's very important for India to co-operate so that the investigation can continue to move forward.Blinken made the comments today after meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior Indian officials in New Delhi.He says India and Canada are two close friends and partners of the U.S. and wants to see the dispute resolved as soon as possible.Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh activist long denounced by India as an extremist, was shot and

Canada's transport minister and the RCMP say an investigation is underway into what they call "threats" against Air India, after an online video warned people not to fly on the airline on Nov. 19.Pablo Rodriguez says in a social media post that the government takes any threat to aviation "extremely seriously."He says Canada and its security partners are investigating the "recent threats circulating online," and his press secretary confirms Rodriguez was referring to comments about Air India.RCMP spokeswoman Kristine Kelly says police are collaborating with domestic and international partners a

Some 266 Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their family members had their names added to the list of foreign passport holders allowed to exit the Gaza Strip today.Officials at the Rafah border crossing into Egypt were expected to start processing the latest batch of people looking to flee the latest Israel-Hamas conflict around 7 a.m. local time.Another 32 people connected to Canada were able to leave the Gaza Strip on Thursday, after an initial 75 citizens, permanent residents and family members made the trip on Tuesday.No Canadians were able to cross via official means on Wednesday