Dave Blottner News Today

The East Coast-themed dinner event aims to raise funds for the food bank to build its own kitchen

Roughly 60 per cent of variation in hamper demand could be attributed to changes in housing costs

The food bank witnessed record-breaking demand over the 2023 holiday season

Zander Paszkiewicz, who just turned four, dropped off 20 boxes of cereal at the Whitehorse food bank. He had asked his friends to buy him cereal for his birthday.

Holiday food drive gets underway Nov. 30

In the last year, the number of people using food banks in the Yukon has gone up by 20 per cent, and since the start of the pandemic it's doubled, according to the Food Bank Society. 

Yukoner Brett Elliot says one staple item, chicken breast, has almost doubled in price. The Food Bank Society of Whitehorse says "it doesn't matter who your family is, it's really hard to weather those increases."

Due to the extreme cold in Whitehorse, the food bank will be closed on Saturday. This is the second time this week cold weather forced it to close.