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As more students in northeastern Ontario line up at food banks, some post-secondary institutions are stepping up to help feed them on campus.

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Food banks in northeastern Ontario say they’re feeding more people than ever before, and many of them are first-time users.

More than 150 volunteers, $45,000 in one-day food donations ‘shows how much people in the Sault want to help’

Article content St. Vincent Place has a new fundraising event aimed at bringing family and friends together in a COVID-safe way while raising donations for the organization. Billed as the Fight Hunger Games 2.0, the event will have two parts that participants can get involved in. The first will be a game-a-thon, in which teams will collect pledges for committing to playing any game for a set amount of time. The second part will be a virtual Fortnite tournament. “We had a Fight Hunger Games ...

Article content St. Vincent Place will stop offering emergency housing for men this fall because the downtown shelter doesn’t have the staff, and the related training, to care for clients with serious mental health and addiction concerns that have increased in recent years. Those beds will move to the former Sacred Heart school. Clients will be helped by Canadian Mental Health Association staff. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Door closes on em...