Food bank use is widening and more people are accessing them for the first time, local providers say

A Feed Ontario report found over onemillion people accessed a food bank and 40 per cent of them had never used one before. Providers in Hamilton, Burlington and Niagara say they're seeing the same trends. "Poverty is not only deepening for people who were already experiencing food insecurity, but it's also widening," says the executive director of Food For Life.