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Food banks assisting different clientele

The director of the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto says the face of hunger in Toronto is changing. Gail Nyberg, executive director of the food bank, says more of her clients are newly arrived immigrants who came to Toronto hoping to gain employment. Instead, they are struggling to find work and relying on the food bank’s support to make ends meet.

‘Free your pennies,’ give to charity, finance minister says

The federal government has announced plans to discontinue production of the Mint beginning this fall, and some charities are hoping to capitalize on people's unwanted pennies. But businesses may not necessarily profit from the incremental rounding of prices.
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