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Toronto food bank visits rose 14 per cent over past decade: report

By Shawn Jeffords - THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 31, 2018

TORONTO – A government decision to reduce a planned increase in social assistance will lead to more food bank use in Toronto, the head of a major food bank said Wednesday as his organization released a report indicating more people have…

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Central bank hikes rate, says tariffs already in place to have modest impact

Andy Blatchford - THE CANADIAN PRESS Jul 11, 2018

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday in an economy that it predicts will remain resilient even as it faces an even bigger bite from deepening trade tensions.The rate hike was the central bank's first…