Wood Buffalo Food Bank
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Wood Buffalo Food Bank hosts first major food drive in 2 yearsThe Fort McMurray food bank is finally able to host its first major food drive. It comes following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.CanadaNov 28, 2021
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Food bank still dealing with fallout from Fort McMurray wildfireEvery month, the Wood Buffalo Food Bank serves nearly 750 families and about 10 per cent of them are still out of their homes because of wildfire damage.EducationJan 29, 2018
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BMO donates $2M to Fort McMurray wildfire recovery effortsSeveral charitable organizations involved in the Fort McMurray wildfire rebuilding efforts received a big cash injection, thanks to a donation from BMO Bank of Montreal.MoneyNov 17, 2016
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Edmonton’s Food Bank: ‘Food is going out faster than it’s coming in’Edmonton's Food Bank is struggling to keep up with demand. The executive director says this is the worst year she's ever seen and she started in 1989.EconomyOct 19, 2016
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Fort McMurray faced with yet another hurdle: fire at food bankThe region that's been hit by the downturn, a massive wildfire and flooding has been hit again. A fire broke out at the food bank in Fort McMurray Sunday.Aug 24, 2016
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Fort McMurray food bank struggles to meet ‘off the charts’ demandStaff say 96 per cent of people who visited the Wood Buffalo Food Bank in June 2016 had never accessed a food bank before.CanadaAug 2, 2016
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Wood Buffalo Food Bank re-opens after Fort McMurray wildfireAfter weeks of work including disposing of 53,257 possibly contaminated food items and washing 20 pallets of cans, the Wood Buffalo Food Bank is set to re-open to the people of Fort McMurray.ConsumerJun 9, 2016
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Fort McMurray charities still helping despite personal lossesPeople who work for Fort McMurray charities haven't been immune to the wildfire that wiped out whole sections of their community, but they are not letting it stop them from putting others first.CanadaMay 13, 2016
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