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Saskatoon Food Bank executive director Laurie O’Connor says over 24,000 people a month access the Saskatoon Food Bank, she adds the increasing number is a trend a cross the country. December is also the Food Bank’s biggest fundraising season.

Saskatoon is celebrating Halloween in all kinds of different ways with trick or treating events and food bank donations. People are getting excited for Halloween night.

Food Banks Canada’s annual hunger report shows an alarming number of Canadians are using food banks. CFL Commissioner, Stewart Johnson announces the Roughriders and Mosaic Stadium as the hosts for the 2027 Grey Cup. A group of seniors join the provincial NDP in calling on the Sask. Party government to introduce rent control.

WATCH: Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre executive director Laurie O’Connor says the food bank is still helping around 23,000 people per month. She says with school food programs not running during summer holidays, more families would feel a stretch on their budget.

WATCH: Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre executive director Laurie O’Connor says the annual city-wide food drive this month helps stock their shelves before summer beings.

WATCH: Saskatoon-based company Levis Tech launches their inventory software FoodCopia. CEO Jared Fedorchuk says their technology helps streamline operations to ensure food bank resources reach those in need more efficiently including at the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre.

Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre executive director Laurie O’Connor says the food bank program is under pressure over recent years and due to inflationary rises.

WATCH: Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre to benefit from Canada’s Great Kitchen Party being held in Saskatoon on Thursday, October 24.

A long-running food festival in Saskatoon may not be back next summer. But several local restaurants don’t want to see the end of Taste of Saskatchewan. Kyle Benning reports.

Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre is still providing safe, and nutritious food for those that need it but without the volunteers in the building.

Saskatoon arborist Gavin Peters, of Sterling Tree Service, offers a Christmas tree pick-up program for the cost of a donation to the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre.

Local organizations such as the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre are looking to help change the poverty rate for children in Saskatchewan. Ciara Yaschuk reports.

Saskatoon residents can learn all about fermenting vegetables with an upcoming “Fermentation Mob.” Global’s Carly Robinson learns about the process and helps out with the harvest.

For many food over the holidays is a given, however every year the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre feeds thousands in need. Carly Robinson heads to Rock 102 Stuff the Bus campaign and talks with Laurie O’Connor about the need to donate all year round.

The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre is bracing for one of its busiest seasons but at the same time, donations are expected to fall as summer nears. Ryan Kessler reports.

Some last minute donations to the Saskatoon Food Bank will help the organization fill Christmas food hampers. Rebekah Lesko reports.

Learn how Great Western supporting charities in the province and how people can support the Saskatoon food bank at the annual pancake breakfast.

Run by the community for the community, an acre-and-a-half urban farm is helping provide over 15,000 pounds of produce each year for the Saskatoon Food Bank.

Rising food costs is impacting the Saskatoon Food Bank & Learning Centre.

With people stocking up, it is important to remember that food banks need donations and are currently facing a shortage of essential food products.