'Tis the season for giving and southern Alberta food banks need all the help they can get. The Interfaith Food Bank in Lethbridge is expecting to feed almost 500 extra families this holiday season.

Food banks across the province are feeling the pressure from an ever slowing economy, with more and more Albertans losing their jobs and donations continuing to slow down. Erik Mikkelsen reports.

During a typical month, the Taber Food Bank Society divvies out about 135 hampers, but lately it's been closer to 155.