New reports highlight rising food prices in B.C.

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A series of reports show that food banks are expecting another increase in demand this year. The rate of child poverty has increased and shoppers are no longer loyal to their regular food markets. This in an attempt by shoppers to make ends meet.

“I shop around, whoever has the best deals, that’s the grocery store that I go to,” said Kimmie Iyer.

“We are seeing increased demand day over day, week over week,” said Treska Watson, director of operations for the Mustard Seed Food Bank in Victoria. The 2023 BC Child Poverty Report Card shows that one in seven children in B.C. is now living in poverty. Mac Sinise, the son of 'Forrest Gump' actor Gary Sinise, has died at the age of 33 following a long illness with a rare form of cancer, his family has announced.

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