{
  "id": 15889395,
  "title": "Canadian food bank use hits 2.3 million monthly visits due to grocery costs, report finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/canadian-food-bank-use-hits-2-3-million-monthly-visits-due-to-grocery",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T10:01:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CityNews",
    "slug": "citynews",
    "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/21/food-banks-visits-grocery-costs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new report from Food Banks Canada says the number of Canadians struggling with food insecurity continues to grow, as food bank visits hit a new record of more than 2.3 million in March. The non-profit organization’s latest HungerCount report, released today, says the cost-of-living crisis and economic pressures are weighing heavily on nearly 10 […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}