By Mike Balkwill

Doug Ford goes back to the well on water bottling ban

The province has extended a moratorium on water bottling operations, but is it just a stall tactic?

Dec 09, 2019

Mike Balkwill

Doug Ford government puts Ontario’s water up for grabs

The provincial moratorium on new permits to bottle water may expire on January 1 opening the tap for multinationals like Nestlé

Nov 07, 2019

Mike Balkwill

Big-profit banks steal show at CBC’s annual food drive

If the Grinch had gone to the same finishing school as Bay Street bankers, he might have got away with stealing Christmas.

Dec 13, 2015

Mike Balkwill

Big-profit banks steal show at CBC’s annual food drive

Their donations represent less than one-millionth of their bottom line, a pretty cheap price for a shiny Christmas ornament to deflect the attention of the public from growing food bank use

Dec 13, 2015

Mike Balkwill

The changing face of poverty in northern Ontario

What I learned about how poverty is different for people living in the province's northern reaches

Aug 12, 2015

Mike Balkwill

Dispatches on poverty from northern Ontario

Where a cab ride to pick up food can cost you $908.

Jul 25, 2014

Mike Balkwill

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