Executive director says he had to use cash to stock up on goods for the first time in 20 years The Red Deer Food Bank says it's struggling to keep up with demand, even as Alberta's economy rebounds.

(Dan McGarvey/CBC) Solotki, working with another charity called Relay, helped the Red Deer Food Bank set up a heated geodesic dome greenhouse this summer, with a 52-foot hydroponics system also ...

Everyone has heard about Alberta’s economic downturn, but staff at the Red Deer Food Bank Society see the face of it every day. “Fear, anger, insecurity, so many things,” Fred Scaife said.