Wency Leung

Wency Leung is a reporter for The Local. She was previously a health reporter for The Globe and Mail. You can reach her by email at wency@thelocal.to or on Twitter @wencyleung

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Promised Childcare Centres Delayed by Provincial Red Tape, says TDSB

Six years after the ministry of education greenlit 28 new childcare centres, construction hasn’t even begun, leaving parents in underserved corners of Toronto struggling to find care.

Feature by Wency Leung

Behind the Unprecedented Rise in Food Bank Use

Food charities started out as a temporary measure to alleviate hunger. But since COVID, demand has skyrocketed for services that were only ever meant to be a stopgap.