From Dumpster to Dinner: Dumpster Diving in Ottawa
Garbage bags fly out of a dumpster in a back alley at midnight. Organic potatoes, kale, and chanterelle mushrooms spill out onto the ground. Afnan Khan’s head pops out from inside the bin. He climbs out and picks up the produce, cleans it on his shirt, and places it in a backpack. Khan is an urban food hunter – also known as a dumpster diver. “Everything you could ever want is thrown away,” said Khan, 20, an Ottawa resident. “There’s...
Experts weigh in on genetic non-discrimination bill
A bill aiming to prevent genetic discrimination could give people a better quality of life, a Toronto pediatrician told a Parliamentary committee today.