Matthew Barker

St. Catharines

Reporter at The Peterborough Examiner

Reporter at St. Catharines Standard| Homelessness, Housing & Food Insecurity | *retweets not endorsements* [email protected]

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Niagara rents stagnate despite national averages falling

4 days ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Matthew Barker

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A record not worthy of celebration: Need for food aid in Niagara soaring

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Matthew Barker

It’s being called a growing food emergency in Ontario, and Niagara’s escalating numbers associated with people turning to community shelves for pasta, peanut butter and other staples confirms that. Jon Braithwaite, chief executive officer of The Hope Centre, said the need for food aid is startling as more and more people seek help putting dinner on the table. He said “each month is a new record” in terms of the number of people turning to his Welland agency.
‘We need to rely on our community members to step up,’ as Niagara nutrition programs struggle to feed students

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Matthew Barker

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‘We need to rely on our community members to step up,’ as Niagara nutrition programs struggle to feed students

2 weeks ago | wellandtribune.ca | Matthew Barker

Community agencies are stepping up to feed Niagara students as more are going to school hungry each day. This as nutrition programs struggle to keep up with demand and high grocery costs, such as Niagara Nutrition Partners. Its program manager, Jessica Stephenson, said it is not just her organization feeling the pinch.
Adopt-A-Row campaign puts fresh fruit and vegetables on tables of Niagara’s food insecure families

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Matthew Barker

Sowing seeds to feed the community is the goal of Start Me Up Niagara’s Adopt-a-Row fundraiser, which runs until the end of May. The campaign hopes to raise $10,000 in support of the agency’s 0.8-hectare garden at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, which last year produced more than 6,350 kilograms of fruits and vegetables for food insecure people across Niagara. Garden staff and volunteers in 2024 also collected about 12,700 kg of fresh produce from the research centre’s fields.
St. Catharines Downtown Association director leaving to head up provincial BIA

2 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Matthew Barker

St. Catharines Downtown Association is bidding farewell to its executive director as she prepares to take on a new mantle. Rachel Braithwaite leaves her position at the end of Friday, after recently accepting executive directorship of Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA). Braithwaite took the helm of the local association in June 2021, coming from the Barton Village Business Improvement Area in Hamilton.
St. Catharines Downtown Association director leaving to head up provincial BIA

2 weeks ago | wellandtribune.ca | Matthew Barker

St. Catharines Downtown Association is bidding farewell to its executive director as she prepares to take on a new mantle. Rachel Braithwaite leaves her position at the end of Friday, after recently accepting executive directorship of Ontario Business Improvement Area Association (OBIAA). Braithwaite took the helm of the local association in June 2021, coming from the Barton Village Business Improvement Area in Hamilton.
Docuseries segment to highlight how Niagara is tackling housing crisis

3 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Matthew Barker

A documentary series looking at housing solutions in Canada is featuring Niagara-based housing organizations and advocates for an episode planned to air later this year. The five- to seven-part series, focusing on the housing crisis in Canada and the complexity surrounding it, is set to include an episode on Niagara’s contribution to housing solutions being implemented through different organizations on the housing continuum.
Docuseries segment to highlight how Niagara is tackling housing crisis

3 weeks ago | wellandtribune.ca | Matthew Barker

A documentary series looking at housing solutions in Canada is featuring Niagara-based housing organizations and advocates for an episode planned to air later this year. The five- to seven-part series, focusing on the housing crisis in Canada and the complexity surrounding it, is set to include an episode on Niagara’s contribution to housing solutions being implemented through different organizations on the housing continuum.
‘Somebody has to be held accountable’: No arrest in St. Catharines hit-and-run that left unhoused man with severe brain injury

3 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Matthew Barker

The family of a hit-and-run victim left with life-altering brain injuries earlier this year is appealing to the community for help in locating the driver and vehicle. On Jan. 8, just before 6:30 p.m. Maurice Hussin, an unhoused man, attempted to cross Church Street near Start Me Up Niagara’s resource centre and was struck by a vehicle, resulting in him being airlifted to a Hamilton area hospital.