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A look at news events in September 2023: 1 – Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett dies at the age of 76. His song ''Margaritaville" was released in 1977 and spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

A look at news events in August 2023: 01 - The last surviving miner from the October 1958 Springhill, Nova Scotia coal mine disaster dies. Harold Brine was 91.

A look at news events in July 2023: 1 – Scores of forest fires burn in Ontario and Quebec, and the smoke drifts hundreds of kilometres into the southern reaches of the provinces and into the central and northeastern U.S.

A look at news events in June 2023.

A look at news events in May 2023: 1 – Legendary Canadian folk singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies of natural causes at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital at the age of 84.

A look at events in April 2023: 01 - The family of Vancouver radio personality Red Robinson says he died after a brief illness.

A look at news events in March 2023: 1 – The government of Greece declares three days of national mourning after a deadly train crash in the northern part of the country the night before.

A look at news events in February 2023: 4 – The U.S. military shoots down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden. U.S.

A look at news events in January 2023: 4 – Canada marks the first National Ribbon Skirt Day, after a bill to recognize the event every Jan. 4 passed in Parliament late last year.

MONTREAL — Increasing demand for food assistance this year, coupled with a regular spike in users during the holiday season, has strained Canadian food banks this month, the directors of multiple Canadian food bank associations say.