Federal funding will extend breakfast program to all N.B. schools

Federal funding will extend breakfast program to all N.B. schools

SHEDIAC • The National School Food Program is coming to 160 schools in New Brunswick, making government-supplied breakfasts universal in the province, federal and provincial officials announced Friday.

In various areas of the state, both rural and urban, thousands of children receive their only food of the day in school canteens, according to Marisol Rosso, president of the State DIF. It is estimated that between 50 and 60 percent of preschool and primary students face this situation. To address the problem, the DIF has implemented a school canteen program that, in 2025, adds 89 new spaces in 24 municipalities, thus benefiting more than 47,000…