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Yellowknifers break bread at CBC North's annual friendship breakfast

Yellowknifers came out to break down barriers with the city's homeless population at our annual Friendship Breakfast at Yellowknife's Somba K'e Park on Friday.

Breakfast aims to break down barriers with community’s homeless

Alex Brockman and Loren McGinnis hold down the fort Friday morning at Somba K'e Park in Yellowknife. CBC North and the Rotary Club hosted a Friendship Breakfast for people to get to know their neighbours over a free McDonald's breakfast. (Randall Mckenzie/CBC)

CBC North and the Rotary Club of Yellowknife invited members of the community to breakfast on Friday morning.

People mingle in Somba K'e Park for the Friendship Breakfast. It's an initiative hosted by CBC North and the Rotary Club to encourage Yellowknifers to get to know one another. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)

Yellowknifers came out to break down barriers with the city's homeless population at our annual Friendship Breakfast at Somba K'e Park.

Former Yellowknife city councillor Gail Cyr speaks to Loren McGinnis at the Friendship Breakfast in Somba K'e Park in Yellowknife. (Randall McKenzie/CBC)

CBC N.W.T.'s morning radio show, Trailbreaker, also broadcasted live from the event with host Loren McGinnis.

The Friendship Breakfast in Yellowknife gave people from all walks of life the opportunity to share a meal and get to know each other a little better. (Marilyn Robak/CBC)

The annual breakfast is an opportunity for Yellowknifers to break bread with each other, with McDonald's providing breakfast sandwiches and coffee.

CBC North staff mingle with people at the Friendship Breakfast. (Marilyn Robak/CBC)