N.W.T. MLA touring Sahtú this week with Food Banks Canada and Nutrition North
Public meetings planned in each community to discuss options for food bank services Sahtú MLA Danny McNeely is scheduled to visit
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Nutrition North
Former NTI president appointed to lead external review of Nutrition North
Aluki Kotierk says she will look for ways to make the program ‘more efficient or more effective’ The federal government
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Northern stores ‘absolutely not’ raising food costs with new federal funding: CEO
By Sarah Smellie The chief executive of the North West Co. Inc. is rejecting accusations that its stores in remote
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‘Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs
By Sarah Smellie Emails reveal people are concerned they aren’t getting the benefit of subsidies meant to keep food affordable
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External review of Nutrition North food subsidy program possible, minister says
Minister Dan Vandal responds to allegations that subsidy is not always passed entirely to northerners Canada’s northern affairs minister says
Read moreWhat’s behind rising food costs in Canada’s North?
By Steven D’Souza, Linda Guerriero, Lisa Ellenwood, Ivan Angelovski When spending more than $100 yields only a little bag of
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Federal government extends pandemic funding for northern food security
Nutrition North program subsidies put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue for at least two more years, says
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Health, climate among northern highlights from Canadian budget
Caroline Cochrane, the premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT), watched the federal budget announcement Monday, in hopes the spending would
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Northerners welcome changes to Canada’s Nutrition North program, but wish for more
People across the North are pleased to see changes to Nutrition North, the federal program that aims to make food
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Sealifted goods, tampons added to Canada’s Nutrition North subsidy program
Nutrition North will begin subsidizing non-perishable food items and products like diapers when they are shipped via sealift to remote
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Canada’s Nunavut territory to get large slice of $40 million federal harvester support program
A national Inuit organization is pushing for Inuit to get a significant chunk of Ottawa’s promised $40 million for a
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Food insecurity rising in Canada’s eastern Arctic since launch of federal subsidy program
Food insecurity in Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) has gotten worse since the introduction of the Nutrition North program in 2011,
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Canadian gov holds off on Nutrition North changes to gather more input from Inuit
The federal government is holding off on cutting Nutrition North subsidies to nearly three dozen food items, CBC News has
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Millions of dollars in grocery subsidies haven’t lessened food insecurity in Canada’s North
There’s a boil-water advisory in Iqaluit, Nunavut and Jo Ellen Pameolik, a mother of four, has just purchased a 24-pack
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Canada to boost subsidies on flour, frozen fruit in major Nutrition North update
Diapers, macaroni, spaghetti, dried beans and frozen french fries are among the new items now going to be subsidized under
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