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
Read moreBy Sarah Smellie The chief executive of the North West Co. Inc. is rejecting accusations that its stores in remote
Read moreBy Sarah Smellie Emails reveal people are concerned they aren’t getting the benefit of subsidies meant to keep food affordable
Read moreMinister Dan Vandal responds to allegations that subsidy is not always passed entirely to northerners Canada’s northern affairs minister says
Read moreBy Steven D’Souza, Linda Guerriero, Lisa Ellenwood, Ivan Angelovski When spending more than $100 yields only a little bag of
Read moreNutrition North program subsidies put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue for at least two more years, says
Read moreCaroline Cochrane, the premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT), watched the federal budget announcement Monday, in hopes the spending would
Read morePeople across the North are pleased to see changes to Nutrition North, the federal program that aims to make food
Read moreNutrition North will begin subsidizing non-perishable food items and products like diapers when they are shipped via sealift to remote
Read moreA national Inuit organization is pushing for Inuit to get a significant chunk of Ottawa’s promised $40 million for a
Read moreFood insecurity in Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) has gotten worse since the introduction of the Nutrition North program in 2011,
Read moreThe federal government is holding off on cutting Nutrition North subsidies to nearly three dozen food items, CBC News has
Read moreThere’s a boil-water advisory in Iqaluit, Nunavut and Jo Ellen Pameolik, a mother of four, has just purchased a 24-pack
Read moreDiapers, macaroni, spaghetti, dried beans and frozen french fries are among the new items now going to be subsidized under
Read moreTwo youths have been arrested with arson charges pending in connection with a fire that destroyed the warehouse of Iqaluit,
Read moreThe federal government is promising changes to its northern food subsidy program, but Labrador’s Nunatsiavut government (eastern Canada) says Ottawa isn’t listening to
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