Canadian Arctic: two arrests in connection with grocery store fire in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Two youths have been arrested with arson charges pending in connection with a fire that destroyed the warehouse of Iqaluit,
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Nutrition North
Inuit in Canada’s east-Arctic say Ottawa not committed to fixing northern food subsidy program
The 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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Canada’s northern food security program has ‘lost its way’, says federal minister
Canada’s Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is promising changes to the federal government’s northern food security subsidy program
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Canadian PM directs northern minister to update and expand Nutrition North program
Nutrition North is on the to-do list of Canada’s new minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade. Minister
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Ottawa adds 37 more communities to its Nutrition North subsidy program
The federal government is expanding its food subsidy program for isolated northern communities by adding 37 communities where food prices
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Food subsidy board says program working for Canada’s North
The chair of Canada’s Nutrition North Advisory Board says the food subsidy program is having a positive impact on northerners.
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Food program changes business in Canada’s Arctic
Changes to the supply chain for Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. are creating new transportation routes in Canada’s High Arctic. Arctic Co-operatives
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