Nutrition North
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Feds expand northern grocery subsidy to include feminine hygiene productsIt's the latest tweak to the Nutrition North program intended to reduce the high cost of living for northern families.CanadaAug 21, 2019
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Food insecurity increasing in Nunavut despite feds’ program to fight hunger: studyNewly published research has concluded that food insecurity in Nunavut grew after a federal program was brought in to fight hunger in the North.CanadaMay 21, 2019
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Iqaluit’s population turns to Amazon to save money, government program ‘not working’Sky-high food prices in the North have led many residents of Iqaluit to turn to Amazon Prime to save on necessities. But is that a sustainable solution?CanadaJul 11, 2017
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$20 ground beef? Northern Ontario First Nations spend more than 50% of income on foodFirst Nations families living in remote parts of Northern Ontario are spending more than half of their income on food in order to meet basic nutritional news, according to a new report.CanadaSep 12, 2016
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Nutrition North: Hunger in the ArcticThe federal government's $60-million food subsidy, Nutrition North, is only the latest of the proposed solutions that has stumbled under mismanagement and the enormity of the hunger problem.CanadaJan 23, 2015
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What went wrong with Nutrition North?For years, northerners have complained about Nutrition North to anyone who would listen, grumbling that the $60-million annual federal food subsidy was doing little to ease their staggering grocery costs.CanadaDec 21, 2014
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Constituents dumpster diving? Aglukkaq reads newspaper rather than answerEnvironment Minister Leona Aglukkaq is facing criticism after she chose to read a newspaper instead of answer questions on the food crisis in Canada’s north.CanadaDec 2, 2014
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