Exploring Theme: "Nutrition North"

A shopper looks on shelves inside the Northern Store where most groceries and goods are purchased in Nain, N.L., in 2023. Photo: Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press.  APTN News: The Canadian Press– People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving...

Nain has some of the highest food prices in remote Canadian regions CBC Indigenous: A mother in a community where the cost of living is one of the highest in the country says grocery prices are “inhumane” and retailers are putting profits ahead of people’s basic human right to food. Rosie Harris lives in a...

Old Crow is the only Yukon community eligible to receive the Nutrition North Canada program subsidy CBC Indigenous: Nearly $27 for a 12-pack of yogurt cups, and $24 for a four-litre jug of milk — those are some of the prices residents in Old Crow, Yukon, have to pay at their local co-op store. And the...

Isabelle Chapadeau breaks down the price of a small grocery trip in Pangnirtung, Nunavut to her TikTok followers.  APTN News: In the town of Pangnirtung, where the cost of living is well above the national average, Isabelle Chapadeau, a mother of two, is using social media to make her voice heard in the struggle against...

Federal government commits external review of program. The Nutrition North Canada subsidy is supposed to reduce the high cost of food in northern and remote communities. Photo: APTN.  APTN News: A federal subsidy program that is supposed to make food cheaper in remote and northern communities is heading for an external review, says the minister...

APTN report shows subsidy program short-changing northern consumers. APTN News: The NDP says it has passed a motion calling on the CEO of NorthWest Company and general manager of Kimik Co-operatative Association to appear before the House of Commons’ Indigenous Affairs committee and talk about the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) program. The heads of two...

Nunavut MP says she’s considering whether to ask auditor general to review subsidy program. APTN News: The minister of Northern Affairs says an “internal review” has been launched into the Nutrition North Canada (NNC) program that provides subsidies to grocery chains to make food more affordable in northern and remote communities. “Our government is absolutely...

APTN News: NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Nutrition North needs an overhaul after seeing APTN Investigates’ episode Food for Profit that examined the program. “We’d been hearing from people already that live in northern communities that the Nutrition North program wasn’t working,” Singh said on the latest edition of Nation to Nation. “So, we knew that, but...

NDP is calling for ‘urgent action’ to reform the food subsidy program.  Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne waits to appear at the House Agriculture and Agri-Food committee, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 in Ottawa. Photo: Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.  APTN News: The federal minister of Innovation, Science and Industry says more information is needed...

Up to 67 per cent of a federal subsidy to alleviate hunger in northern Canada is being pocketed by grocers, researchers have found. Illustration by Ata Ojani  Canada’s National Observer: Grocery retailers supplying food to dozens of Canada’s most food-insecure communities are pocketing up to over half of a federal subsidy to reduce hunger, researchers...