It's no secret that grocery prices in Canadian northern communities are high due to the cost of transportation. But inflation has driven those prices into unmanageable territory.
Victor Fern, a member of the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation, says he is concerned for his community as grocery prices skyrocket due to inflation.
Fern, a member of the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation, was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He said it stems from how people in the north are forced to eat. "If you're trying to get a caribou for each house, by the time it's said and done, it would probably cost close to about $200,000 for one hunt for the community."
Isadore said this has caused trapping —an Indigenous tradition — to become, for the most part, a thing of the past.Sask. residents prepare for frugal Christmas as high cost of living delivers blow to budgetsJim Lemaigre, MLA for Athabasca, said the high cost of living in the north is nothing new. Lemaigre is from the Clearwater River Dene Nation, near La Loche, where most of his family still resides.
The Fond du Lac resident said the $500 cheques are the first time he can recall the provincial government helping his community.
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