First Nations communities in northern Manitoba already pay high prices for fuel and groceries, and many are worried about the impact rising costs will have on struggling families.
“Prices are extremely ridiculous,” said Tanya Highway, a mother of three.
Highway is Cree and a member of Barren Lands First Nation in Brochet, about 940 kilometres north of Winnipeg. The remote community of about 300 does not have a year-round road connection; it’s accessible by plane, by boat in summer and by winter road usually from January to March.
It’s one of 121 northern and isolated communities eligible for the federal Nutrition North Canada program, which subsidizes the shipping costs
