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CBC NEWS: Funding agreements for all Nutrition North-registered retailers now include a clause requiring them to make profit margin data available to independent auditors.

The Harper government made the announcement in a news release April 1. 

JOSH ELLIOTT: When it comes to buying the variety and quantity of food they need, Nunavut residents have it harder than anyone else in the country.

GLORIA SONG:Because I live in the North, I’ve been getting questions from my friends in southern Canada about what they can do to help improve the food insecurity problem in Nunavut.

"Feeding My Family is asking supporters to write MPs to ask that more be done for Canada's North. Feeding My Family is a group dedicated to raising awareness about the high cost of food in the north. A letter writing campaign is an easy advocacy tool for citizens to voice opinions about specific issues. The letters may be sent to the Prime Minister, a member of Parliament, or a particular government agency.

ELYSE SKURA: As public outcry over high food prices in Canada's North continues, the federal government says it is taking steps to improve its food subsidy program.

CBC NEWS: Dennis Bevington says the Conservative Government hasn't keeping a promise it made last November in Iqaluit to increase Nutrition North funding by $11.3 million. (CBC)

Bevington says the Conservative Government hasn't been keeping a promise it made last November in Iqaluit to increase Nutrition North funding by $11.3 million.

JOSHUA DAVIDSON:In late 2014, Nunavut's supermarket's prices spiked, garnering national attention for the fifth time since 2013. 

Photos of sky high price tags, buoyed by the Feeding My Family Facebook campaign, surged across social networks and were shared widely.

CBC NEWS: British Columbia is home to the healthiest Canadian population, while residents in Newfoundland and Labrador and the three territories are the least healthy, according to report card released Thursday by the Conference Board of Canada.

The report compared residents' health in each province and territory, while comparing Canada as a whole to the U.S., Japan, Australia and 12 countries in Western Europe.

ZI-ANN LUM: Months after Auditor General Michael Ferguson lacerated the federal government’s inadequate oversight of Nutrition North, a Conservative cabinet minister reiterated it’s up to retailers to make sure food subsidies are passed on to shoppers.

APTN NATIONAL NEWS: Northern food activists [Feeding My Family] attempted a boycott Saturday of the North West Company, the biggest retail outlet in the North. APTN's Iqaluit team stopped by the Northmart to see if the boycott worked.