By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Thunder Bay Source SIOUX LOOKOUT – The high cost of putting food on the table in northern First Nations is impacting public health, according to a Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority official. A new report from the health authority says families in northern First Nations are spending a quarter of their income on basic foods. Authors of The Cost of Eating Well in Kiiwetinoong estimate the cost of feeding a family of four with a healthy diet in the remote communities served by the health authority is up to 69 per cent higher “than a similar healthy diet purchased in Northwestern Ontario towns and cities.” “I think it certainly impacts on families,” Janet Gordon, the health authority’s vice-president of community health, said Thursday….
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