Labrador residents say “inhumane” food prices force families to go hungry

(CP)- 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 blended family with seven children in Nain, the northernmost community in Labrador. She and her husband have three jobs between them — it’s the only way they can afford enough food to feed the entire family, she said. Last winter, when they had just two sources of income, they regularly skipped meals so their children could eat, Harris said. She still feels anxious some mornings when she reaches for a slice of toast, like she’s taking something from her family. “It was hard getting back into a routine of,…

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