By Arty Sarkisian, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Iqaluit’s food centre’s serving of meals at record-high levels highlights the “crushing” demand for assistance and worsening food security crisis, says its executive director Joseph Murdoch-Flowers. “We are trying our very best,” he said Friday during a news conference at the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre near St. Jude’s Anglican Cathedral. The event came just a month before the Oct. 27 territorial election. About 20 people attending the event, including Iqaluit-area candidates Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster, George Hickes and Gwen Healey Akearok. On Sept. 17, the food centre served 639 meals. In a city of roughly 8,000 residents, that accounts for eight per cent of the population. “But I know that even if we’re providing over 600 meals in a day, we’re still…
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