{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Lynda Powless","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/lynda\/","title":"ITK wants Nutrition North scrapped, replaced - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6vODwcB3VK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/itk-wants-nutrition-north-scrapped-replaced\/\">ITK wants Nutrition North scrapped, replaced<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/itk-wants-nutrition-north-scrapped-replaced\/embed\/#?secret=6vODwcB3VK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;ITK wants Nutrition North scrapped, replaced&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"6vODwcB3VK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Arty Sarkisian, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami wants to work with the federal government to develop a \u201cmore effective\u201d replacement for Nutrition North. This is one of 30 ideas included in a 48-page strategy the organization released Tuesday that aims to address the region\u2019s \u201csocioeconomic inequities.\u201d \u201cThis strategy is a roadmap, but it is also an invitation \u2013 an invitation to invest in our vision and to co-create a future in which no Inuit are left behind,\u201d ITK president Natan Obed said. Inuit have lower life expectancy, employment rate and median individual income than other Canadians, and \u201ca basket of groceries can cost two or three times more in Inuit Nunangat than in southern Canada,\u201d the report said. That leads to more than 70 per","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/facebooklogo.jpg","thumbnail_width":725,"thumbnail_height":483}