Northern First Nation asks neighbouring town to nix alcohol at events
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Last year one community in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories loosened it’s restrictions on selling booze.
In spite of a local bylaw, Pangnirtung is considered the ‘wettest dry community’ in the North.
That’s because alcohol is readily and easily available.
Whether Metis, First Nation, or Inuit–our peoples struggle with addictions.
The causes are well known: Residential schools, intergenerational trauma and racism all play a part.
Nunavut has some of the most restrictive liquor laws in the country.