Nov 30, 2022
Staging supplies from Tukoyaktuk earlier in season and cat trains among suggestions
Winter deliveries by cat train, or staged deliveries from the Beaufort Delta region earlier in the year are among the solutions some leaders are suggesting to help northern communities get yearly resupplies of goods on time.
Marine Transportation Services (MTS) blamed high winds and low water levels for this year’s cancelled barge to Sachs Harbour, N.W.T.
It wasn’t the first time such a cancellation had happened. In 2018, the barge couldn’t make its deliveries to Paulatuk, N.W.T., or Kugluktuk and Cambridge Bay in Nunavut due to impassable ice.
Whatever the reason, northern leaders are calling for solutions to ensure communities get their supplies — especially as the climate warms and weather patterns change.
Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-barge-resupply-leaders-solutions-1.6668745
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