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A band store is bringing food savings to Fort Chip

Tamara Pimentel
Feb 04, 2019

The price of food in a northern Alberta First Nation has dropped by at least half.

That’s because the community operates a seasonal store.

APTN reporter Tamara Pimentel went to Fort Chipweyan to find out more.

Video Journalist / Calgary

Tamara is Métis from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She received a diploma in interactive media arts at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon and has worked as a videographer for CBC in Winnipeg and Iqaluit. Tamara was hired by APTN in 2016 as a camera/editor and is now a video journalist in our Calgary bureau.

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