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Women of Yellowknife Face Transport and Paper Bag Shortages
In Yellowknife, women contend with no bus or streetcar service. They rely on inadequate private transport, heavy loads, and scarce goods as freight costs soar. Summer freighters and winter cat trains move supplies, with plane service limited to essentials. A looming paper bag shortage prompts advice to reuse bags for groceries and lunches.
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