We have a reporter from Iqaluit doing a feature on 30 students going to Toronto from Kugluktuk for a soccer camp and to attend the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Kugluktuk is in Nunavut, and was formerly called Coppermine. So many communities in the NWT and Nunavut have changed their names since I was last here. Snowdrift is now Lutselk'e and Homan is Ulukhaktok. I'm still trying to learn all the new names...
Kugluktuk is a community of 1362 people and, like so many places in the north, doesn't have much to offer in the way of accommodations. You can easily play $150 to stay in a rundown prefab unit. The reporter and cameraperson couldn't book anything, so they found a couple willing to take them in during the shoot. But this couple indicated they didn't want cash as payment. Nope--they want dog food. So, I signed a petty cash voucher today for a 50-pound bag of dog food that the crew will lug with them, along with the camera gear, to pay for their accommodation in Kugluktuk. A real deal at $25.
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are you serious? dog food is more valuable than money??? nuts.
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