Northern MLA sends letter to Indigenous Relations Minister over cost of living

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Northern MLA sends letter to Indigenous Relations Minister over cost of living

In the wake of recent reports of scurvy cases in the north, a northern Saskatchewan MLA is reaching out to the federal government to intervene. Recent reports from a doctor treating northern patients in La Ronge, found 27 cases of scurvy, or Vitamin C deficiency, among just over 50 patients tested. The tests were done at the behest of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. In the days after that report was made public, Cumberland NDP MLA Jordan McPhail w…