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Tales of Sea Cans Helping Neighbours: the North of 60 Project Trucks on in the West

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Over the past couple years, the SSVP North of 60 project faced many challenges such as climate change, low river levels, fires, floods, river barge cancellations, increased trucking expenses, increased ocean barge expenses and a rise in inflation.  The determination and resiliency of many, both locally and in the northern communities has formed a partnership that keeps the North of 60 Project strong.

The 2025 sea cans from St. Albert AB are packed with food, necessities and items for various community groups in Ulukhaktok.  They will leave in June as soon as the ferries are operational. The trucks will leave Edmonton for the North, sea cans will be dropped off at Tsiigehchic, Fort MacPherson, Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk.  Aklavik’s sea can will be dropped off in Inuvik where it will wait to be trucked the rest of the way this winter when the ice road is ready.  An ocean barge will take sea cans from Tuktoyaktuk, across the Beaufort Sea to the coastal communities of Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk arriving there in the fall.  Once a winter road is driveable in February, Fort Good Hope’s  sea can will be trucked from Edmonton.  Sachs Harbour, population of 150, will be supported by local grocery store credits instead of a sea can.  

Thank you to volunteers for presenting pulpit talks and for showing up at our work bees to sort, pack, label, move and load the sea can:

Larry Tutt, Ken Gallagher, Lou & Lynn Duigou, Maxine Breda, Irene Wilson, Louise & Ken Seymour, their grandson John Shields, The Wangler family: Sam, Luke, Peter, Anna, Matthew & Katalin, Keith Hart, and our neighbors, Seth and Aiden Maki.

Blessings and thank you.

Linda Tutt, Chair

St Albert, Society of St Vincent de Paul
North of 60 Project with Ulukhaktok
L@tutt.ca

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Three ladies from Ulukhaktok were here in May and were overjoyed to see the sea can ready to ship.

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