Canada Post cracks down on Nunavut loophole to get free Amazon Prime shipping

Amanda Eecherk is worried her grocery bills will skyrocket after Canada Post closed a loophole that people across Nunavut were using to stock their pantries with items shipped for free through Amazon Prime .But with a slight change to her postal code when purchasing through Amazon, Eecherk could get almost 10 cans sent to the hamlet on the northwestern side of Hudson Bay for the same cost.

"Saving that money, then you knew you had money in the bank account for the gas ... not luxury items, but fresh produce,” Eecherk said. Krista Matthews has started an online petition calling for Amazon Prime to extend its free shipping services to the all communities in the North. Matthews said she wished someone from the corporation would travel to the region to see why reasonable shipping costs are crucial.

The only known reptile in the Northwest Territories could soon be added to the territory's list of species of risk. The red-sided garter snake lives around Fort Smith, but after last summer's wildfires burned much of their habitat in the South Slave, the territory's species at risk committee is reporting that the snake's population is under threat.

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