Sheldon Oskineegish lives in Nibinamik First Nation, about 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, 

He knows first-hand what it's like to buy groceries at northern prices.

"It's worth like $300, $500 for a couple bags of groceries, and I don't know if that's manageable," he said.

He also works with a new program that is working to lower food costs in remote northern Ontario and Manitoba communities. He was in Thunder Bay on Wednesday at a ceremony, where a sacred drum was awakened to celebrate the pr…