Stores in Haines could now advertise they offer Interior-bound motorists the last groceries for 400 miles.
Madley’s, the sole grocery store in Haines Junction, Y.T., closed in September, leaving about 800 village residents with little alternative but to drive two hours east to Whitehorse for groceries.
“People are driving to Whitehorse more and shopping for other people – to a point. If you start advertising that you’re going, pretty soon you’re carrying around 12 people’s…
