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Q&A | N.W.T. housing minister not sure gov’t should be ones to provide public housing

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 13:59
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Minister said she’s not surprised by scathing report from Auditor General The Northwest Territories’ housing minister said her department is

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Auditor general gives Housing N.W.T. a bad grade, again

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 10:10
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By Sarah St-Pierre  Audit report released Tuesday found persisting issues with housing allocation and maintenance The Office of the Auditor

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NTI releases $135M Inuit-led plan for affordable housing in Nunavut

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 27, 2025 at 09:55
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Igluvut Corporation run by representatives of regional Inuit associations and NTI Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated says they’re making history with a

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Report calls for community-based approach to elder care in Nunavut

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2025 at 15:53
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Keeping Nunavut Elders close to home is at the centre of a new report released this week by Pairijiit Tigummiaqtikkut,

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The three leaders sit a table with CYFN flag hanging down from it in a downtown Whitehorse banquet hall.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Canada) 

Analysis | Election notebook: Housing and health care up first in Yukon campaign

CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 13, 2025 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Monday, October 13, 2025 at 16:44
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By Chris Windeyer Week one of the Yukon election campaign brought us some big swings from the Yukon Party and

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Federal announcement of 700 homes for Nunavut scant on details

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 11:25
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By Anaïs Elboujdaïni, Francis Tessier-Burns · Funding amounts, timelines and locations are all still up in the air While the federal government

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Despite new units, family challenged finding place Yukon’s Watson Lake

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 09:42
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‘It’s not going to be solved overnight. We just have to keep chipping away at it,’ says town’s mayor Despite

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Blog: Despite housing shortages, Greenland razes colonial apartment blocks

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 16:37
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Denmark built dystopian skyscrapers in the Arctic. The Government of Greenland is tearing them down. Colorful houses. Monumental icebergs. Sturdy

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Lack of rent control in N.W.T. to be reassessed this year, minister says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 12:57
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By Jocelyn Shepel  Housing and Justice ministers respond to criticism over recent rent increases for some publicly owned units Northwest

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Inuit women’s org urges federal leaders to address housing, costs, and violence

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2025 at 15:49
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With Canada in the midst of a federal election, the organization that represents Inuit women in the country is urging

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Housing, mental health, addictions among priorities in northern Quebec

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 09:01
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By Samuel Wat Voters in northern Quebec say federal support is needed to address the region’s challenges Carbon taxes, military

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Housing, Arctic defence top of mind for Nunavummiut in federal election

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 09:01
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By TJ Dhir  Recent federal announcement into defence make some residents feel safe, others fear conflict Canadians will be going

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Nunavut finance minister tables 2025-26 budget

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 09:26
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The territory is projecting an operational deficit of $124 million Nunavut’s finance minister tabled a budget Monday that he said

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Research project explores rapid retrofits to tackle northern housing challenges

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 15:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 16:04
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Weather, distance, and a short building season are just some of the construction challenges faced in Canada’s Northern territories. But

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* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

House prices fall across Finland — except in Arctic city of Rovaniemi

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:55
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Rovaniemi’s record tourism season is evident in the town’s property market. Real estate prices rose last year in only one

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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