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Iqaluit housing pressure remains despite fewer working-age residents, says report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 15:36
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There may have been fewer working-age residents in Iqaluit in 2025, but that didn’t ease the city’s housing squeeze, says

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

Housing prices keep falling, except in northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 08:52
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The general decrease in prices did not stimulate the housing market in June or during the second quarter, according to

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

New Łutselk’e homes, locally managed, cut local housing waitlist down

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 15:54
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By Samanntha Lee  First Nation says it marks a step toward establishing housing department Five new modular duplexes — totalling

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Rebecca Chartrand in Parliament
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Housing : Ottawa Invests Over $67 Million in Northern and Manitoba Communities

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, May 25, 2026 at 16:02
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The federal government is ramping up its efforts in Manitoba’s northern and rural regions. Canada’s Minister of Northern Affairs and

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Canada Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Society (Canada) 

Arctic Sovereignty Requires Strong Communities, Says FCM

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 16:06
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In a new report titled “The Future of Canada’s North and Arctic,” the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is urging

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Dene Nation says federal money for housing, infrastructure should go directly to communities

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 09:43
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By Yumna Iftikhar  Dene Nation says federal money for housing, infrastructure should go directly to communities The Dene Nation is

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics (Canada) Society 

As Inuvik shelters switch hands, operators want to see transitional supports next

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 13:49
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A new contractor will take over operations of the Inuvik Warming Shelter on April 1 — closely following a switch

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Carney announces $35B for defence, infrastructure in Canada’s North

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2026 at 11:21
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The Liberal government has unveiled a detailed, multibillion-dollar proposal to modernize and expand Canada’s military footprint in the country’s Far

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Mayor of Faro, Yukon, hopes surplus housing attracts new residents to town

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 14:03
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While many people across the Yukon struggle to find affordable housing, the mayor of Faro says people should consider moving

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Living situation for elder in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T. reflects the community’s housing crisis

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 1, 2025 at 11:40
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There’s a constant hum from the furnace in Celine Whane’s house in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., as it runs non-stop to counter the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Multi-year funding ‘transformative’ for N.W.T. organizations focused on homelessness

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2025 at 13:50
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By Tamara Merritt  2-year funding ‘turned what was once crisis management into a coordinated, effective housing system’ Multi-year funding to

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

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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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General News Society Society (Canada) 

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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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

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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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

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 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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