Iqaluit
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Inflation crisis: Soaring food prices in Canada’s North prompting hunters to find new food sourcesOn a recent visit to an Iqaluit food market, Global News found items being sold for up to three times the national average. Locals are working to find new food sources to cope.CanadaAug 4
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Pope Francis meets Inuit residential school survivors as ‘pilgrimage of penance’ ends in IqaluitThe brief stop in Nunavut's capital marked the first time a pope has travelled to the territory. Francis met privately with Inuit residential school survivors and their families.CanadaJul 30
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Taxing churches: Religious institutions in Iqaluit no longer exempt from property taxAhead of Pope Francis' visit Friday, the City of Iqaluit has passed a bylaw that may require churches to begin paying property taxes. A local priest calls it a 'kind of revenge.'CanadaJul 26
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Pope Francis to visit former Alberta residential school during Canada trip: VaticanPope Francis is expected to deliver an apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in Canada's residential school system while in the country.CanadaJun 23
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Iqaluit Muslims gather to observe Ramadan: ‘The community is being established’Iqaluit's Muslim community come together for the first time in a year when public health restrictions meant they couldn't gather.CanadaApr 2
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Trudeau announces $214M for Iqaluit water system after fuel contaminationIqaluit's roughly 8,000 residents couldn't drink their tap water for 60 days last fall after it was found to be contaminated with fuel.CanadaApr 1
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Boil-water advisory lifted for Iqaluit amid fuel contamination concernsThe capital's 8,000 people had been under the advisory since Jan. 19 when the city started using a bypass system to pump water to residents.CanadaJan 28
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Fuel contamination concerns continue to cloud Iqaluit’s drinking water. Here’s whyA water purification expert says not enough has been done to solve the root cause of the problem since an emergency was declared in Nunavut’s capital last fall.HealthJan 23
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Iqaluit water crisis: City shuts down treatment plant due to fuel contaminationThe city says a breach in the system is suspected to have caused Iqaluit residents to smell fuel in their water, with breaches detected last week and today.HealthJan 19
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Iqaluit sets up filling station after fuel found in drinking water againIqaluit residents reported smelling fuel in their tap water and the city confirmed trace amounts had entered the distribution network.HealthJan 17
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