Chrystal Fuller of Brighter Community and the Nunavut Housing Corp. team met with the Arviat hamlet council from July 5 to 8. Arviat was one of the 10 communities the housing corporation is visiting this summer as part of the goal to build 3,000 houses in Nunavut by 2030. (Photo courtesy of Nunavut Housing Corp.)
Close to 2 dozen parcels flagged across Rankin Inlet and Arviat
This story was updated on Friday, July 12, at 12:30 p.m. ET. The Nunavut Housing Corp. has identified several parcels of land in Rankin Inlet and Arviat that could become lots for future housing.
Kinngait Mayor Jimmy Manning, left, and RCMP reservist Const. Dianne Stairs (beside Manning) and Const. Ying Hao Ho, right, joined junior rangers from Kinngait to celebrate Canada Day in the hamlet on July 1. The community met outside the hamlet office to sing “O Canada,” followed by a parade with the whole town. Festivities continued into the afternoon with more than 300 people attending a community barbecue and Canada Day games. (Photo courtesy of Kineta Mathewsie)
More than 300 people join in a Canada Day barbecue in Kinngait on July 1. People in the Qikiqtaaluk region hamlet of 1,500 met outside the hamlet office to sing O Canada, then they held a parade followed by festivities that continued into the afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Kineta Mathewsie)