Qulliq Energy Corp. is asking for Government of Nunavut approval to replace aging generators in five communities. In this file photo, a generator is being airlifted to Pangnirtung in 2015 (File photo)
Nunavut utility’s $32.4-million plan to replace decades-old generators would result in higher electricity rates
Qulliq Energy Corp. wants approval from the Government of Nunavut to replace generators in five hamlets and the Utility Rates Review Council of Nunavut is asking for public input because the proposal would lead to a rate hike.
Katrina Kierstead builds an inuksuk on the hills of Goodyear, Ariz. Kierstead has a home in the American desert state, nearly 5,000 kilometres southwest of Pangnirtung where she works as a home-care nurse. Kierstead said that while on a hike recently, she decided to build the inuksuk because she was thinking about her family and fellow community members from the North. “I built the inuksuk because I love what it represents and a huge part of my heart is always in Pangnirtung,” she said. (Photos courtesy of Katrina Kierstead)