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Community meeting needed on proposed Iqaluit highrises: planning committee

Beds per unit, firefighters’ ability to respond among councillors’ concerns over 8-storey buildings

This article was updated Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 1:25 p.m. Iqaluit city councillors want to hear from residents before moving forward to consider a proposed highrise development that would “drastically change” the city’s skyline.

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Protesters in Iqaluit march for a Gaza ceasefire

About 30 people gathered at Iqaluit’s Four Corners on Nov. 4 to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Protesters marched from Four Corners to the legislature, then back to Four Corners. Jennifer Lane said she organized the protest because as a mother and person with a lineage of oppressed people, she had to do something. “We are watching a real-time genocide of an oppressed people take place … if we stay silent, we lose our humanity,” said Lane, who is Barbadian and Metis. On Oct. 7, Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, carried out a surprise attack on Israel, killing approximately 1,400 people. In response, the Israeli government launched a military bombardment of Gaza. More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7, including more than 4,000 children, according to Gaza’s health ministry. The heads of several United Nations bodies have called for an immediate ceasefire. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called for “humanitarian pauses” in the conflict, but not a ceasefire. (Photo by David Lochead)

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