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 Items tagged: NunavutItems Found: 4$10.9M for Water in Rankin InletJuly 12, 2010 - 8:05 am The governments of Canada and Nunavut have made a joint investment of over $10.9 million to support two water and wastewater infrastructure initiatives in Rankin Inlet. “This two phased project will provide the required infrastructure for future housing development in Rankin Inlet,” said Lorne... Categories: News, Northern Canada Cold SnapJuly 27, 2009 - 12:00 am Just south of the Arctic Circle in the small Nunavut hamlet of Chesterfield Inlet—or in Inuktitut, Igluligaarjuk—a sewage truck dumps its potent—smelling load into a shallow hole in the ground about three kilometres from the community. The sewage seeps out of this natural depression in the bedrock... Categories: Features Nunavut Gets Flood ReliefJuly 9, 2009 - 11:17 am The federal government will cost share eligible territorial expenditures incurred by Nunavut through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements for flood damage caused by snowmelt and heavy rains in June 2008. Over a twelve-hour period on June 8 and 9, 2008, accelerated snowmelt and heavy rains... Categories: News, Northern Canada Constructed WetlandsApril 13, 2009 - 12:00 am Picture a wetland treatment system. Do you see the man-made equivalent of a natural marsh-open water with some cattails and maybe a few ducks? If you apply a harsh Canadian winter, you might picture this scene as a giant ice cube. But many people are surprised to learn that constructed wetlands are used... Categories: Features |
