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Yellowknife evacuee centre closes, KFN told ‘a few more days’ – Cabin Radio
June 2, 2023 A centre for wildfire evacuees set up in Yellowknife has now closed. The Kátł’odeeche First Nation says most of its residents are staying elsewhere. The First Nation has not reopened for people to return home following its May 14 evacuation order. Community leaders asked on Thursday for everyone “to be patient and […]
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22 modular housing units to be built across Nunavut – Nunatsiaq News
Jun 2, 2023 Nunavut Housing Corp. to work with communities to decide how new housing should be used Nunavut Housing Corp. has reached an agreement to bring 22 modular housing units to 11 communities in Nunavut. The purchase agreement with Sakku Innovative Buildings Solutions, the development corporation of Kivalliq Inuit Association, was announced Wednesday at […]
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GNWT outlines whole-of-government approach to address homelessness
May 31, 2023 Today in the Legislative Assembly, Premier Caroline Cochrane tabled A Way Home: A Comprehensive Strategy to Address Homelessness in the Northwest Territories. The strategy builds on existing Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) efforts to address homelessness and identifies actions that the GNWT can take to address homelessness in all its forms. […]
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Media Availability with Premier Cochrane on the Homelessness Strategy
May 30, 2023 Media are invited to a media availability with Premier Caroline Cochrane in advance of the tabling of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) homelessness strategy. When: May 31, 2023 Where: Legislative Assembly, Beluga (Cabinet) Room Time: 12:30PM – 1:00PM Embargoed copies of A Way Home: A Comprehensive Strategy to Address Homelessness […]
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Old Crow residents celebrate the opening of the first assisted-living home for Elders in the community
May 23, 2023 This is joint news release between the governments of Yukon, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and Canada. The governments of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, Canada and the Yukon are pleased to announce the opening of the first assisted-living complex for Elders in Old Crow. An opening ceremony was held on May 19 […]
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Construction begins on the Yukon’s first Indigenous-owned shelter – CBC
May 18, 2023 Whistle Bend facility to be built by First Nations companies, owned by Council of Yukon First Nations Work begins Thursday on the construction of a new women and children’s shelter in Whitehorse. The new Family Preservation Wellness Centre will be owned by the Council of Yukon First Nations. It will have 15 […]
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The sixth Housing Initiatives Fund intake boosts affordable housing availability across the Yukon
May 15, 2023 The sixth intake of the Housing Initiatives Fund (HIF) is supporting 11 shovel-ready projects throughout Yukon, which will construct approximately 159 new affordable homes across the territory. Shovel-ready projects in Whitehorse will be led by the following proponents: Habitat for Humanity; Council of Yukon First Nations; and Grey Mountain Housing Society. Shovel-ready […]
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Government of Yukon releases reports on 405 Alexander Street
04/05/2023 The Government of Yukon is committed to ending and preventing homelessness, tackling the Substance Use Health Emergency, promoting reconciliation and health equity, and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all Yukoners. As part of this work, the Yukon government released independent reports from House of Wolf & Associates and Vink Consulting on safety and […]
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Nunavut Housing Corporation and NCC Development Limited sign design-build contracts for 150 new public housing units to start construction in Fall 2023
Iqaluit, Nunavut (April 28, 2023) – Nunavut Housing Corporation (NHC) and NCC Development Limited (NCCD) are pleased to announce the signing of design-build contracts for the construction of 150 new public housing units across eight (8) Nunavut communities. Construction will commence in Fall 2023. The design-build contracts are part of the 2023-24 Public Housing Delivery […]
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Hay River’s Community Housing Plan developed in collaboration with Town of Hay River and GNWT
April 13, 2023 The Town of Hay River and the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) are announcing the town’s five-year community housing plan, designed to address the community’s unique housing needs, increase housing supply, and improve affordability for residents. Hay River’s Community Housing Plan has been developed over a multi–year process, in collaboration with […]
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