Iqaluit city council distributes $500K for COVID-19 relief – Nunatsiaq News

May 13, 2021

Council also votes to delay sewage repairs due to high costs spurred by pandemic

Four Iqaluit organizations will receive a share of a half million dollars for pandemic relief, city council decided Tuesday evening.

Uquutaq Society will receive $155,000 for its transitional housing and shelters, Tukisigiarvik will receive $65,000 for its hygiene and food programs, Qajuqturvik Food Centre will receive $65,000 for its food service, and YWCA Agvvik will receive $55,000.

The city received the money in 2020 from the territorial and federal government through a national program for homelessness called Reaching Home.Of the original $1.3 million the city received, $163,196 remains, said Alison Drummond, the city’s senior director of corporate services.

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