Iqaluit's day warming centre, a two-month pilot project, is set to end next week. The society that operates the facility says it should continue, but it depends on funding.
Iqaluit is set to have a new affordable housing option by the end of 2025. Last week, Iqaluit's non-profit Uquutaq Society announced it had won a tender from the city to take on the redevelopment of the Butler Building, in the downtown core.
Posted: May 07, 2021 2:59 PM CT | Last Updated: May 7
Clients from the low barrier shelter in Iqaluit have been moved to the Frobisher Inn to isolate from the Aqsarniit Hotel. (David Gunn/CBC)
The executive director of the Uquutaq Society, which runs Iqaluit s 30-bed men s shelter, said a client of the shelter has tested positive for COVID-19.
The positive test lead to more testing of staff and residents Thursday.
Laurel McCorriston, Uquutaq s executive director, is worried more people could test positive. She s hoping for a comprehensive plan to make sure everyone is safe and housed if that s the case. The homeless people in Iqaluit don t belong to Uquutaq, they belong to the whole community, she said.