Tenant Rights in Nunavut
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Latest Tenant News
Ottawa ends NunatuKavut bid for Indigenous rights recognition, NCC says
source: cbc.ca
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September 11, 2026
This Taloyoak, Nunavut, woman has spent 2 decades waiting for housing and is losing hope
source: www.cbc.ca
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August 07, 2026
This Taloyoak, Nunavut, woman has spent 2 decades waiting for housing and is losing hope
source: cbc.ca
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August 06, 2026
‘Good news for Nunavummiut’: 23-unit housing complex coming to Iqaluit
source: cbc.ca
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August 01, 2026
Canada and Nunavut partner to build essential infrastructure and more homes - Canada.ca
source: www.canada.ca
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August 01, 2026
Nunavut Housing Corporation, other landlords getting in the way of Starlink access
source: www.cbc.ca
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July 08, 2026
Why the Nunavut land use plan was rejected, again
source: cbc.ca
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July 07, 2026
NunatuKavut launches fisheries outside DFO authorization, despite warnings activities would be illegal
source: cbc.ca
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July 04, 2026
Nunavut's land use plan draft is rejected – again
source: cbc.ca
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July 04, 2026
Tenants accused of overdue rent will have to pay half to bring up other complaints at Ontario hearings
source: www.cbc.ca
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July 01, 2026
Ottawa starts process to name 3 projects as in national interest - National
source: globalnews.ca
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July 01, 2026
Condo dwellers swelter as AC shuts down ahead of Toronto heat wave
source: cbc.ca
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July 01, 2026
Carney promises Arctic investment will benefit Inuit during meeting with leadership
source: cbc.ca
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July 01, 2026
Nunavut Housing Corporation (NHC)
source: centre.support
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July 01, 2026
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and Housing N.W.T. sign agreement to advance work in Inuvialuit communities
source: cbc.ca
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June 19, 2026
Angirratsaliulauqta - The Nunavut Inuit Housing Action Plan (NIHAP)
source: centre.support
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June 17, 2026
4 things to know as the Nunavut legislature wraps up spring sitting
source: cbc.ca
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June 13, 2026
Should Alberta separate? These Inuit think some ties are best left unbroken
source: cbc.ca
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June 10, 2026
For Inuit students, going to university often means leaving home. A new school could change that
source: cbc.ca
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June 07, 2026
For Inuit students, going to university often means leaving home. A new school could change that
source: cbc.ca
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June 01, 2026
Advocates and lawyers warn further delay in signing Nunavut’s land use plan could go against treaty rights
source: cbc.ca
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June 01, 2026
Help wanted: Workforce planning key for northern infrastructure, military projects
source: vancouver.citynews.ca
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May 11, 2026
Help wanted: Workforce planning key for northern infrastructure, military projects
source: halifax.citynews.ca
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May 10, 2026
Vancouver Tenants Union: Tenant organizations directory
source: centre.support
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May 03, 2026
Women oppose publication bans in Nunavut sexual assault case
source: cbc.ca
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May 02, 2026
Nunavik leaders join other Indigenous communities eyeing banishment for bootleggers and drug traffickers
source: cbc.ca
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May 01, 2026
Proposed power to search, seize mail not being extended to postal workers: minister
source: toronto.citynews.ca
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May 01, 2026
Hamlet in Nunavut celebrates being chosen as site of first Inuit-led university in Canada
source: cbc.ca
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May 01, 2026
Naujaat hunters want to halt the Baffinland's railway and port project at Steensby Inlet
source: cbc.ca
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May 01, 2026
Mounties spied on 'Father of Nunavut' in 1970s amid fears of Inuit-Dene alliance
source: cbc.ca
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April 23, 2026
Dozens of homes without heat after days-long power outage in Nunavut hamlet
source: halifax.citynews.ca
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April 22, 2026
Gjoa Haven residents still feeling the impact of multi-day power outage at -25
source: www.cbc.ca
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April 16, 2026
Nunavut RCMP seek information on Gjoa Haven housing association fire
source: www.cbc.ca
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April 16, 2026
Average Manitoba apartment rent up 3.4% to $1,646
source: winnipeg.citynews.ca
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April 14, 2026
Former Inuit association CEO arrested in multiple sex assault investigations
source: globalnews.ca
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April 11, 2026
Delivering on more homes for Nunavut - Canada.ca
source: www.canada.ca
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April 09, 2026
Nunavik to get its 1st men’s shelter, in Kuujjuaq
source: cbc.ca
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April 08, 2026
B.C. Court of Appeal sides with Nuchatlaht in Nootka Island title
source: cbc.ca
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April 05, 2026
A look at 2025: Strengthening the community housing sector together
source: centre.support
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April 02, 2026
Nunavut has 1 year left before devolution comes into effect. Is the territory ready?
source: cbc.ca
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April 01, 2026
‘I’m concerned’: Nunavut’s languages minister worried over number of vacant language jobs
source: cbc.ca
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March 16, 2026
This tenant’s fight against a renoviction is heading to N.S. Supreme Court
source: cbc.ca
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March 14, 2026
Delivering on more homes for Nunavut - Canada.ca
source: www.canada.ca
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March 08, 2026
New Kuujjuaq residence helps build up Nunavik’s student population
source: cbc.ca
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March 07, 2026
America has a housing affordability crisis. Building houses for rent can help
source: www.npr.org
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March 05, 2026
Inuit look to Greenland’s social model as Canada pursues military buildup in Arctic - National
source: globalnews.ca
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February 16, 2026
Inuit leaders urge Ottawa to follow Greenland's infrastructure lead
source: cbc.ca
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February 14, 2026
Canada's first Inuit-led university announces its campus location in the north
source: montrealgazette.com
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February 13, 2026
Arviat, Nunavut, chosen as main campus site for Canada's 1st Inuit university
source: cbc.ca
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February 12, 2026
Inuit leaders celebrate milestone trip as Canada opens Greenland consulate
source: cbc.ca
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February 11, 2026
NB Update: Could P.E.I.’s tougher rent control system serve as a model for New Brunswick? [video]
source: nbmediacoop.org
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February 10, 2026
Minister confident N.W.T. gov't will reach goal of 300 new homes, but says 'so much more' needed
source: cbc.ca
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February 07, 2026
Federal government announces plans to ship Ottawa-built modular homes to Nunavut
source: www.ctvnews.ca
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February 07, 2026
How Do I Assess And Screen Potential Commercial Tenants?
source: www.landlordsassociation.co.za
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February 05, 2026
Quebec's new rent increase formula criticized as 'death by 1,000 cuts'
source: montrealgazette.com
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January 20, 2026
Lack of boarding home in Rankin Inlet makes medical travel difficult, Nunavut father says
source: cbc.ca
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January 13, 2026
Warm, wet and weird: mild weather in Eastern Arctic had residents perplexed
source: cbc.ca
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January 12, 2026
Office of residential tenancies
source: centre.support
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January 12, 2026
Who benefits from the Arctic economic and security corridor? It depends who you ask
source: cbc.ca
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January 09, 2026
Nunavut MP says she won’t cross the floor to join Liberals ‘at this point’
source: www.cbc.ca
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January 08, 2026
Northwest Territories facing a hard-as-diamonds reality as pivotal industry wanes
source: toronto.citynews.ca
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January 03, 2026
Here are some of Nunavut's biggest news stories of 2025
source: cbc.ca
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January 01, 2026
Subsidized homes in Watson Lake to be transferred to new manager
source: cbc.ca
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December 18, 2025
Angirratsaliulauqta - The Nunavut Inuit Housing Action Plan (NIHAP)
source: centre.support
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December 16, 2025
Inuit Nunangat Housing Strategy
source: centre.support
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December 14, 2025
New RCMP commanding officer in Nunavut hopes to prioritize Inuit recruitment
source: cbc.ca
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December 13, 2025
John Main is Nunavut’s next premier
source: cbc.ca
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December 10, 2025
Tiny homes developer asks court for exemption from rules governing most N.B. landlords
source: www.cbc.ca
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December 10, 2025
Hundreds of Kansans lost their apartment due to landlord neglect. One change in law could help
source: kcur.org
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December 09, 2025
John Main is Nunavut’s next premier
source: www.cbc.ca
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December 08, 2025
Landlord & Tenant - Government Services
source: www.gov.nl.ca
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December 02, 2025
New Brunswick holding on to $41 million in security deposits from tenants
source: www.cbc.ca
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November 07, 2025
NTI releases $135M Inuit-led plan for affordable housing in Nunavut
source: www.cbc.ca
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November 01, 2025
NTI releases $135M Inuit-led plan for affordable housing in Nunavut
source: cbc.ca
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October 25, 2025
Eager homeowners left in limbo as Nunavut gov't condo-sale plan sputters
source: cbc.ca
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October 21, 2025
9 new homes in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, to be ready by November
source: cbc.ca
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September 14, 2025
Repeated landlord abuses, but few complaints, detailed in N.W.T. Rental Officer's report
source: www.cbc.ca
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September 03, 2025
N.W.T. announces new rent repayment regulations to help tenants, landlords
source: www.cbc.ca
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September 02, 2025
Nunalingni Piruqpaalirut Fund for housing in Nunavut
source: centre.support
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August 16, 2025
NICHI announces Nunavut recipients of funding to advance critical Indigenous housing projects in urban, rural and northern areas and address urgent and unmet needs - Canada.ca
source: www.canada.ca
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August 13, 2025
Government of Canada, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and Government of Nunavut sign Implementation Contract under Nunavut Agreement - Canada.ca
source: www.canada.ca
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August 11, 2025
Minister Anandasangaree announces funding for Nunavut housing construction - Canada.ca
source: www.canada.ca
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August 11, 2025
Yukon Liberal, NDP agreement includes immediate ban on evictions without cause
source: www.cbc.ca
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August 11, 2025
Transforming community housing in Nunavut: the impact of strategic funding
source: centre.support
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August 11, 2025
Looking at solutions to Nunavut’s housing crisis
source: centre.support
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August 11, 2025
Landlord & Tenant - Government Modernization and Service Delivery
source: www.gov.nl.ca
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August 11, 2025
Most Iqaluit residents get housing subsidized by gov't, employer, CMHC reports
source: cbc.ca
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August 11, 2025
Nunavut responding to housing issues identified in audit: CEO - Indigenous Watchdog
source: www.indigenouswatchdog.org
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August 11, 2025
Both landlords and tenants want greater autonomy from Yukon's new Residential Tenancies Act
source: www.cbc.ca
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August 11, 2025
166 new housing units to be built in 17 Nunavut communities
source: www.cbc.ca
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August 11, 2025
Nunavut Housing Corp. not providing residents with fair access to public housing: Audit
source: www.cbc.ca
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August 11, 2025
Nunavut Housing Corporation, other landlords getting in the way of Starlink access
source: www.cbc.ca
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August 11, 2025
'A loud crack': Housing units in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, collapse
source: www.cbc.ca
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August 11, 2025
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