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Additional City of Iqaluit Recreation Events for the 2021 Holiday Season

The City of Iqaluit would like to inform residents of additional upcoming Holiday Season events.

Qaumakuluit Holiday Contest

The annual Qaumakuluit Holiday Contest is open to all businesses and residents.

There is no need to register. To participate, have your lights and decorations on and ready from 3-7
p.m. on Wednesday, December 15th, 2021. Winners will be announced on the following day
Thursday, December 16th.

Rabies Virus

The City of Iqaluit would like to remind residents in respect to the Public Health announcement on November 16, 2021 regarding a second fox testing positive for Rabies and the subsequent quarantine of sled dogs within Iqaluit.

The City encourages all residents to do the following:

Distribution Update: Operation LENTUS - Purified River Water

The City would like to advise residents that effective December 9, 2021, the AWG water refill depot will also be providing residents with purified river water, supplied by the Canadian Armed Forces through Operation LENTUS. Residents can now refill water containers at the below water refill depots:

• AWG (indoors)
• Abe Okpik Hall (indoors)
• Elder's Qammaq (indoors)

The depots are open seven days a week from 11am-6pm.

Water Interruption – Lower Iqaluit

Please be advised that due to repairs to the water infrastructure, a water interruptions will be taking place on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM to allow for the repairs.

Location of water interruptions:

115, 117, 119, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 150, 156 and Stoneridge

State of Emergency – Extended to December 14, 2021

The Iqaluit City Council has extended the state of emergency due to the local water crisis effective as of 12 a.m. Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

During a City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 7 Council approved the extension of the state of emergency. CAO Amy Elgersma will continue to act as the Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator.

In a state of emergency, the Emergency Measures Act allows the City to "do any act and take any measure the municipal Corporation considers necessary".