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Iqaluit to fund plan to douse ‘dumpcano’
August 8, 2014
By The Canadian Press
By The Canadian Press
Aug. 8, 2014, Iqaluit, Nunavut - The city of Iqaluit will cough up the cash to douse a long-smouldering dump fire that has released acrid smoke into the northern skies for months.
August 8, 2014
By The Canadian Press
By The Canadian Press
City council made the decision after a letter from the government of
Nunavut that said it wouldn't pay the $2.2-million cost of fighting the
fire dubbed the "dumpcano."
Coun. Stephen Mansell said $500,000 is to come immediately from city reserves.
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