By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter With a recent $50 million contribution from the federal government, planning is moving ahead on the Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre but with a different location from the one the designers originally had in mind. The idea of building a heritage centre to house Inuit artifacts that have been in southern museums and galleries is one of the Nunavut Agreement provisions, dating back to 1993. Last year, when architects presented plans for the centre, the site they had in mind was near Iqaluit’s plateau areas, tucked behind the Aqsarniit hotel. But that area is expected to be heavily developed over the next few years with Qikiqtani Inuit Association’s plan for a subdivision and a proposed trio of eight-storey residential and commercial buildings nearby. With…
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