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By Daron Letts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Residents of Kuujjuaq\u2019s Tusaajiapik elders home are being relocated to private facilities in a Montreal suburb 1,500 kilometres south. The move, in response to technical issues with the building, was announced in a joint statement issued Wednesday and signed by Larry Watt, Ungava Tulattavik Health Center\u2019s executive director, and Jennifer Munick-Watkins, Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services executive director. \u201cTransfers have begun and will continue until all residents have been safely relocated,\u201d the release stated. The relocation is part of a three-way agreement that also includes Argyle Inc.\u2019s long-term housing and care centre, a private seniors home in the Montreal suburb of Pointe-Claire. \u201cThe agreement aims to provide for a safe, caring and culturally sensitive living environment, including occasional… <\/p>\n

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By Daron Letts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Residents of Kuujjuaq\u2019s Tusaajiapik elders home are being relocated to private facilities in a Montreal suburb 1,500 kilometres south. The move, in response to technical issues with the building, was announced in a joint statement issued Wednesday and signed by Larry Watt, Ungava Tulattavik Health Center\u2019s executive director, and Jennifer Munick-Watkins, Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services executive director. \u201cTransfers have begun and will continue until all residents have been safely relocated,\u201d the release stated. The relocation is part of a three-way agreement that also includes Argyle Inc.\u2019s long-term housing and care centre, a private seniors home in the Montreal suburb of Pointe-Claire. \u201cThe agreement aims to provide for a safe, caring and culturally sensitive living environment, including occasional... <\/p>\n

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