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By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The Kitikmeot Inuit Association’s board of directors was told last week that building a modular home factory in Cambridge Bay would drive up housing prices. Delivering modular housing supplies to Cambridge Bay, assembling them and then shipping finished homes to other communities in the region would drive up costs compared with simply having the materials sent directly to the communities, the board of directors heard during the first day of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association’s annual general meeting. Brad Krizan, chief operating officer of the Kitikmeot Corporation, explained the issue to the board at the meeting in Cambridge Bay on Oct. 6. “You’re basically going to ship materials twice. You’re going to have to ship the homes twice. We’re really looking… <\/p>\n

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By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News The Kitikmeot Inuit Association’s board of directors was told last week that building a modular home factory in Cambridge Bay would drive up housing prices. Delivering modular housing supplies to Cambridge Bay, assembling them and then shipping finished homes to other communities in the region would drive up costs compared with simply having the materials sent directly to the communities, the board of directors heard during the first day of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association’s annual general meeting. Brad Krizan, chief operating officer of the Kitikmeot Corporation, explained the issue to the board at the meeting in Cambridge Bay on Oct. 6. “You’re basically going to ship materials twice. You’re going to have to ship the homes twice. We’re really looking... <\/p>\n

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