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By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News A week after a fire destroyed the Kipsigak Arena in Igloolik, Aggu MLA Joanna Quassa is calling on the Government of Nunavut to contribute to building a new facility. \u201cThe arena is absolutely not worth trying to renovate,\u201d Quassa said Thursday in an interview. \u201cIt would be wonderful if [the] GN could contribute to the hamlet\u2019s needs for funding or \u2026 whatever resources they may have where they can help the community to rebuild an arena.\u201d Workers use heavy equipment at the site of the Kipsigak Arena in Igloolik, which was destroyed in a fire Feb. 12. (Photo courtesy of Nunavut RCMP) Igloolik firefighters spent much of Feb. 12 extinguishing flames at Kipsigak Arena, which also housed Artcirq\u2019s BlackBox Studio. Nunavut… <\/p>\n

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By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News A week after a fire destroyed the Kipsigak Arena in Igloolik, Aggu MLA Joanna Quassa is calling on the Government of Nunavut to contribute to building a new facility. \u201cThe arena is absolutely not worth trying to renovate,\u201d Quassa said Thursday in an interview. \u201cIt would be wonderful if [the] GN could contribute to the hamlet\u2019s needs for funding or \u2026 whatever resources they may have where they can help the community to rebuild an arena.\u201d Workers use heavy equipment at the site of the Kipsigak Arena in Igloolik, which was destroyed in a fire Feb. 12. (Photo courtesy of Nunavut RCMP) Igloolik firefighters spent much of Feb. 12 extinguishing flames at Kipsigak Arena, which also housed Artcirq\u2019s BlackBox Studio. Nunavut... <\/p>\n

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