{"id":603155,"date":"2026-04-14T10:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603155\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:01:14","slug":"sewage-line-failure-closes-iqaluits-inuksuk-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603155\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewage line failure closes Iqaluit\u2019s Inuksuk High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inuksuk High School students are studying from home this week due to a sewage line failure that forced the school building to close.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260067\" class=\" wp-image-260067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/670552070_1453408169918475_445270856887580305_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-260067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This broken pipe near Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit is why the school closed to students as of Monday. (Photo courtesy of Inuksuk High School)<\/p>\n<p>The sewage line froze and then collapsed last Thursday, said Greg Belanger, a spokesperson for Transportation and Infrastructure Nunavut, in an email.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s uncertain when the repairs will be completed, said Kuthula Matshazi, director for stakeholder engagement with the Department of Education, in an email.<\/p>\n<p>However, school officials are \u201cexpecting the building to be closed the remainder of this week,\u201d said Inuksuk High School principal Tim Hoyt, who sent a message Sunday to parents.<\/p>\n<p>Students will transition to remote learning until the problem is repaired, Hoyt said in his message, which was shared with Nunatsiaq News.<\/p>\n<p>The school plans to distribute laptop computers and data sticks to high school students.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/260410-nti-nomination-period\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A-14723.94eiq_sidebar.gif\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grade 11 and 12 students and their parents can pick up the laptops in the Inuksuk High School\u2019s main office on Monday from 1 to 5 p.m., while grade 9 and 10 students can pick up their devices Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Authorized adults or parents of underaged students must be present for the device pickup to sign a user agreement, Hoyt said.<\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure issues are not new at Nunavut schools.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, staff at the territory\u2019s 45 schools filed a total of 3,907 requests for structural repairs, building maintenance and upkeep of school grounds, Nunatsiaq News 2023 report <a href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/stories\/article\/major-safety-concern-nunavuts-aging-schools-spur-thousands-of-maintenance-requests\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the Government of Nunavut spent approximately $18.1 million on school maintenance annually with another $11.5 million allocated for utilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from Daron Letts<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nunatsiaq.com\/ads\/250404-gn-hiring\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/250404.100.86.jpg\" class=\"no-lazy-load wp-post-image\" title=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inuksuk High School students are studying from home this week due to a sewage line failure that forced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-603155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}