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Power may be back on in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, but some residents say they\u2019re still struggling with lingering effects from the outage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Peggy Pooyatak is on a hot water heating system, which she believes was damaged during a community-wide power outage that started on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Electricity was restored to the community on Saturday, but two days later, Pooyatak discovered she no longer had heat or running water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only heat I can put on was the oven, I left it on for a few hours \u2026 just so the kids can stay warm,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019s not the only one in the community facing issues with her home. The Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation, Cecile Nelvana Lyall, says at least 34 units in Gjoa Haven have plumbing damage after the power outage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She says the housing agency is working on getting plumbers into the community, and oil burner mechanics for any households without heat \u2013 but that\u2019s all weather dependent.<\/p>\n
The community has been hit with multiple blizzards over the past few days, and there\u2019s another warning as of Monday afternoon. It\u2019s warmer than it has been compared to last week, though temperatures are still hovering around -25 C.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lyall acknowledges the territorial government needs to proactively plan for these types of emergency situations, and she said her department is committed to that cause.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a corporation, we\u2019re really learning from how we can better, and more quickly, address these types of issues going forward, and to ensure these impacts aren\u2019t felt over a long period of time,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The hamlet declared a state of emergency on Thursday evening. A warming centre at the high school is still open during the day, though officials are still asking people to take in other residents who may be experiencing frozen pipes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Residents have already been running into trouble with getting water after a major leak was detected in a water line on Jan. 15. The federal assistance approved Saturday includes the official deployment of the Canadian Rangers to help with delivery of water and other essential supplies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for Pooyatak, she realizes there isn\u2019t likely to be a quick fix for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe there\u2019s not much we can do, just wait, just wait.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-603816","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\/603816","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=603816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}