Better Building by Canadian Funding Corporation.

Making houses inside the Arctic Circle more durable and energy-efficient holds challenges — some less obvious than others. Southern Canadians know that winters there are cold and deep. Fewer may understand the roles that a short but intense summer’s heat and accelerated ultraviolet damage play under the 24-hour-a-day “midnight sun” made famous by poet Robert [...]

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YELLOWKNIFE, May 22, 2009 — According to Canadian Funding Corp., the Government of Canada and each of the three territories, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon, are partnering on joint investments to build new and renovate existing affordable housing. These investments will help create jobs, strengthen the economy and improve the quality of life for residents [...]

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