Cambridge Bay to build $6M youth centre with local Inuit firm – Nunatsiaq News

Mar 24, 2026

Facility replaces centre lost to 2022 fire and will include Makerspace, arts, and traditional programming

Construction of a new youth centre in Cambridge Bay is moving ahead after the hamlet signed a contract for the project earlier this month, marking a major step toward replacing a facility destroyed by fire in 2022.

The hamlet signed a $5.8-million construction agreement on March 11 with Cambridge Bay contracting company Qillaq Innovations, said Jim MacEachern, the community’s chief administrative officer.

He said $1.4 million comes from insurance related to the fire that destroyed the previous youth centre, and Kitikmeot Inuit Association is contributing $1 million.

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