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Iqaluit condo residents without water or sewage services for weeks

Some people living in Iqaluit’s Brown Row condo units haven’t had water or sewage services for several weeks.

It was caused by heating issues and a city water shutdown that left some residents with frozen pipes during the coldest time of the year. 

Jaban David, the Brown Row condo board’s president, said there is extensive damage to the condo units as a result. 

“We have a couple of units that had sewage back up where there’s sewage leaking through the walls,” David said, sitting in his Brown Row unit. 

“Most of the damage is hidden underneath the building … in floors or in walls,” he added. 

Jaban David, president of the Brown Row condo board, says he is still trying to assess the cost of the damage done to buildings from a water and sewage freeze-up. (David Gunn/CBC)

David said he’s taken three weeks off work to deal with the

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