There’s a new set of wheels outside Nunavut Marketing as the company looks to expand to a new kind of delivery service.

The company is preparing to launch Iqaluit Transit, a privately funded bus service across the capital. Once it does, it will be the first time Iqalummiut will have access to a bus service since 2005 when the City of Iqaluitcut the service from its budget because it was too expensive to run.

The business shipped up a new Freightliner bus from Ottawa last month, expanding their bus fleet to two.

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Iqaluit Transit owner Jacinto Marques it’s important the new service is accessible and reliable for Iqalummiut. 

“The taxi is $9.50, which is very expensive,” he said. “We wanted to make it affordable for the community

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