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28-year-old woman found dead in Iqaluit's Happy Valley neighbourhood

Nunavut's coroners office has ordered an autopsy to determine the woman's cause of death.

Woman found dead on Sunday on the land in the Happy Valley area

A view of lower Happy Valley in Iqaluit on Oct. 1, 2017. Iqaluit RCMP said a woman was found dead 'on the land in the Happy Valley' area on Sunday. (Walter Strong/CBC)

Nunavut'scoroner's office is investigating, after a 28-year-old woman was found dead in Iqaluit on the weekend.

In a press release,Iqaluit RCMP say they received a report of an unresponsive adult woman "on the land in the Happy Valley area" at about 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Police and the Chief Coroner went to where the woman was found.

The woman was pronounced dead by thecoroner's office, which has ordered an autopsy to determine cause of death.

RCMPhave not released the woman's name.