Editing CFS Alert (section)

===Civilian contractor===
{{as of|2006|04|13}} the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] reported that station heating costs had risen, leading the military to cut back on support trade positions by using private contractors.<ref name="CbcAlert20060413">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/costly-fuel-prompts-cuts-at-northern-military-station-1.607547 |title=Costly fuel prompts cuts at northern military station|work=[[CBC News]]|date=April 13, 2006|access-date=August 9, 2008|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414125705/http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/13/north-alert-military060413.html |archive-date=April 14, 2006}}</ref> By 2008, maintenance operations on station (including food and housekeeping services, vehicle maintenance, power plant operation, and heating, electrical, and plumbing) had been transferred to a civilian contractor.  The contract was initially awarded to Canadian Base Operators (CBO), a subsidiary of Black & McDonald.  In 2012, the contract was won by Nasittuq Corporation, a majority Inuit-owned organization which also holds the North Warning System operations contract.