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North Baffin residents continued to voice concerns about plans to expand the Mary River iron mine’s operations during a public hearing on Thursday. The ....
An Inuit organisation in the territory of Nunavut in northern Canada has voted against backing the planned expansion of a contentious iron ore mine, after local Inuit communities raised staunch opposition to the proposal. The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) said in a statement on Friday that its board of directors passed a resolution to not support the expansion of the Mary River mine on Baffin Island, in the Arctic Archipelago. The QIA is mandated to protect Inuit rights and interests in the area. The company in charge of the mine, Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, had proposed doubling its output from six to 12 million tonnes a year, and building a 110km railway connecting the site to a port, as well as a second port dock from which to ship the material. ....
Posted: Feb 08, 2021 6:41 PM CT | Last Updated: February 9 Iqaluit residents protest on Monday to protect wildlife from the expansion of the Mary River Mine on north Baffin Island. (Beth Brown/CBC) Community members across Nunavut came out in peaceful protests Monday, to show solidarity with a group of hunters who continue to blockade the Mary River iron ore mine on North Baffin Island. Protesters at the blockade from Pond Inlet, Igloolik and Arctic Bay say Inuit harvesting rights are being ignored in the company s bid to expand the mine. Demonstrations started in Pond Inlet last week. New protests were held Monday in Iqaluit, Igloolik, Naujaat and Taloyoak. ....
Posted: Jan 29, 2021 11:54 AM CT | Last Updated: January 29 Lori Idlout is technical advisor for the Ikajutit Hunters and Trappers Organization. She says it feels like the Nunavut Impact Review Board is using a Baffinland bulldozer to speed technical hearings along. (Beth Brown/CBC) Tensions continue between Baffinland and Inuit leaders at an expansion hearing for the Mary River mine, but yesterday it was the organization running the technical hearing that participants were frustrated with. As the hearing agenda falls behind on Friday morning participants were still working through Monday s scheduled presentations the Nunavut Impact Review board has begun restricting the number of questions each party can ask for Baffinland, per presentation. ....