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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. ....
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Pond Inlet residents show support for hunters protesting Mary River mine expansion Hunters’ blockade of Baffinland’s airstrip and road enters third day About 25 women and children protested in front of the Pond Inlet community hall last night, where the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s hearing into Baffinland’s expansion proposal have been held for the past two weeks. (Photo courtesy of Shelly Funston Elverum/Facebook) A group of about 25 Pond Inlet women and children demonstrated in front of the Pond Inlet community hall Friday night in support of a small group of Pond Inlet and Arctic Bay hunters who have been blockading the Mary River airstrip and road since Thursday night. ....
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The mine, which began operating in 2015, crushes iron ore on site before carrying it 100 kilometres by truck to a port where it s shipped to customers in Europe. The mine is allowed to ship out six million tonnes of iron ore each year. Baffinland says it needs to double that output and build a 110-kilometre railway to stay profitable and reduce transportation costs. That would mean 176 ship transits each year and 20 train trips a day. The railway would be the only one in Nunavut and the most northern one in Canada. Public hearings before the Nunavut Impact Review Board are underway in Pond Inlet and Iqaluit on the proposed expansion. ....