Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s vice-president of sustainable development, Megan Lord-Hoyle, fields questions during the third day of a two-week Nunavut Impact Review Board hearing for Baffinland’s proposed mine expansion. (Screen shot)
Deal struck by Baffinland and Qikiqtani Inuit Association only selectively dealt with at hearing, hunters say
The Mittimatalik Hunters and Trappers Organization wants to exclude a multi-million dollar agreement from evidence in deliberations over a mine expansion in north Baffin Island, unless that deal is dissected before the committee in full. The organization is asking for the Inuit Certainty Agreement to be excluded from records used by the Nunavut Impact Review...
Danish-funded fixes to permafrost damages will keep airport open to military and civilian aircraft after most passenger traffic is shifted to other airports