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Baffinland eyes Northwest Passage as possible shipping route

Consultants’ report states Mary River mine expansion would see some ore shipped west

Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. is considering shipping ore west from its expanded Mary River mine through the Northwest Passage. That’s according to a report prepared by Stantec Consulting on behalf of the company.

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Cleaning up Iqaluit’s waterways

Martha Lenio cleans up by a creek during the City of Iqaluit’s annual waterways cleanup event on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Lenio had already filled a bag with garbage from the creek, including what appeared to be a broken hockey stick and a water gun. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

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Light show over Nunavik

Northern lights dance over the Pingualuit park base camp in Nunavik on Saturday, Aug. 17. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Dancing at sunset

Makusi Alaku of Kangiqsujuaq drum dances outside the Pingualuit park base camp at Manarsulik Lake in Nunavik at sunset on Saturday, Aug. 17. The offices of Nunatsiaq News will close for Labour Day on Monday, Sept. 2. We wish all our readers a happy and peaceful long weekend. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

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Taking a high kick at Pingualuit park

Pingualuit park warden Adamie Tuniq, from Kangiqsujuaq, demonstrates Inuit games, and particularly the one-foot high kick, on the deck of the Pingualuit park base camp on Sunday, Aug. 18. The offices of Nunatsiaq News will be closed for the Labour Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 2. We wish all our readers a happy and peaceful long weekend. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Coast Guard ships get resupply in Iqaluit

A Coast Guard helicopter slings cargo out to Canadian Coast Guard ships Henry Larsen and Captain Molly Kool, anchored in Frobisher Bay on Thursday, Aug. 29. (Photo by Elaine Anselmi)