Nunavut Impact Review Board chairperson Marjorie Kaviq Kaluraq announced Thursday the board “intends to issue” its recommendation on Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s shipping increase application between Sept. 19 and 23. (File photo by David Venn)
Review board decision scheduled between Sept. 19 and 23; 1st round of terminations starts Sept. 25
The Nunavut Impact Review Board will not deliver a recommendation on Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s proposal to increase its shipping limit until the week before the company is set to begin job terminations at its Mary River iron mine.
Canadian Forces members travelled near Qikiqtarjuaq, formerly known as Jenny Lind Island, by helicopter on Aug. 17 for Operation Nanook-Nunakput. The Arctic Response Company Group was scouting the area surrounding the island, which is about 100 kilometres from Cambridge Bay. Operation Nanook-Nunakput continues until Aug. 29 near Cambridge Bay, Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay and Qikiqtarjuaq. (Photo by Bdr. Julia Currie, Canadian Forces)
Hunters from Rankin Inlet and Naujaat stand atop their catch: a bowhead whale. The hunters caught the whale late on Aug.20, about 50 kilometres south of Naujaat, then towed it for 12 hours back to the hamlet. (Photo courtesy of Lillian Simik)