A view of the port at Milne Inlet. Under Baffinland’s expansion proposal, a 110-kilometre railway would connect this port to the Mary River mine. (Baffinland photo)
Hunters say pandemic makes it difficult for their non-Nunavut advisers to attend
North Baffin leaders want the Nunavut Impact Review Board to postpone an in-person public hearing on the controversial railway-based expansion of the Mary River iron mine. That hearing is set to run Jan. 25 to Feb. 6 in Pond Inlet.
From left: Viola Haqpi and Holly Kayuryuk with the Abluqta Society in Baker Lake try on face masks that sport patterns from Inuit culture on Dec. 7. A box of 200 of the masks, made by Tanya Innaarulik, were donated by Transformative Life Skills Nunavik. The Abluqta Society plans to give them away in January, once the current supply of masks in the community becomes less available. (Image courtesy of the Abluqta Society)