Update on 2019 Kitnuna bankruptcies leaves creditor aghast
Creditors in western Nunavut who are still smarting over money owed to them by two bankrupt companies, Kitnuna Projects and Kitnuna Petroleum, could not learn much from a recent Kitikmeot Corp. update on the bankruptcies.
$550M infrastructure project hits a wall
“It’s ridiculous how it is 2020 and we still don’t have a good internet connection”
Brian Penney, president of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., is shown speaking from Ottawa today on a screen in the Frobisher Inn in Iqaluit. Penney was addressing community members and intervenors involved in the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s assessment of Baffinland’s phase-two expansion plans. Today is the first day of the community roundtable and pre-conference hearing. These meetings are being conducted from Pond Inlet, with remote hubs in Iqaluit, Winnipeg and Ottawa. Participants are also listening in on a teleconference line. The meetings are scheduled to run until 5 p.m. this Thursday. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)
Community roundtable to be held on Sept. 28 through 30
“Keeping up with the user demand and maintaining a relatively low-priced residential data plan is very challenging”
“We feel we can build it and operate it and give better benefit for everybody”
Municipalities are exempt from NNI procurement policy
“ᐅᓇ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ, ᐱᓪᓚᕆᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᓗᑎᒃ”
“Our focus will remain on serving Nunavummiut, with leading technologies and strong partnerships so that everyone can benefit”
“It’s a real, very real blueprint for Inuit control and Inuit management”
Decision based on community input, current public health measures
Even before pandemic, high costs, uncertain rules had spooked investors
Nunavut Impact Review Board to rule on motion “as soon as practicable”
ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19-ᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑕᐃᓕᒍᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑲᐅᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᕈᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ
“ᐹᕕᓐᓛᓐᑯ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓐᓇᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉ ᓄᖑᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖅ 2 ᐋᖏᖅᑕᐅᓂᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ”
Inuit Certainty Agreement “ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓂᒃ”
New investors revive Mary River iron ore project
