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The Inuit people of Canada's far North have won a significant legal battle: An injunction was issued this past weekend against the seismic testing being planned for Lancaster Sound. We talk to the lawyer who successfully argued on the Inuit's behalf.
Photo: Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Terry Fox, in the waters of Lancaster Sound, Nunavut at the eastern gates of the Northwest Passage. (CP PHOTO/Bob Weber)
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