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Nunavut mine in Arctic Canada says it’s not allowed to harm Inuit harvesting

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 16:02
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Baffinland reacts to the blockade and a community call to slow down its expansion In the wake of last week’s

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Featured • Zone 2 General RCI 

Mine blockade sparks solidarity protests across Nunavut, Canada

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 10:08
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Baffinland says 700 staff are stranded, supply flights suspended Community members across Nunavut came out in peaceful protests on Monday,

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Business Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 RCI 

Nunavut mine expansion won’t harm narwhals or seals, company says

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 1, 2021 at 18:11
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Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation says its proposed expansion of the Mary River Mine on north Baffin Island won’t cause any lasting

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Canada General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society Society (Canada) 

Participants at Nunavut mine hearing question whether process is serving Inuit

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 00:30
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Tensions continue between Baffinland and Inuit leaders at an expansion hearing for the Mary River mine, but yesterday it was

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Business (Canada) Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic iron mine expansion hearings open to opposition from Nunavut communities

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 11:12
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At the outset of the final environmental hearings for an expansion at Nunavut’s Mary River Mine, five communities in the

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Canada waives annual mineral lease fees on Crown land in Nunavut

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 10:41
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In a measure to reduce the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nunavut, the federal government is waiving payments

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut mining companies confirm no COVID-19 cases, as concerns rise

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 11:53
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There are no suspected or confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, at the Meliadine Mine outside of Rankin Inlet,

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Canadian mining company Baffinland faces millions in liens over stalled expansion project in Arctic

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 12:31
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Construction companies are taking steps to make sure they’ll get paid for work they did for Baffinland’s Mary River Mine.

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Trump, the Arctic Council & northern policy in Canada: Arctic stories to watch for in 2020 with Heather Exner-Pirot

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 15:27 — Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2020 at 17:14
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As 2020 gets underway, Eye on the Arctic is checking in with northern experts for their take on what to

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Effects on narwhal must be clarified before expanding iron ore mine in Arctic Canada

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2019 at 14:16
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The Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation wants to expand production at its iron ore mine on northern Baffin Island, in Canada’s

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Narwhals pictured above in the Canadian Arctic. Their tusks can sell for several thousand dollars. (Kristin Laidre/NOAA/AP)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Conservation group calls for more research into effects of mine shipping noise on narwhal in Arctic Canada

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 16:28 — Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 16:31
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A Canadian conservation group says more research into the impact of vessel traffic on narwhal and other marine life is

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Ships carry ore from Canadian Arctic through Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 12:39 — Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 12:42
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Two ships loaded with iron ore from Baffinland’s mine in Nunavut, Northern Canada, have taken a shortcut to the Russian

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General News 

Nunavut, Canada iron mine gets federal OK to up production with regional Inuit support

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 10:59 — Last Updated: Friday, October 5, 2018 at 11:03
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The Canadian government has approved Baffinland increasing its iron ore production against the advice of the Nunavut impact review board

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Business Business (Canada) Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Baffinland mine ships record amount of iron ore in 2017

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, October 20, 2017 at 12:39
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Baffinland’s Mary River iron mine shipped a record 4.1 million tonnes of iron ore during its 75-day open-water shipping season, which

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Environmental group welcomes Canadian mine’s decision to abandon icebreaking plans

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, December 9, 2016 at 01:46
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A giant iron mining operation in the Canadian Arctic is getting rare praise from environmental groups and local communities after

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