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‘What is happening now is not working for Inuit’: Why Inuit association in Arctic Canada won’t support Baffinland mine expansion

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 09:50
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QIA board voted in March not to support expansion The Qikiqtani Inuit Association says its decision to not support Baffinland’s

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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 2 General RCI 

Wildlife concerns still lingering in Arctic Canada as public hearings into Baffinland’s expansion resume

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:10
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Final public hearings into Baffinland’s Mary River Mine expansion run until April 2 Nunavut’s Qikiqtaaluk communities are still concerned about

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Business Business (Denmark/Greenland) Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Mining magnets: Arctic island finds green power can be a curse

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 12:00
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – In the tenth century, Erik the Red, a Viking from Iceland, was so impressed with the vegetation

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* Featured * Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News RCI 

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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Business Business (Denmark/Greenland) Countries Denmark/Greenland General RCI 

Canadian geologist raises questions about controversial Greenland mining project

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, January 8, 2021 at 18:47 — Last Updated: Friday, January 8, 2021 at 19:24
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As residents of five communities in southern Greenland gear up for public hearings about a proposed rare earths mining project

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Agnico Eagle bids $286M for TMAC Resources, more than Chinese offer for Nunavut gold mine

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 11:19
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Canadian miner Agnico Eagle Mines said on Tuesday it would buy TMAC Resources for about $286.6 million , two weeks

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General RCI 

The pandemic, the economy & international policy – Arctic news roundup 2020 with Heather Exner-Pirot

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, December 28, 2020 at 09:00
1 Comment

The end of the year is often a time to take stock and here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Reducing emissions could create up to 3,000 new jobs in Arctic Sweden says mining group

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 16:23
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LKAB, a state-owned mineral and mining group, wants to invest 400 billion kronor to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions through

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a news conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014.(Pavel Golovkin/AP)
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Behind Putin’s new Arctic Strategy lies a quest for natural resources

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 2, 2020 at 11:51
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The new guiding document for Russia’s vast Arctic territories includes plenty of focus on oil, natural gas and shipping, and

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General Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Chinese company’s deal to buy Arctic gold mine facing national security review in Canada

The Canadian Press
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 16:03 — Last Updated: Friday, October 16, 2020 at 16:08
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TMAC Resources Inc. says the federal cabinet has ordered a national security review of the proposed sale of the Canadian

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s PM says COVID-19 pandemic amplified housing, connectivity gaps in territories

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 12:54
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Trudeau says the pandemic has exposed ‘the depths’ of issues faced by northerners In an exclusive interview with CBC North’s 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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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Chinese miner hires Canadian CEO as review continues on Nunavut mine deal

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2020 at 10:49
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The Chinese company trying to buy TMAC Resources Ltd. has appointed a Barrick Gold Corp. veteran as CEO of its

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