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Parka-making course means new coats for kids in need — and lifelong skills for new sewers

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 13:20
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Sewers in Iqaluit put their best work on display Friday afternoon at Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit. They were showcasing

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Canadian government says it can’t approve emergency request from Arctic mine

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at 09:25
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The mining company threatened last week to lay off over 1,300 employees if its emergency order is not approved The

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Inuit land claims org mulls law suit against Nunavut over change to tax law for Inuit-owned land

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 08:10
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‘The GN has refused to address Inuit concerns,’ Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. alleges Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) is considering legal action

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Nunavut Inuit in Canada suing feds over fishing licence allocations to Mi’kmaw company

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 11:07
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Nunavut fishers pushing for proportionate amount of quotas off its shores Inuit in Nunavut are suing the federal government over

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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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Regional Inuit group rejects Arctic iron ore mine expansion bid

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 8, 2021 at 16:57
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The Qikiqtani Inuit Association says it won’t support an expansion at Nunavut’s Mary River iron ore mine on North Baffin

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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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Inuit association in Canada’s eastern Arctic adjusts COVID-19 financial support announcement after deluge of applications

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, November 6, 2020 at 15:45
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An Inuit association in Canada’s eastern Arctic is adjusting an announced financial support initiative to help families during the COVID-19

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Canadian Indigenous community benefit agreement worth $1B over life of Mary River Mine in Nunavut

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 10:32 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 12:05
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Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association have a new agreement for Inuit oversight of the Mary River Mine.

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Inuit association in Canada’s eastern Arctic to levy fees on tourism operators

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 15:04 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:32
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The rise of tourism in Canada’s eastern Arctic, particularly from cruise ships, has prompted the regional Inuit association to start

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Inuit and Ottawa reach agreement in principle on marine conservation area in Northwest Passage

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 10:11 — Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2018 at 13:21
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The federal government and the Inuit have reached another milestone in creating Canada’s largest marine conservation area in the northeastern

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Northern Canada: PJ Akeeagok acclaimed as president of Qikiqtani Inuit Association

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 11:20
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PJ Akeeagok will remain president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) for the next four years, after he was confirmed

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"Nobody cares for our concerns,” says Jerry Natanine, mayor of Clyde River, Nunavut. “And our Minister [of the Environment] in Ottawa, Leona Aglukkaq, not speaking up against this for Inuit is very wrong.” (Courtesy Jerry Natanine)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Special Features 

Seismic testing approved over Inuit opposition in Canada’s eastern Arctic

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 16:41
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Canada’s National Energy Board has approved a five-year plan for seismic detection of oil and gas reserves under the sea

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