mining in the arctic

 **Igloolik Baffinland NIRB Final Public Hearings LIVE Broadcast** Tune-in to Nipivut Nunatinnii Monday-Wednesday July 23-25 to listen to the INUKTITUT audio LIVE from the Baffinland hearings in Igloolik.… Read more

AREVA’s Socioeconomic Impact Statement inadequate, confusing, contradictory says Makita - PART 1

"A timeline of the Mary River project—and Baffinland Iron Mines’ part in it—from 1962 to present..." CLICK HERE for full article.

More uranium mining planned for Nunavut

Full Story at baffinlandwitness.com. "I want to film the area, I want to film the wildlife, I want to film the port site, Ikpikitturjuaq, which everybody is talking about. Then I came up with a documentary and put a new title on it, My Father’s Land.… Read more

Mark Airut, Igloolik Radio Manager, says:

"I have been working and recording with Ashley and Celina with protesters near Northern store and have few recording in english and inuktitut and we will have a phone in show tomorrow monday June 11,at 8pm to 10pm and play those recordings we did and also Simona Arnatsiaq also was protesting in Ottawa will be with us on the phone."

Canada and the EITI – A Call For Transparency and Accountability in the Extractive Resource Sector

Aboriginal Affairs minister John Duncan has decided to reject the re-appointment of the NIRB’s chairman Lucassie Arragutainaq. Arragutainaq was considered by many to be an excellent chairman. As chairman, Arragutainaq made the final decision when the eight-person board was split 50/50.… Read more

UPDATE TONIGHT Wednesday June 6th 8-10pm: Walrus, Wildlife and Baffinland?
• What do hunters think about Baffinland’s supertankers and marine mammals?
• Will shipping through Foxe Basin damage the wildlife? Is it safe?

From Nunatsiaq News www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674are_qia_nirb_and_governments_ignoring_pangnirtung/

May 30th letter to the editor, written by Andrew Nakashuk and Levi Ishulutak of Pangnirtung:

Tune in TONIGHT, May 30, from 8-10 pm EST to listen to the next online call-in radio show in the series Nipivut Nunatinnii Our Voice at Home, broadcast locally and worldwide by Igloolik Community Radio Online at www.isuma.tv/DID/radio/igloolik. Zacharias Kunuk, Igloolik Hamlet Councilor and representative to the Board of Qiki… Read more

DID News Alert  May 28, 2012. With the July community hearings coming soon, Baffinland presented a document called “"What to Expect When You Are Expecting," on May 3rd in Iqaluit. In this document, the company explains how the public hearings will take place.… Read more

DID News Alert On May 15th the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), an independent economic regulator under the authority of the Canadian Parliament that regulates air, rail and marine transportation according to the Canada Transport Act, met to discuss the Baffinland Mary River project’s railway and marine transportation plan.

DID News Alert “Nunavut’s lands and natural resources rightfully belong to Nunavummiut to develop and protect…reclaiming the ability to make decisions about how our lands and resources are managed is the next chapter in building self-reliance.” These are Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak’s words concerning… Read more

baffinlandwitness.com/2012/05/22/interactive-map-nunavut-active-mineral-exploration/

Baffinland Witness has posted an interactive map of mining projects in Nunavut from past and present projects to future potential explorations.

Listen LIVE online to Igloolik Community Radio Wednesday May 23rd at 8PM for a follow-up show on NIRB and the upcoming Public Hearings in July, with NIRB's Amanda Hanson and human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett answering questions live online. Follow link here: www.isuma.tv/hi/en/did/radio/igloolik