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Baffinland should participate in human rights impact assessment: intervenors Lloyd Lipsett and Zacharias Kunuk on day 1 of Igloolik hearings, baffinlandwitness.com July 24, 2012

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Final hearings for the Mary River project continued in Igloolik today—one of the first summery days of the season—in the Attaguttaaluk high school gym.… Read more

uploaded date: 25-07-2012
**Igloolik Baffinland NIRB Final Public Hearings LIVE Radio Broadcast in INUKTITUT** July 23-24-25 on Nipivut Nunatinnii

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**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

uploaded date: 23-07-2012
QIA requests more studies, monitoring and discussion in Igloolik on fuel storage at Steensby, baffinlandwitness.com July 18, 2012

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In contrast to NTI’s nine-minute contribution to final hearings on the Mary River project (NIRB allotted 20 minutes for its presentation), QIA took a thorough, critical and aggressive stance in its hearing presentation on a number of issues, such as socioeconomics, impacts on land and marine mammals, ballast water, the port at Steensby Inlet, Inuit [...] See full story at &nbs… Read more

uploaded date: 18-07-2012
Mary River’s final hearings: Iqaluit, day 1, baffinlandwitness.com July 17, 2012

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After over ten hours of presentations and discussions, the first day of Mary River’s final hearings closed at 9:30pm, two items behind schedule, with the intimation of many yet unanswered questions to come.… Read more

uploaded date: 17-07-2012
Final Baffinland hearings start in Iqaluit

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Final Baffinland hearings start in Iqaluit, The Iqaluit hearing begins Monday with a presentation from Baffinland, the company which hopes to build the mine. "I think we've done a lot of good
work ... See full story cbc.ca
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uploaded date: 17-07-2012
Pond Inlet and the NLCA: Q&A with Malachi Arreak, former IIBA negotiator, baffinlandwitness.com, July 15, 2012

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Malachi Arreak worked as a regional land negotiator on the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in the early 1990s and negotiated the Qikiqtani region’s first IIBA, for the Sirmilik National Park, across Eclipse Sound from Pond Inlet.… Read more

uploaded date: 15-07-2012
IMPORTANT - New show Nipivut Nunatinnii THURSDAY JULY 12 8PM EST. Iqaluit Baffinland community hearings with Lloyd Lipsett

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Tune-in tomorrow night Thursday July 12 at 8PM to Nipivut Nunatinnii Igloolik community radio for a live interview with Lloyd Lipsett talking about the Baffinland hearings in Iqaluit. Lloyd will be in Iqaluit for the hearings, before traveling to Igloolik and Pond Inlet.… Read more

uploaded date: 11-07-2012
What’s in Mary River’s IIBA? A plain language summary, baffinlandwitness.com, July 3, 2012

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Full story at baffinlandwitness.com. Last Tuesday, QIA negotiator Paul Quassa spoke over Igloolik community radio to summarize the 24-article Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement (IIBA) offer the association made to Baffinland earlier this month.… Read more

uploaded date: 03-07-2012
Q&A with Igloolik mayor Nick Arnatsiaq, baffinlandwitness.com, June 28, 2012

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Full story at baffinlandwitness.com. BW: You’ve been mayor of Igloolik since January. Can you tell me a little bit about your background? NA: My real profession is interpreter-translator—I had a private business as an interpreter-translator in Iqaluit—but I’ve been many things.… Read more

uploaded date: 28-06-2012
Nipivut Nunatinnii NEW CALL-IN SHOWS JUNE 26, 27 - QIA, IIBA, NIRB, and Mary River

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Tuesday night – The Mary River IIBA and QIA. Get information on what is an IIBA, who is on QIA’s team, what are some of the things that will be in an IIBA and where are negotiations. Call in if you have questions.
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uploaded date: 26-06-2012
“I thought I would grow old there. I even have my gravesite up there.” Michelline Ammaq interview baffinlandwitness.com June 21, 2012

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Full story at baffinlandwitness.com. "When I was a child, we would live out on the land. And I grew up on Baffin, where there were always mountains around us. I loved Baffin because it has colour, it has landscape.… Read more

uploaded date: 21-06-2012
AREVA’s Socioeconomic Impact Statement inadequate, confusing, contradictory says Makita - PART 1

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AREVA’s Socioeconomic Impact Statement inadequate, confusing, contradictory says Makita - PART 1
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uploaded date: 21-06-2012