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News alerts, updates, related information, Digital Indigenous Democracy (DID) and My Father's Land. Check here for current news and archived documents.

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"The mine had already started before they started talking about it." baffinlandwitness.com May 21, 2012

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DID News Alert “The mine had already started before they started talking about it. So what do you do? The decision has already been made.” see more at baffinlandwitness.com.
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uploaded date: 20-05-2012
The NIRB Process (Nunavut Impact Review Board). baffinlandwitness.com May 16, 2012

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DID News Alert The NIRB Process. see more at baffinlandwitness.com
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uploaded date: 18-05-2012
BAFFINLAND FINAL HEARINGS - A List Of The Key Issues

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DID News Alert May 18, 2012. The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) has sent out a list of the key issues that will be discussed during the final community hearings in July.… Read more

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IMPORTANT BAFFINLAND NEWS - Baffinland's NEW report on alternatives to Steensby Inlet

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DID News Alert May 17, 2012. After Iqaluit technical meetings, Baffinland claim Steensby Inlet still only viable port.
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uploaded date: 17-05-2012
IMPORTANT 8PM TONIGHT- LISTEN LIVE CALL-IN SHOW TONIGHT WEDNESDAY MAY 16TH. Nipivut Nunatinnii show on the NIRB (Nunavut Impact Review Board)

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Listen tonight to Episode 4 of Nipivut Nunatinnii Our Voice at Home, the open-line call-in radio series on Baffinland and Inuit rights, on Igloolik Community Radio Online, May 16, 2012, starting at 8 pm EST until approximately 10:30 pm ONLINE at at www.isuma.tv/DID/radio/igloolik.
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uploaded date: 16-05-2012
IMPORTANT BAFFINLAND NEWS - End of technical meetings in Iqaluit

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DID News Alert May 14, 2012. This past week, Iqaluit was the stage for Baffinland’s three-day technical meetings regarding the Mary River iron mine and it’s potential impacts.… Read more

uploaded date: 15-05-2012
IMPORTANT BAFFINLAND HEARINGS NEWS - NIRB Rules of Procedure

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DID News Alert May 11, 2012. For anyone who is interested in reading the Nunavut Impact Review Board's (NIRB) official policies and standards, particularly relating to the July community hearings, this is their document where all that information is. It is 27 pages.
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uploaded date: 11-05-2012
PODCAST available, May 9 radio show with Zacharias Kunuk and Human Rights lawyer about Baffinland Iron Mine, NIRB Public Hearings and Inuit Human Rights Part One.

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Click on www.isuma.tv/hi/en/did/radio/igloolik/program2 to download or listen to podcast of Zacharias Kunuk and Human Rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett on Igloolik public radio call-in show about the Baffinland Iron Mine, the NIRB Public Hearings and Inuit Human Rights.… Read more

uploaded date: 10-05-2012
Abandoned mines in Canada

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Interesting video by Memorial University professors John Sandlos and Arn Keeling talking about the abandoned Pine Point zinc mine, on the south shore of the Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. The mine was opened from 1964 to 1988.
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uploaded date: 10-05-2012
IMPORTANT BAFFINLAND NEWS - Who is ArcelorMittal?

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DID News Alert May 10, 2012. I thought I would shed a little light on who the owner of ArcelorMittal is, the company that owns Baffinland. The chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal is Lakshimi Mittal. According to Forbes magazine, he is the 21st richest person in the world and the 47th most powerful. He has a net worth of $20.7 billion dollars.
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uploaded date: 10-05-2012
DID NEWS - Nunatsiaq News article on Nipivut Nunatinni, DID, and Lloyd Lipsett

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Good Nunatsiaq News article on Nipivut Nunatinni local radio show, Digital Indigenous Democracy, and Human Right lawyer Lloyd Lipsett.
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uploaded date: 09-05-2012
New website launched for Nunavut uranium-watch organization Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit

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channel: Show me on the map: discussions on mining on Aboriginal lands

Please take a look at Makita's great new website "Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit"
makitanunavut.wordpress.com/
Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit is Nunavut's uranium-mining watchdog organization. Visit this website for the most up-to-date information about uranium mining in Nunavut!
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uploaded date: 09-05-2012