Nunavut mine expansion faces opposition from hunters and environmental groups

Nunavut mine expansion faces opposition from hunters and environmental groups

Hunters and trappers organizations from Naujaat, Sanirajak and Iglulik, along with the World Wildlife Fund Canada and Ecojustice, said they oppose Mary River iron mine expansion over concerns about caribou and narwhal populations.

Baffinland mine expansion encounters opposition from hunters and trappers, environmental groups

Impacts on caribou and narwhal populations feared; mining company says participation in hearings was open to all

Naujaat hunters want regulators to rethink Steensby approval

Naujaat hunters are threatening to go to court over an approved railway expansion and deepsea port planned for Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Mary River Mine.  “Litigation is certainly a possibility,” said James Gunvaldsen Klaassen, managing lawyer with Ecojustice, an environmental law charity with offices across southern Canada. He made the comments at a news conference his organization staged Friday on Apex beach in Iqaluit, with representative…