Hunters’ blockade at Baffinland’s Mary River mine nears a week
The blockade is in protest of a controversial expansion — one about which the hunters say their concerns have been ignored.
A blockade of the Mary River iron mine entered its fifth day on Monday, as a group of hunters continued its protest of a proposed expansion of the mine. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., the project’s owner, said the hunters demanded to be recognized as an Inuit association and be paid a portion of the royalties the mine generates.
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