Baffinland gets court order allowing access to Mary River airstrip – Nunatsiaq News
A judge has ordered protesters blockading the airstrip and road to Baffinland’s Mary River iron mine to allow employees to leave.
Justice Susan Cooper made the order Wednesday morning before a mostly full Nunavut Court of Justice courtroom in Iqaluit.
“The order is to facilitate the transportation of the employees who are currently on the site so that they can leave and go home,” she said.
Baffinland lawyer Brad Armstrong submitted an application for an injunction on Tuesday after the company issued a news release stating it was considering all options to end the airstrip blockade, which continued for its seventh day on Wednesday.
