Mary River mine protesters announce end to blockade – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 11, 2021
After a week of blockading an airstrip and road to an iron mine on north Baffin Island, a small group of protesters are packing up their tents.
That’s according to protesters’ spokesperson Marie Naqitarvik, wife of protester Tom Naqitarvik.
She sent out a news release late Feb. 10, announcing the group would be decamping and moving to an observation position at a nearby hunting cabin, before heading to Pond Inlet Saturday to prepare for face-to-face meetings with community leaders and Inuit organizations.
The protesters call themselves the Nuluujaat Land Guardians, and they have been blocking access to Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Mary River iron mine since the evening of Feb. 4.
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