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Sale of Baffinland's assets should be run by an independent officer, feds argues

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By Arty Sarkisian Verified
| CFYK-FM (Yellowknife, NT) Verified
The federal government says that Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation representatives have a conflict of interest and shouldn't lead decisions on who the company can sell its assets to. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. is asking the Ontario Superior Court to allow the sale of some of its assets including, possibly, the mine itself to avoid closing one of Nunavut’s largest private-sector employers. Baffinland owns the Mary River Iron Mine, which employs over 1,200 workers.
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Nunavut land claims organization exploring taking over care for Inuit children

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By Arty Sarkisian Verified
| CFYK-FM (Yellowknife, NT) Verified
Nunavut’s land claims organization is exploring a possibility to take over the care for Inuit children in the territory, which one long-time politician says will make the territory’s child welfare system more Inuit-focused. "That concept of social services is coming in from the south," said former Nunavut premier Paul Quassa. "Qallunatitut, it's a foreign way of helping Inuit." Now, Nunavut Tungavik Inc. (NTI) is saying it’s hoping to change that.
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'State of emergency kind of stuff': Igloolik, Nunavut, running low on diesel

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By Arty Sarkisian Verified
| CFYK-FM (Yellowknife, NT) Verified
With a week before the next fuel delivery, an official with the Hamlet of Igloolik, Nunavut, says it might soon run out of diesel, which powers most of the community’s essential services. “In a nutshell, capacity has been reached for fuel consumption for diesel in the community and we hit the bottom of the barrel yesterday,” Igloolik’s acting senior administrative officer Michael Rowan said on Wednesday evening.
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