Uvagut TV: “Inuit have the right to hear what’s happening on our land”

IGLOOLIK, Nunavut — Uvagut TV, Canada’s first 24/7 Inuktut TV channel, announced today it has filed a motion with the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) to secure the right to broadcast and rebroadcast the next round of public hearings being conducted by the NIRB into the proposed phase two expansion of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Mary River mine (located in northern Baffin Island). Cartt.ca readers will remember Uvagut TV first started broadcasting live coverage of the controversial mine hearing in January 2021, shortly after the channel launched. In April, Uvagut TV was allowed to continue live broadcast coverage of the...