Uvagut TV resumes live broadcast of controversial mine hearing

Still not permitted to rebroadcast IGLOOLIK, Nunavut — Uvagut TV said today it has resumed its live broadcast of the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s (NIRB) public hearing into the proposed phase two expansion of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Mary River mine (located in northern Baffin Island). The news comes after Uvagut TV’s owner Nunavut Independent Television Network (NITV) earlier this week made public a letter requesting the NIRB allow the all-Inuit-language channel to not only broadcast the hearing live but also to rebroadcast sessions later in the day so more Inuit viewers could be informed about what was discussed during...