Module 3: Additional Articles on the Mary River Project

If the Mary River project goes ahead, it would be sure to disturb the wildlife around it.

Monitoring the rail seems straight-forward yet the biggest concern remains of how caribou would be impacted and the dynamite explosions to build a tunnel, the impacts this would have on nearby lake fish.

And probably the largest concerns have involved the port and shipping components, which means that monitoring the port facility and shipping lanes would likely be scrutinized most stringently.

And probably the largest concerns have involved the port and shipping components, which means that monitoring the port facility and shipping lanes would likely be scrutinized most stringently.

A massive open-pit iron mine proposed on northern Baffin Island would be the North’s largest industrial development to date, but Nunavut residents are divided over what it would mean for the territory.

Others, however, are wary about its potential impacts.

The mine will not only be a potential source for employment, but also a huge financial boon.

The board’s decision is the culmination of a four-year assessment of the project, in which Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation plans to build a massive open-pit mine at its Mary River site...along with a railway and port that would allow icebreakers to ship the ore through Arctic waters year-round.

They included:
• the availability of training and jobs for Inuit;
• and the possible social problems that could result from an influx of money into nearby communities.

"There's still some opposition to the project going ahead."