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Inuit community takes Arctic drilling battle to Supreme Court of Canada

Blog entry by Farrah Khan, Arctic Campaigner | October 22, 2015 1 comment

“Supreme and total precedent” — that's what Clyde River's counsel said a favourable Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruling could mean for Indigenous communities across Canada. It would uphold — at Canada’s highest court — Indigenous...

No seismic blasting in Canadian Arctic this year!

Blog entry by Farrah Khan, Arctic Campaigner | April 1, 2016 1 comment

Seismic cannons will not blast through the waters of Baffin Bay and Davis Strait this year, giving Nunavut communities and marine life another summer of relief from the threats of dangerous oil exploration. The conglomerate of...

Clyde River fights oil and reaches for the Arctic sun

Blog entry by Jessica Wilson and Farrah Khan | October 7, 2015

Late last month, we set off on a journey to Clyde River, Nunavut , after an inspiring and eventful fifteen months of supporting their fight against dangerous oil exploration in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. The community is still...

Growing support for Clyde River

Blog entry by Ava Lightbody * | February 10, 2015 2 comments

In the tiny, remote towns dotting the Baffin Island coast in the Canadian Arctic, Inuit voices are rising in opposition to seismic testing — a destructive preliminary stage in the scramble for offshore oil — in the marine ecosystem...

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