Nunavut board ignored advice and allowed mining exploration on caribou calving grounds
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 10:40
in Earth & Climate
While people in the N.W.T. are debating how to divvy up the scant remaining harvest from the Bluenose East caribou herd, a Vancouver-based exploration company has been exploring for copper on the caribou's calving grounds in Nunavut — despite strong opposition in both Nunavut and the N.W.T.