The Canadian Press A 16-year-old biennial event aimed at fostering business in the country’s eastern Arctic and northern regions has been cancelled indefinitely as a dispute unfolds between Inuit in Canada and a Labrador group claiming to share their heritage. The chambers of commerce for Baffin and Labrador North say they have halted the Northern Lights Business and Cultural Showcase because of changing relationships and sociopolitical environments in the North. Julianne Griffin with the Labrador North chamber says organizers got a letter from Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which represents Inuit in Canada, saying it would advise its members not to attend if the NunatuKavut Community Council in Labrador was invited. The NunatuKavut Community Council claims to represent about 6,000 Inuit in southern and central Labrador, but Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami says the

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