Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) helps to ensure healthy and sustainable aquatic ecosystems through habitat protection and sound science.

DFO is aware of the dead humpback whale in Northeast of Dog Island.

We spoke with Kevin Guest who is the Communications Advisor with Fisheries Management.

He says they do not know the cause of death but there are no obvious signs of gear entanglement.

DFO reminds the public that physical contact with whale carcasses is discouraged due to the possibility of disease transmission or injury.

If individuals come across a dead whale, they can report it to Whale Release and Strandings Newfoundland and Labrador (Tangly Whales Inc.) at 1-888-895-3003 or 1-709-895-3003.

With regards to the clean-up, generally, if a dead whale is beached:

•Within a municipality/city – the Municipality is responsible.

•On crown land – the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is responsible; and,

•Within the boundaries of a National Park — Parks Canada is responsible.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanadami on Sunday, July 24th, 2022 had a moment with ITK’s President Natan Obed with Pope Francis during the welcoming ceremony in Edmonton.

President Obed was part of the delegation in Edmonton to welcome Pope Francis to Canada.

There were also many Innu from Sheshashui and Natuashish that travelled to Quebec by chartered flights.

The Nunatsiavut Government would like to update residents of the five Labrador Inuit Communities on the situation regarding the High Efficiency Woodstove Program.

For the last several years, we have been using the Blaze King- King 40 as our preferred woodstove for the program due to its high efficiency rating and long burn times. Following the recent inspections and training from Wood Energy Transfer Technology (WETT) technicians, we have been advised to use a smaller stove that is more suitable to the square footage of the average home in Nunatsiavut.

Since this has come to our attention, the Nunatsiavut Government has been working diligently with these experts and using their advice and recommendations to select a better suited stove and to ensure we have the right materials to install them correctly.

All applications for this year of the program have been reviewed and there is no need to reapply. We will contact the successful applicants in the coming weeks to let them know they have been selected. When delivery times of all woodstoves and materials are confirmed, we will reach out again to discuss installation.

The High Efficiency Woodstove Program is of high importance to the Nunatsiavut Government and we will strive to get this program back on schedule. Our focus is to deliver this program successfully, without compromising the quality and safety of the installation.

The Office of the Seniors’ Advocacy of NL is pleased to announce that they will have staff travel to Nain on October 18th, 2022.

They are seeking two (2) seniors from the community of Rigolet to join in and to listen to concerns seniors have in their own respective communities.

Travel would be the morning of October 18 and return the following afternoon October 19, 2022.

Click here when we hear about the Senior’s Advocate of NL with Beverly Hunter.

The kinatuinnamut Ilingajuk magazine has some interesting stories within Labrador.

There was a letter received from the Labrador Outreach Project in July 1979.

Donald Dicker was re-hired as Outreach Worker to provide Canada Manpower services to the residents of Nain.

Training courses were also sponsored by Manpower in Happy Valley-Goose Bay or any other schools in the province.

Click here to hear more of Dicker’s position in 1979.

Twin Flames Is coming to Labrador for a tour this month.

They will be in Rigolet tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26 and will be performing at the Community Centre.

They will also be at the Makkovik Community Hall on Wednesday, July 27.

In Postville’s Community Centre on Thursday, July 28.

They perform in Hopedale’s Nanuk Centre on Friday, July 29.

Last but not least, they get to Nain on Friday, July 30th and perform at the Jeremias Sillett Community Centre.

All concerts starts at 7pm with a free entry.

Nunatsiavut Housing Commission Open House starts today Monday, July 25th, 2022.

Brenna Jararuse is from Happy Valley- Goose Bay and is the Nunatsiavut Housing Commission Director.

She says the open house will be to show the development of the Nunatsiavut Housing Commission take place at the Illusuak Cultural Centre.

Jararuse added they will also hold an open house in Hopedale on Tuesday, July 26 at 6pm at the Nanuk Centre.

Dying and dead birds are being found in Newfoundland, this has been going on for the last two weeks.

Chris Mooney is the Interpretation Officer for at the St. Cape Mary’s Ecological Reserve.

He said testing has been underway to determine the root cause of the die-off, on Thursday he added he believes Avian Influenza is to blame.

Mooney has been working on the Reserve for 21 years and there has been no word, but the tests should come back soon.

He said he don’t know how long it takes to spread and hopefully it doesn’t spread too much and lose a lot of birds.

Mooney said its not good because we can’t do anything for them. We can just watch and count numbers, talk to the Canadian Wildlife Service and University’s biologist Bill Montevecchi and the head office. And Perter Corcoran said there are almost 300 counted.

He said some wash up on the beach and some come alive and die in ten minutes. He has lived in Port Lance for over 50 years and he has fished for 35 years and have never seen anything lie this.

Corcoran added they’ve seen murres and even puffins on the beach.

It is the second year for the Fraser River Fish Count this year.

Craig Taylor is the Fisheries Analyst for Torngat, Wildlife and Plants Secretariat.

He says it was a big year last year installing the fish counting facility and cameras to collect some data.

They’ve set up the site for this year as of July 16th and 17th and plan for a longer season to the end of August.

Taylor adds that they had a little bit of damage to one of their out buildings from last Spring during fishing season.

Click here to hear more from Taylor on the fish counting at Fraser River.

Trades Newfoundland and Labrador held open houses along the coast to offer employment support.

Scott Hudson is the Employment Outreach Worker for Trades NL.

He says the open houses got five participants to apply and immediately worked with them to secure employment.

People can also apply online, but it is recommended to email Hudson.

So, if there are questions or concerns, or if you are interested in applying, you can email him at shudson@tradesnl.com.