The price of gasoline has dropped by a couple pennies.
The Public Utilities Board has lowered the maximum by 2.4 cents a litre with diesel down by 1.2 cents.
Furnace and stove oil are down about by one cent and propane for heating by half a cent.
Yesterday, Newfoundland and Labrador went 11 days without new confirmed cases and have no active cases.
263 people have recovered from the virus.
To date, 26,010 people in the province have been tested
There are a total of 266 cases.
Be sure to practice good hygiene and keep your bubble small as you can.
Stay informed, be prepared and follow public health advice.
For the most up-to-date information related to COVID-19, please visit www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19.
In other news, Health Minister, John Haggie says the province may be in a position to make an announcement about moving to Alert Level 1 in three to four weeks.
Dr. Haggie says when entering Alert Level 1, a lot of the inconsistencies that are being seen currently will be removed.
A move to the new level would allow the province to look into event sizes and sizes of gathering, says Haggie.
The char and scallop fishery landings is going well in Nain.
Keith Watts is the General Manager of Torngat Fish Producers Cooperative.
He says the fish plant operation and processing fish in the plant is doing well.
Watts says it is not the same at the Makkovik fish plant with the crab fishery this summer.
He says there was just one crab boat left last month and that caused a shortage of work for the plant employees.
One more crab boat arrived and left this morning to go fishing.
Watts says the snow crab fishery closes on Wednesday, August 12, and its hoped that there will be at least 2 landings when the boats arrive.
Click here to hear more details about the fishery and fish plants update from Watts on today’s show.
This summer, three partners will be partnering with the Nunatsiavut government and the Frontier College to do some literacy activities here in Nain.
We spoke with Julia Dicker who will be one of the instructors.
She says that Melanie Angnatok and Ethan Angnatok will be partnering with her to hold different activities.
They will be doing some reading and writing, some challenges and some experiments.
Dicker says it is a good program to get ready for school in the fall.
Tune into the Sugusivut show to hear more on what Dicker has to say.
As first election concludes for Andrew Furey, next step is winning a seat in Legislature.
The next challenge on Furey’s agenda will be to get elected to the House of Assembly. Furey, a political neophyte in terms of legislative experience, won the Liberal Leadership Monday and will be sworn-in as the provinces next Premier, but has to gain a seat in Legislature.
Memorial University political scientist emeritus, Steve Tomlin says Furey has to secure in a by-election or a general election which has to be called in the next year.
Tomlin says the challenge is that Furey is talking over a minority government. He could choose to run in Dwight Ball’s District Humber Valley- Gros Morne.
Meanwhile John Abbott says he does intend on running during the next general election, which could mean joining Andrew Furey’s team. Now that the leadership has been decided, an election must happen within the next year.
While Abbott could not outright comment to running as Liberal, he does say that is his preference as hr values the history of the party and the advances they have made.
Yesterday evening, the detailed breakdown voting for the Liberal Leadership was in and it reveals Andrew Furey won every single district over John Abbott. The final count was 13,645 for the Premier-elect and 7,537 for Abbott.
The districts were weighed equally and assigned 1,000 points each. A candidate must receive over 20, 001 points (or 50.0025 percent) to be declared victory. Ultimately, Furey earned 26,443 and Abbott 13,557.
The election committee of the Liberal Party will be meeting in the coming days to discuss the leadership election.
The Minister responsible for wildlife is considering a pilot project to open up more opportunities to donate perishable items to food banks.
The line of thinking in the food donation community has always been to encourage non-perishables and cash, but now the Community Food Sharing Association is welcoming perishable items.
Donation of wild game to a third party currently is illegal, but Minister Gerry Byrne is considering a pilot.
Perishables are expensive to manage because of storage and handling requirements. Byrne is looking at the legislation, but notes there is nothing stopping anyone from donating meat and fish.
He says people can consider donating meat bought from grocery stores, fish from retail or caught in the food fishery, and food from the garden.
Newfoundland and Labrador continues to have no new confirmed cases for nine days with 3 active cases.
260 people have recovered.
There are a total of 266 cases.
Yesterday, a total of 17,807 people have been tested.
As of today, Wednesday, August 5, there were no new cases
Remember to practice physical distancing and ensure that you wash your hands and clean objects used.
Stay informed and be prepared and to follow public health advice.
For the most up-to-date information related to COVID-19, please visit www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19.
The Consumer Group for Fair Gas is predicting fuel prices to drop this week.
According to Spokesperson George Murphy, the price of gasoline will drop by 3 cents a litre.
Heating and stove oils along with diesel will drop by 1.1 cent a litre.
The SHIELD Program Coordinator will be hosting an online show called Labrador Unplugged.
Denise Cole is the Program Coordinator.
She says that this is a performance show online for youth across the North Coast.
It will be a collection of videos that the youth have performed with ideas that they will sing themselves or playing their own instrument.
Cole says that the deadline to apply will be this Friday, August 7th, and the show will be on August 16th.
Click here to hear more on what Cole has to say about Labrador Unplugged.
The Dental Team has started their travels to the communities of Nain and Hopedale.
The dentist is now in Hopedale from August 4th, until August 20th.
The Dental Hygienist will be in Hopedale from August 24th to August 28th.
For Nain, the Dental Hygienist will have appointments from August 11th until August 19th.
In accordance with provincial guidelines, here is what to expect at your visit:
There will be some questions asked related to COVID-19 when you call to book your appointment.
There must be one person permitted in the clinic at a time.
You must arrive wearing a mask.
There will be hand sanitizer provided upon arrival.
Your temperature will be checked.
You will be given a rinse of 1% hydrogen peroxide for 30 seconds prior to the treatment.
Things will look and feel a little different in the clinic but it is for the safety of you and the community.
To book an appointment in Hopedale, you can call the Department of Health and Social Development building at 933-3894.
To book an appointment in Nain, you can be added to the list by calling the DHSD Building at 922-2126 ext. 225 or ext. 221.