The price of gasoline is down across the Province, while all other forms of fuel will see little to no change today.

The price of gas decreased by 1.3 cents a litre, furnace oil decreased by less than half a cent a litre, and propane remains unchanged.

There will be marginal increases, however.

The price of diesel and stove oil is both increasing going up by less than half a cent a litre.

As of today the fuel prices for the North Coast Communities are frozen for the winter season.

Dennis White is the Vice President of Woodwards Group of Companies.

He says the gas prices will now remain at $1.33 per litre, stove oil $1.39 and diesel at $1.59, those are the prices mentioned.

The Nunatsiavut Government is calling for an independent police investigation into the death of a 23- year-old Inuk woman whose body was removed from a makeshift tent in a wooded area of Happy Valley-Goose Bay during the early morning hours of November 15th.

“We have reason to believe the RCMP made assumptions as to the cause of death before carrying out a thorough investigation,” says Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe.

The victim, originally from Nain, was a frequent visitor and client of the Housing Hub, an emergency shelter operated by the Nunatsiavut Government in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

“Concerns have been raised that police neglected to interview key witnesses before issuing a public statement that the woman’s death was not suspicious,” notes President Lampe. “Questions have also been raised as to whether the police properly secured the scene, and may have also left potential evidence behind.

Has the RCMP learned anything from the national inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls, which denounced decades of police indifference and systemic racism and which called for fundamental policing reforms? “Would this matter have been handled differently if the victim wasn’t a homeless or transient Indigenous woman living in a tent?” This is the second death of a Labrador Inuk in recent weeks that has raised serious questions and concerns.

It is always good to hear stories from Elders from other communities.

Nellie Winters is an Elder who now lives in Makkovik.

She says there were some people going hunting yesterday on speedboats.

She also adds that she would like to be here when the grand opening of Illusuak opens tomorrow.

Click here to hear more from Winters.

Nain Residents had an unplanned power outage early this morning.

Phil Goudie is the Team Lead, Operations and work execution- Generation and Terminals for Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.

He says the outage was unexpected.

Residences of Nain were without power from 6 am until 8 am.

The cause of the outage was a Fuel Supply Problem and right now they did a temporary repair.

A malfunction happened at the power plant, and the problem is being worked on.

He adds that this malfunction will be fixed by the weekend.

It’s Day 2 of the Nunatsiavut Assembly Sitting in Hopedale.

The Sitting started at 9 am with a prayer and the agenda items today include:

Recognition of Visitors also the Ministers Statements and Members Statements.

Oral questions, written questions and returns to written questions, Petitions and responses to petitions, Reports of Standing and Special Committee.

Presentations of Labrador Inuit Land Claims Settlement Trust, Labrador Inuit Land Claims Implementation Trust and Tessiujatsuak Trust.

First reading of Bills and Second reading of Bills than Assets to Bills.

Followed by adjournment.

Little change is predicted for all varieties of fuel this week.

As talks on tariffs between the United States and China stall, so too do gas prices.

According to the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices, gas is going down, but only by three tenth of a cent.

The price of diesel on the other hand is going up again by less than a cent.

Heating and stove oil are predicted to increase by three tenth of a cent.

The 2nd Annual Gussie Bennett Memorial Ball Hockey Tournament will be taking place on this weekend of November 22nd to the 24th, 2019 here in Nain.

William Flowers is the Director of Minor Hockey with the Nain Recreation Department.

He says teams playing in the Gussie Bennett Memorial ball hockey tournament this weekend need to register their team roster by Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 at 6 pm.

Registrations are $10 a player and will be Co-ed.

The maximum players per team are ten, and minimum players are five.

Once all rosters are put he will then make up a schedule.

He adds that 12 and under teams are already registered.

The OK Society will have more information on this tournament when it becomes available.

The Jens Haven Memorial Huskies recently came back from competing in the 3A/4A Volleyball Regional’s in Sheshatshiu.

Our Huskies are Golden once again in both Male and Female Divisions.

“First time since 2014” says Julie Dicker who is the Nain Husky Coach for the Nain Jens Haven Memorial School.

They will be off to the 3A Provincials in Gander.

The Huskies will leave on December 5th and 6th, 2019.

It’s a 50th Anniversary Super Volley Year with all divisions at one big tournament.

Big thanks to the Husky parents, Beni Ittulak and Wilson Michelin for Chaperone and coaching the team.

Congratulations to our Huskies, you make our home town proud!

The Nunatsiavut Assembly is holding their sitting in Hopedale today, November 19th, 2019 and into tomorrow, November 20th, 2019.

The Sitting of Day 1 started 9 am this morning with a prayer and opening address by the President.

Here are some of the agenda issues.

Ministers’ statement, Members statement, returns to oral questions about the digitization of the Hudson’s Bay (HBC) archives on Inuit History located in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Options for recruiting for the vacant DHSD janitor about the maintenance position in Postville.

– Progress on establishment of the Nunatsiavut Housing Commission.

– Improving Communications between Membership Appeal Board and Regional Membership Committees, relating to membership review committees.

Oral, written questions and returns questions.

– Petitions and responses, reports of Standing and Special Committees.

Tabling Documents – consolidated Finance Statements, Audit statement report, Presentation of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Settlement Trust and Implementation and the Tasiujatsuak Trust, with notice of Motion from the Trusts.

– First and second reading of Bills, and Assets to the Bills.

We will have more coverage of the agenda items tomorrow Day 2.

Labrador Marine stated today that despite service interruptions due to the recent severe weather conditions on Labrador’s north coast, all grocery orders for the north coast will be transported on the next trip of the Kamutik W.

The next trip north is scheduled for Thursday or Friday of this week.

The winter supply of food will be in north coast communities before the end of November; In addition, all remaining freight will be delivered within the next two to three weeks.

They made a commitment in October regarding freight delivery that we intend to keep. “All freight will be delivered by the end of the season. And we expect the shipping season to be concluded earlier than in recent years.” Freight shipments are up this season over last, despite some of the most challenging wind conditions in recent years.

The north coast service incurred major delays because of two recent hurricane-force storms.

Seas this past weekend peaked at 30 to 36 feet. There is likely to be some damage to goods that were held up at Makkovik during a recent trip.
Labrador Marine Inc will resolve claims to the customer’s satisfaction as quickly as possible.
Customers should follow this process:
• Contact Dave Leyden at LMI by fax (709) 535-1027 or by email dleyden@woodwards.nf.ca
With your claim.
• Include the bill of lading number for the shipment.
• Provide a list of any product frozen or damaged.
• In order to verify cost, provide a copy of the invoice containing those items.
• Ship damaged or frozen product back to Goose Bay. Wharfinger will provide a no-charge bill for tracking.
• The customer can choose to have the goods replaced and shipped back before the shipping season ends or they can be reimbursed for cost. For further information, contact: Peter Woodward, LMI President and CEO 709-896-2421