New weather stations are being set up on the Labrador coast.
The Queens University assistant professor and Labradorian, Dr. Robert Way helped install weather stations in multiple communities along the Labrador coast.
Access to accurate weather reports can mean a matter of life or death to Labrador coastal communities that have traditionally relied on other areas for their weather reports.
Weather stations have been situated in a number of locations along the coast, including Rigolet, North West River, Red Bay and Postville.
Way applied to the federal government for project funding through the Indigenous Community Based Monitoring program.
He made the application when he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Labrador institute, based in North West River.
The government was looking for Indigenous-led climate change initiatives in Canada and he felt Labrador fit the bill.
He said having accurate weather reports is important in an area like Labrador.
The initial plan was to establish stations along well-used snowmobile and boat routes.
The data gathered by the stations will be hosted by the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment on its website.
The hope was establishing a weather station in Natuashish this year as well, but approval took longer than anticipated.
Way said that station will be set up next year. To see what the weather is like today in coastal Labrador visit https://www.labradorgeolab.ca/weather.
