The Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices is forecasting a drop in fuel prices tomorrow.
Spokesman George Murphy says look for gas to go down by just over a half a cent a litre (6/10ths) and for diesel to drop by over a cent (1.2).
As for heating and stove oil, Murphy predicts it will account for the largest decrease for the week, almost a cent and a half (1.4) a litre.
The Labrador Aboriginal Program (LATP) is taking applications for people who would like to start job training in Voisey’s Bay through Vale NL.
Keith Jacque is the Executive Director of LATP.
He says the training courses include: underground mining.
Jacque says he will be in Nain on Monday, September 24 for two days , and travel to Hopedale on Wednesday, September 26.
He says the purpose of these sessions is to let people know what programs are available and what people can expect if they train for underground mining.
To hear Jacque discuss more details on what they will be doing in the two communities next week, click HERE.
Consultations for residential school survivors will be taking place in each of the north communities starting this month and into December.
Rutie Lampe is the new DHSD Resolution Health Support Worker.
Her work is involved with Newfoundland and Labrador Residential School Settlement Agreement Healing Program.
Lampe will start the consultations with survivors and families in Nain Monday, September 24 – 28, 2018.
The meetings will be held at the Nunatsiavut Government Boardroom.
To hear Lampe talk discuss her work and the dates she’ll be in your town once her travels begin, click HERE.
Lampe can be reached at 709-922-2126 ext. 231 or email at rutie.lampe @nunatsiavut.com for more information.
The Torngat Secretariat and Nunatsiavut Government are having a photo contest with cash prizes for those selected to be featured in the 2019 Nunatsiavut Stewardship calendar.
All photos must be from Nunatsiavut, and those chosen to be featured will receive a $50 prize.
Please include a brief caption describing the photo and the location it was taken with your submission.
Email your entries to meredith.purcell@torngatsecretariat.ca before October 10th, 2018 for your chance to win.
September 9th is International FASD Day, an opportunity for communities to come together to support prevention and intervention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
To mark this event, the Nunatsiavut government is excited to announce a week-long visit by Myles Himmelreich to seven communities in Labrador from September 10 to 18, in North West River, HV-GB, Rigolet, Makkovik, Postville, Hopedale and Nain.
Myles Himmelreich, resides in Calgary Alberta, and lives with FASD. He offers insight into his experiences he faced, which includes his challenges and successes he has faced.
Myles has spoken to national and international audiences talking about his personal journey through life that includes his dealings with FASD.
During events in each community, he will be speaking to the public, teachers, students, public service providers and the Labrador Correctional Centre.
For additional information or an itinerary of this visit, please email:
Darlene.winters@nunatsiavut.com or fetalalcoholnl@gmail.com
Nunatsiavut Marine wishes to advise customers that the cut-off dates for the 2018 shipping season are as follows:
Oct 15, 2018- Commercial Contractor Equipment and Materials
Oct 31, 2018- All Other Residential Freight and Household Goods
Please note that Nunatsiavut Marine will continue to accept freight for shipping to the North Coast based on available space and routing as long as conditions allow. However, delivery of items received after the deadline cannot be guaranteed.
AngajukKât from each Labrador Inuit community and the chairs of the Inuit Community Corporations in Happy Valley-Goose Bay/Mud Lake and North West River, were sworn-in as Members of the Nunatsiavut Assembly today in Hopedale.
AngajukKât
Nain: Julius (Joe) Dicker (won by acclamation)
Hopedale: Marjorie Flowers (incumbent)
Makkovik: Barry Andersen
Postville: Glenn Sheppard
Rigolet: Charlotte Wolfrey
Inuit Community Corporation Chairs NunaKatiget: (Happy Valley-Goose Bay/Mud Lake) Patricia Kemuksigak
Sivunivut: (North West River) Maxine Winters
The swearing-in ceremony was presided over by President Johannes Lampe, prior to the start of the fall sitting of the Nunatsiavut Assembly.
The parent company of NorthMart says it believes an electrical issue is to blame for the fire early Saturday morning which destroyed much of the Happy Valley-Goose Bay grocery store.
In a media release Monday afternoon, David Chatyrbok, Vice-President of Sales and Operations at the North West Company, said there will be a temporary storefront in place at its Hamilton River Rd. location as soon as possible.
No one was injured in the fire. The company didn’t release any further details of the fire investigation.
Mayor focused on store making a come back.
The mayor of Happy Valley-Goose Bay says the loss of a local grocery will have big effect on the community — but the store will come back.
The mayor said NorthMart management met with employees on Sunday to reassure them that the store would be restored.
Firefighters in Happy Valley-Goose Bay battled two major fires in the town.
The first, early Saturday morning, extensively damaged the North Mart in Happy Valley.
The second broke out early yesterday and destroyed a building just metre’s from the original fire scene that housed a former restaurant and lounge and a barber shop that was still in operation.
Fire Chief Brad Butler says most of the damage at the supermarket was from smoke and water from the sprinkler system.
Company officials are in from Winnipeg to clean up the store.
Butler says the restaurant and lounge in the second fire at 6:30 am Sunday morning had closed about two weeks ago.
He says they had good reason to believe that nobody was in the building and tried to do a quick attack but the fire took a stranglehold.
The causes of both fires are under investigation.
Extra containers of freight are being brought in to Goose Bay to meet the need after one of the region’s two major grocery stores was damaged by fire over the weekend.
Mayor Wally Andersen says North Mart, which employs some 80 people, had a long history in the region starting with the Hudson Bay Company.
He calls it a major blow because so many people relied on the business for their grocery needs.
Andersen says many people in the area walked to pick up their groceries, and they’re going to find it hard trying to find transportation to the other major grocer in town.
In the meantime, Terrington Co-op is bringing in extra freight to ensure they can meet demand.
He says Uncle Ernest’s and Canex will also be doing what they can to help.
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The results of the scallop survey that took place in the Nain area turned out a success.
Another scallop survey went ahead for about three days in the Rigolet area, and its positive there’s scallops in 3 different areas there.
Keith Watts is the General Manager for Torngat Fish Producers Cooperative.
He says it was also a good summer for the commercial char fishery other than last year in Nain.
Watts says it was also good for the snow crab and turbot fishery in Makkovik.
He says both of the fish plants in Nain and Makkovik are on they’re last week of work for this summer.
To hear Watts talk more the overall fishery in Nain and Makkovik, click HERE.