Labrador Morning
with Tony Dawson

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency or ACOA is ending its funding to Economic Development Boards in Newfoundland and Labrador. What does that mean? Well, the Central Labrador Economic Development board is losing 75 per cent of its funding. The province pays the rest at 25 per cent and announced yesterday that its not able to fill in for ACOA. To explain what this means for the Upper Lake Melville area, Carol Best joins us live in our studio. She is the Executive Director of the Central Labrador Economic Development Board.

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It’s time for spring cleaning in Labrador. But ‘Them Days’ archive is hoping people won’t throw out valuable historical material along with the trash. It’s hosting a spring cleaning event today and tomorrow at its office in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Them Days is encouraging people to drop of historical material that will be put away in a safe place. But it will also make copies if people can’t part with their originals just yet. Labrador Morning’s John Gaudi spoke with archivist Tracy Leal about what they’re looking for.

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Last week, archaeologists from across Canada met in Montreal at a national conference. The talk at the event was dominated by federal budget cuts, particularly to Parks Canada and national museums. It emerged from that conversation that there may be a serious plan to sell some of Canada’s historical artifacts, and permanently store others. And that may include artifacts related to Labrador. Peter Pope was there at the conference. He’s an archaeology professor at Memorial University. He joins us by phone.

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Across the country, many public schools have moved to all day kindergarten. And here in Newfoundland and Labrador, there is a push to implement it. Right now, there are already a few independent schools in the province that offer all-day lessons. The latest is in Labrador. Eric G. Lambert School in Churchill Falls gets its funding from Nalcor, not the province. And they are giving all day kindergarten a try this September. To find out why, we’re joined by principal Steve Power.

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Earlier this week, a Quebec Innu band accused Nalcor of cutting and pasting research from a Texan Oil and Gas Exploration Manual into an environmental impact statement for the Lower Churchill. The Ekuanitshit Innu say they discovered that sections of Nalcor’s report on transmission lines were strikingly similar to a report prepared for an organization in Houston, Texas. David Shultze is a lawyer who represents the Innu band. He joins us by phone. We also speak with Gilbert Bennett, Nalcor’s Vice President, Lower Churchill.

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People in Hopedale are dealing with a limited supply of fuel in their community. Last week, they went without fuel for two days. Now, they are being rationed. And there’s still no word from fuel providers, Woodwards, about what happened. Labrador Morning’s Chris Harbord spoke to Wayne Piercy about the fuel situation in Hopedale.

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Say good bye to your treadmill for a little while. The gym at Five Wing Goose Bay is shutting down Monday, until the first week of August. The roof is leaking and it needs to be repaired ASAP. That means military and civilians in Happy Valley Goose Bay have to find alternative ways to work out. Colleen popped by the cardio room at the gym to talk with Cyril Brennan. He’s the Deputy Personal Support Program manager for Five Wing Goose Bay.

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There has been a lot of pressure inside this province for the premier to call an inquiry into the death of Burton Winters. But Kathy Dunderdale has resisted - first insisting she does not have the authority to call one, and later expressing doubts about whether an inquiry is even needed. During an interview for this week’s On Point television show with David Cochrane, Penashue talked about the call for an inquiry. Here’s some of what he had to say.

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Each month, movie buffs meet up at the Friendship Centre in Happy Valley Goose Bay to watch films about Labrador. The Labradorians on Film screenings are a hit in town. But now, promoting a film culture in Labrador is being taken one step further. The Labrador Film Foundation is getting off the ground this Saturday. To tell us more about it we’re joined by Mark Turner. He is a founding member. And he’s on the line from Toronto.

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Peter Penashue In 2006, the Conservatives made some high profile promises to 5-Wing Goose Bay. They included stationing a 650 member rapid reaction army battalion here, and a new long-rang unmanned aerial vehicle squadron. But, in a recent response to questions tabled in parliament, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said that those commitments are now off the table. To explain, Minister Peter Penashue joins us by telephone.

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