People were out and about in droves and looking pleased with them selves yesterday, amazing what a calm sunny -17 day does for ones well being after all that cold windy stuff.

I spent a good part of the day outdoors catching up with some chores, going to the shops, getting the ATV stuck in soft snow. Nothing exciting, just a nice and enjoyable day.

The fresh foods arrived in town early, BigLand had reasonable choice and it was all fresh [food for the mind].

If any one was wondering what it would be like to be a sardine in a can just take a run over to the Northern Stores temporary dry goods store. Over Christmas I thought it impossible to get anymore stuff into that place, I was wrong.
Boxes both empty and full blocking the only entrance. Narrow isles blocked by boxes, ladders, clothes and other goods crammed so tight you have to struggle to free anything to check for size and price to get anything, stuff hanging from the ceiling, boxes and goods all over and around the check out counter.
As you pass down the isles things get knocked to the floor, I know it is temporary but this is ridicules, and it is all dictated by some faceless idiot who dictates what items and at what volume goes into the store at any given time. Don’t they realize the size of the place?
I pity the staff working under those conditions.

CKOK had an interesting interview with the NG deputy minister of finance yesterday. The subject was the 21 million dollar loss [decrease in value] that NG investments have taken with the down turn in world stock markets.
Some interesting information came out in the interview, far more than CBC got out of the same guy in their earlier interview.
That was followed up by interviews with three mayors of towns in Nunatsiavut on the same subject, some interesting and revealing material there too. At the end of each interview each mayor was asked what their town would have done with 21 million, no shortage of ideas.
Pity you can’t get CKOK radio on the internet yet, and they have not updated their radio briefs [at time of posting] since Monday, must be short staffed.

I have heard from a reliable source [non Hydro] that the hydro plant has only four of the five units in working order. Speculation on my part is that the downed unit is one of the mobiles brought in to supplement the two damaged units in the plant.

I guess some people are breathing a little easier today, though if things go as announced many will be breathing toxins and fumes in the Long harbour area come 2013.

Seems like Victoria decided to outdo our electricity woes, and the fires + heat [24 c at 11 pm] are something else too.
Keep those esky's full.

This just in; via CBC radio. The Sub division in Nain has either low or no water pressure, a problem with the lift station it seems, council said it will have it fixed this morning, woes woes woes.