I had heard the story of Abraham Ulrikab before and was reminded of it the other day by a call Fran received from Chris Brooks who it seems is working on a radio documentary of the whole debacle.
Should make for interesting radio.

Okalakatiget Society have their news briefs back up with an improved and simpler format. I understand their IT people are working diligently to get streaming radio up in the near future, good news that will be for people living outside CKOK broadcast areas.

This report in Nunatsiaq News caught my eye. It seems Nunavik is light years ahead when it comes to getting benefits on many issues directly to the people. Not like over here where NG seems to have obstipated many of their responsibilities to the electorate, especially on everyday issues that could improve the lot of many people.

The province promised to do a checks and balances on the food lift subsidy. Last month saw an increase in the provincial subsidy to the retailers, but I do not know how these so called checks and balances can be done when no officials from Labrador Affairs have been on the coast checking to see if indeed the full subsidy is being passed on to the consumer. There is a way to do this folks, you just have to get off your lazy arses and get it done
NG seems to have just washed there hands of the whole food mail and food security debate, very disheartening it is for sure.

It is not easy but I am slowly garnering more information on the Non-Beneficiaries [NB] access to Inuit lands thingy.

If you are a NB who became a resident in Nunatsiavut prior to November 1980 all other General Applications do not apply, you can do whatever Inuit do, you just need a permit to do it.

Then it gets convoluted, and I still do not have all the information, what I do have is; NB’s when hunting have to have all other licenses and permits from federal and provincial agencies. You have to abide by any bag limits and seasons for particular species.

For fishing; in summer for char any General Applications do not apply, fish away old trout. February to spring, fishing through ice is also General Applications free but with bag limits or at least that is my understanding at the moment.

I caught this video a couple of nights ago on the news, leaving aside for a moment the horrific human and material loss, for some reason the image of a koala drinking water so thirstily from a bottle stayed with me and still does. It seems that there is some sort of controversy that has arisen about the video, non the less the starkness of those images still effected me greatly.

So did this story of Michel Andrew leaving for a walk up Labrador to Natuashish. I was overawed by the images of him starting off on his walk with such a casual air with that long snow covered lake ahead and what is beyond, hope the weather and the spirits are with Michel.