Three black bear sightings the other night, one large and one medium bear in town, around the waters edge and amongst the houses. The larger one was spotted over at the brook behind the power plant. That most likely is the one I reported on a couple weeks ago. The authorities put some shots over the bow of the larger one and it took off into the woods.

I wonder if any one has considered a bear trap be built or procured for the town, bears have been more common and brazen in the last several years.

On the weather front: seems like our summery run is temporarily on hold, showers and cloudy until Thursday according to the Canadian model.

I was reading through the Hansard for the Nunatsiavut Assembly of November 08, the last to be published.
There was a lot of hard to read and understand material on Trusts and tax regimes etc. Towards the end of the session things became more interesting.

A question from an ordinary member was put to the Minister of Culture, Recreation, Youth and Elders regarding his arrival at the Assembly a day late.

The question was asked of the minister: was the reason he was late due to his attendance at a football game in Montreal.

The minister’s answer was; “the short answer is no the member, that is not what it was and because it is personal I won’t get into specifics or details, thank you very much”.

The next question from the member was; “so to be quick and to the point, were you at the football game? Thank you mister speaker”.

The minister’s answer was; “I was at the football game, thank you”.

Why this stands out is the fact the same minister used the same “personal” reason for not attending the Language Conference held in Nain last year. I wonder if anybody bothered a follow up question on that one?

There is interesting reading in those Hansard transcripts, people of Nunatsiavut should put the effort into reading them, it can be hard slog but the juicy bits make the slog worthwhile IMO.