Yawza,
We have finished the coast to coast challenge. Congratulations Team Nain. They are going to have another challenge to participate in soon, just getting warmed up we are.
This is only anecdotal as I am busy with other things for couple of days, but the informed word is that the mv Aston arrived yesterday on it’s regular run with 4 to 5 pieces of construction equipment, 1 pallet of unknown freight and sweet bugger all else.
Now this is the second week in August [for the stupid barstards who operate our shipping: see NL government and the Woodward Group] and the stores are yet to be the receiver of any new dry goods and food of substance.
There are still overpriced items in Northern from when they flew in all the freight for the grand opening in April. The variety is small and the stock is getting old in all stores. Sure there is enough that we should not starve, but that is not the point.
My little dig at Junos yesterday had a couple of nibbles from out of Labrador journalists, but the reality is the jab was centered on Labrador media. No nibbles in that area. Now we have more fodder in the transport file but apparently no interest in covering north coast stories of substance.
Why CBC did not even send any one up to Hebron to cover the premier and the relocates memorial plaque laying.
CBC GB should have a CBC reporter interviewing an Okalakatiget reporter who was at Hebron aired this morning. CBC GB is short staffed it being summer holidays and one reporter gone on education leave.
The Labradorian, who knows? CKOK, well they are doing there best with limited resources and trying to cover all issues but not having much luck getting people directly involved to do an interview.
Maybe that is the problem, the people who are responsible for the disaster that is transport in Labrador just do not give a rats arse what people think, you take it or leave it.
Well Mr. Vise President of Nunatsiavut Government, now may be the time for that promised change of tactics in dealing with these gobshits.
Some little tit bits heard around. The bath rooms at the airstrip were miraculously back in working order late last week. One wag quipped “just in time for the premier to run in to take a leak”.
Up in Hebron while inspecting the renovated church a certain minister had a shrew run up his trouser leg. Said minister gave a big shake of the leg and the shrew went flying. Apparently only Labrador folks saw the funny side of that.
Peter Cowan [CBC] interviewing Sarah Abel [OKS]
3 comments:
Hi Brian,
I can tell you there is nothing us here at the CBC wanted more than to have someone at Hebron for the event to cover it for TV and radio. Initially Nunatsiavut told us there would be a seat on the charter out of Happy Valley Goose Bay. The province then told us they had too many of their people going so there was no room for us on any of the charters. No amount of begging or pleading changed their answer. Nunatsiavut told us the only media going was was the OK society so if we wanted anything they said talk to them.
Unfortunately we don't have the money to charter a plane ourselves. We looked at other options, like flying to Nain on a sked flight and heading up on one of the boats, but that wasn't practical because it would have taken days.
So without the Nunatsiavut Government or the province on side, the chat with a producer from the OK society was the best we could do. It certainly wasn't our first (second, or third) choice but it was the best we could do.
-Peter
Thanks for the comments Peter, informative ones at that.
I hear you Brian. I've done squat with the Laborador Transport Blog this year. After two years of chasing provincials and others with ideas, I've gotten right apathetic. And it's not for lack of research. There's a number of new things to talk about.
If it's "Not invented here", ideas may as well be coated in Swine Flu and marinated in Avian Influenza. But Peter's post was refreshing though!
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