So it looks like all the i’s have been dotted and all the t’s crossed by the Nain Inuit Community Government in its up coming ban on plastic shopping bags.

Not long now for the ban to come into effect. To promote and to help people adjust to the new by-law NICG is giving out free reusable bags [5 in total] with the help of two stores and the Nunatsiavut Government.
One package per household, all you do is drop into the NICG office and pick them up.

The photo shows from bottom; NICG bag. Blue one is NG. Black one is BigLand and the voucher is for two bags from Northern.

On a personal note we have been using re usable bags [back pack for me shoulder bag for Fran] for longer than we can remember, others in the community have also been ahead of the curve with more and more back packs and soft re usable more evident each week.

Of course this is just a small dent in the plastic bag plague, small steps big results sort of thing. Second of course is that plastic bags have there role, just have to use them wisely and miserly.

I had an anonymous tip of another f—k up concerning the mv Aston.

The allegation is that on the last trip south a container [reefer] containing crab and turbot from the Makkovik fish plant was lost overboard off Black Tickle. The estimated value is over 100 grand.

No news of this in official MSM or even a whisper on the street, then I am not privy to most whispers anyway.

Also on the last trip south by the Aston, this one has been confirmed.

Remember the photo I posted with the broken down crane and a container under it.
Well boys and girls that container was full of freight for Nain, no prizes for guessing what happened to it next.
That’s right. Once the crane was back in operation it promptly picked up the container and put it back into the hold, full, of freight, for Nain…………..You can’t make this shit up.

So with all the delays since then the intended receivers of the freight in that container are still waiting for it, hope it does not slip off into the deep blue void before it gets back to Nain, even then there are no guarantees is there.