Lets call this link day.

Reports out on everything in the north except how to fix the kitchen sink.

One on the low number of doctors in the north, Labrador does not look too badly in the big picture, it's nurses that are needed.

Then this hyper headline on a report of an Inuit Survey on health done back in 2007 2008 and just released.

The actual report does not paint as bleak a picture as the CBC headline incites.

I think the people of Nunatsiavut have had enough of all these survays and reaserch, money down the drain, we all know the issues and it is way past time to start the pro action.

I understand that to access funds for pro action you have to have the evidence, well how about directing the research into the area and employing local people and utilizing local talent. You will notice in the acknowledgment section of the report that not one, that is not one person lives in Nunatsiavut. Time to fight back on all this assimilation and start standing up for who you are; Inuit and you are different than the dominant culture.

The CBC obesity story has caused quite a bit of chatter on Face-book and in the comments section from Nunatsiavutimut.

Further south this story brought back memories from decades past. I cant recall the year but one sunny summer Sunday my brother and I were surfing at Stanwell Park and a similar but not so sad an ending happened.

I had come ashore for a break from the pounding waves, toweled off and was just gazing out to where my brother and several others were waiting for Huey to send in the perfect beak, brother was on a body board.

Next thing I notice was the churning of water and the blue and white of the surf being discolored by sand, the sand bank they were over or standing on had collapsed, just like in this recent story.

In quick order they are being swept along the beach to the south and towards the rocks in the enclosed picture. Along with others I started to walk then run along the beach looking for an opportunity to go in and render assistance.

As the brother and the others neared the rocks they were all of a sudden swept out further, fortunately just then some good size sets formed and had enough power in them for all the people to catch waves back into the beach.

No tragedy but could have gone the other way quite easily.