Well it is great to finely hear someone from the government department that overseers the Nutrition North Canada program admit that the program was structured to benefit wholesalers [in the case of Labrador], airlines and retailers.

All this propaganda about how NNC was designed to supply affordable nutritious foods to the proletariat is just blowing smoke up our asses.  

Plus it is refreshing to see that the Nunavut Legislators took the time to give these guys from NNC a going over.

Damn pity the legislators in Nunatsiavut can’t give the same effort [why they can’t even issue a press release of concern] to try assist the people of the region.

More coverage from Nunatsiavut Nunavut legislator.

Bit on the rainy foggy side this morning and for the next few days by look of it. 

Not sure I should put up a link to this story being an avid bread lover and baker of same.

Still looking back on all these expert opinions maybe in a few years some other bloke will come out with an apposing study saying how healthy wheat is for you. 


But I think this view does confirm my long held belief that if you mess with nature she will come back and bite you in the arse big time. 

Seeing as the weather is lousy we will continue on with the moribund topic: 


This I took from a person in Hopedales facebook.  So the Northern Ranger came to Hopedale last night with 3 pieces of freight....hmmmm...I guess there is absolutely no backlog and everything is all delivered to where it is suppsoed to be....and our shelves are now stocked full....I think not....

Then there is the update from the CIA/Nunatsiavut web site.  

MV DUTCH RUNNER (Freight Only)

Currently in Rigolet.  Arrived 10:55 am. 

High winds are forecasted.

MV ASTRON (Freight Only)

Loading cargo in Lewisporte.  ETD 5:00 pm

Ports of call:  Black Tickle, Natuashish, Makkovik and points north to Nain.

Some points of interest here;  Why is the Astron going by Rigolet? Why is the Astron heading to Natuashish, then back to Makkovik, then points north to Nain. Seems a very inefficient  way to run a shipping company.

On the Hopedale dilemma; I would hope that "the Dutch" has the much needed supplies on board out of Goose Bay. And that the Astron will have the supplies out of Lewisport. Alas they will have to wait a little longer than they should because something urgent is needed in Natuashish. 

I ran into someone in the store this afternoon who said to me "you should make your blog post loner". 

Well here is another cut and past from another Hopedale facebooker: 

Agreed, over the course of the summer if one went down to the boat, you could see lots of chips and dinks come off, some food, but yet our shelves continued to be empty. While I agree that staff do take the brunt of customer frustration at lack of food available, and in an earlier comment regarding the backlog, and the Astron coming on stream to play catch up...it seems CAI (or perhaps someone in the inner ranks of CAI) is saying there is no backlog...then where exactly does the issue lie...with the store owners itself, or is the shipping dept pushing the blame elsewhere....it is certainly an issue somewhere down the line. I certainly cannot speak for any other community or store and store owners as I am only a customer, and as a customer I would like to see fresh food and stocked shelves, it is not our fault as consumers that there is food lacking and empty shelves. Lets all hope that this issue gets resolved and everyone in each community has good fresh healthy food this winter.