Labrador Morning

One year into the pandemic mental stress is taking a toll on all of us, but especially for nurses in this country, who are mainly women. We speak to a nurse who founded a podcast to raise awareness about burnout, paid sick leave, and other issues affecting nurses. A CBC News investigation reveals cities and provinces across Canada are collectively owed more than $1 billion in unpaid fines. The CBC's Aaron Saltzman shares the details with us. If you are seeking legal advice on pretty much anything you could have an opportunity to speak with a lawyer for free. We hear from Greg Noseworthy. In the past 25 years, Trudy Russell Pye has collected teacups and saucers from more than 37 communities. We hear her story today. NunatuKavut has been encouraging community members to get outside with boil-up kits. Director of Communications Kelly Broomfield joins us to talk about it. Nunatsiavut passed its new budget during this week's virtual meeting. Finance minister Tony Andersen speaks about some of their priorities. A family doctor has been cautioned by the provincial medical regulator for encouraging people to disobey Dr. Janice Fitzgerald's health orders. The CBC's Adam Walsh has that CBC Investigates story this morning. The pandemic has resulted in a record number of women leaving the workforce. Workplace columnist Rubina Ahmed-Haq says with talks of a post pandemic recovery women need to be a priority. Finally, Fifth Estate guest host Tom Murphy brings us the stories of two former military women who say the military let them down and protected the abusers when they came forward with allegations of sexual assault.

There's a renewed call for the remains of a Black man from two centuries ago to be re-buried. The remains of W.H. were found in southern Labrador in the 1980s. Now, a curator says it's time to give him a final burial. We hear from Bushra Junaid. We speak with an urban Inuk in Ottawa who has family roots in Nunatsiavut. Heidi Langille joins us. The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay has awarded seven local homes with snow sculpture prizes. We hear from one of the winners talk about their snowman named Marshmellow today. A scary encounter with an owl has left a Rigolet woman feeling grateful. Carly Blake tells us about the attack. The town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay has apologized for its role in a mix-up of vaccine information. However, the mayor said it wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for a social media post from a provincial politician. Liberal candidate Lisa Dempster reacts to the story today. Municipal workers in Happy Valley-Goose Bay says negotiations on a new collective agreement with the town are going nowhere. We find out what the next step is when we hear from Merv Linstead of CUPE Local 2019. Captain George Barrett of Happy Valley-Goose Bay is on a break from flying in Fiji and the Maldives these days. We hear from him on this week's Labrador Away segment. Finally, the beginning of the pandemic saw a historic drop in carbon emissions worldwide, but now those numbers are creeping back up to pre-crisis levels. We discuss the impact the pandemic is having on our climate with Wilfrid Laurier University professor Robert McLeman.

Where were you one year ago when the pandemic first started? Psychologist Sara Dimerman joins us to help make sense of the year that was, and how we move forward from here. The Nunatsiavut Government has released it's five year Inuttitut language strategy, we hear about what's in it from Minister Jim Lyall. How do you turn an old oil tank into a trail groomer? Tristan Parr from Port Hope Simpson tells us about it. Members of the Nunatsiavut Assembly held their first virtual assembly sitting yesterday. We learn how it went from Speaker Marlene Winters-Wheeler. "A good doctor and a good helper" are some of the things that Maria and Emily Barney of L'Anse au Loup had to stay about Dr. Janice Fitzgerald. We hear why they dressed as her for the 100th day of school yesterday. We speak with Happy Valley-Goose Bay mayor Wally Andersen about mistaken messaging regarding wider access to the COVID-19 vaccine, and why it wants to clarify who the priority is for booking appointments. The province has collected evidence and charges may be coming in an illegal caribou hunt in Labrador. We speak with Hollis Yetman Jr. from the Labrador Hunting and Fishing Association and hear his reaction. Finally, we check in with the Toronto Star's Heather Scoffield about the sexual misconduct allegation against General Jonathan Vance and the political fallout in Ottawa.

On today's show, a conservation officer in Rigolet is scratching his head after a great horned owl injured a woman in the community. Hear more on that story. It's International Women's Day. It goes back to 1910, but it wasn't always celebrated. We'll speak with a woman in Labrador West who will be representing rural and remote Canada at a national event today. We'll check in with two women's shelters in Labrador to find out how they're set up to support women during the pandemic. The killing of caribou in southern Labrador continues to be a hot topic in the region. We'll chat with MP Yvonne Jones to find out how she feels about it. The pandemic has meant huge job losses for women in this country. On this International Women's Day, we'll look at the social impact... and the way forward.

A groundbreaking investigation by CBC Marketplace will have you thinking twice about how racial bias may impact your home appraisal. Asha Tomlinson joins us with the details. A Ph.D candidate from Happy Valley-Goose Bay is conducting research on what the eventual closure of the Voisey's Bay mine will mean for Nunatsiavut beneficiaries and the region. We speak with Matthew Pike. 68 years ago, an Air Force Lancaster crashed west of Port Hope Simpson. All nine crew died. Now, there's a search on for their family members so their sacrifice will never be forgotten. We speak with Hugh Halliday and Bert Campbell. Boreal caribou populations in southern Labrador are dwindling. We find out what's been happening since the province reached an agreement with Ottawa to protect them. Justina Ray and Charlene Kippenhuck join us. A Labrador City resident is disappointed about the attendance during the last health accord meetings. Dawn Willcott tells us why she is encouraging more people to attend the next one. Once again, TV watcher and movie buff Wayne Walsh will tell us about two crime docs you may or may not want to check out. Finally, as Canada prepares for a potential third wave of COVID-19, a new paper argues that Canada should be scaling up rapid testing efforts. We speak to epidemiologist Colin Furness.

During COVID-19, Canada is seeing a growing backlog for cancer screenings, with patients avoiding routine doctor visits. We speak to the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer about the consequences. Labrador City's Jenna Andrews is one of 338 women choose for the Daughters of the Vote program. We learn more about that today. Seven highly paid contractors working on the Muskrat Falls project are fighting a request by CBC News to have their names and pay revealed through the access to information process. That's despite the fact Nalcor believes the information should be released and legislative changes permit it. The CBC's Terry Roberts joins us with that story. It's hard to celebrate important events with COVID-19 restrictions but a Labrador City business is trying to make it easier. We speak with Heather Fisher about Big Land Yard O'Grams. The Labrador North Chamber of Commerce is looking for changes during Alert Level 4. We hear chairperson Andy Turnbull today. We get an update on trails in Labrador West when we once again speak with Eldon Wheeler of the White Wolf Snowmobile Club. Finally, as six Dr. Seuss books get pulled from production, is it time we re-imagined children's literature? We speak with parenting columnist Tanya Hayles about that.

It's tax season again, and financial planner Meghan Chomut will join us with some tips on what you need to consider while filing in this unusual pandemic year. There was some damage to homes in Natuashish yesterday due to a sewage backup. We speak with Chief John Nui about it. Making music because you want to is what Tessa Graham says the RPM music challenge is all about. We talk to her about her experience taking part in the challenge. We hear from Cpl. Jolene Garland of the RCMP about why the Canadian Forces were not called in for a search on the north coast of Labrador last week. As the provincial election period drags on weeks after it was supposed to have ended, the business of government isn't happening. We speak with the CBC's Leigh Anne Power about the caretaker convention. Starting tonight, Labrador youth will have a chance to take online yoga classes. We catch up with instructor Ondreya Beals to find out about the classes and her approach to teaching. In our Labrador Away feature we meet a drummer born and raised in Labrador City who now teaches music and band at a school on the island. Finally, we have a touching story about organ donation, with connections reaching across the Atlantic provinces. CBC producer Jen White will tell us all of the details.

COVAX recently made its first deliveries to to Ghana and the Ivory Coast, but Oxfam Canada says wealthy countries are still hoarding the global vaccine supply. We'll speak with Diana Sarosi from Oxfam Canada. A U.S. solution to health care spending in Newfoundland and Labrador. We hear from the CBC's Chris O'Neill-Yates about an American company that's been hired to find ways to cut health care costs in this province. We're all trying to find ways to spend the extra time on our hands since Covid has forced us all to slow down, and for Michael Terriak of Hopedale that means building an igloo. He joins us to talk about it. Mark Nui says he wonders why the Canadian Forces were not called in for the search of his son and niece last week. We hear from him. Election candidates are calling out Elections NL for not translating mail-in voting kits into languages other than English. We hear from Shannon Tobin and Patricia Johnson-Castle. NunatuKavut President Todd Russell joins us to talk about a group of Innu from Quebec apparently hunting in Labrador. We speak with a young Inuit woman from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, who has just published a colouring book dedicated to preserving Indigenous languages in a fun, creative way. Finally, we check in with the Toronto Star's Heather Scoffield for her take on how Canada's vaccination timetable will affect politics, the economic recovery, and the timing of a federal election.

On today's show, the Nunatsiavut Government is seeking applications for children's illustrations which will be included in school workbooks. We'll learn more about that project. With six deaths in the last two months, it's already been a challenging year in Nain...then there is the addition of a lockdown. We will speak with a mental health worker about grief. We bring you a story on how a national pilot's association is asking provincial health officials to be included in the phase 2 vaccine rollout plan. A group of Innu from Quebec have travelled en masse to the Birchy Lakes area of Labrador. However, they apparently say they are not there to hunt caribou. Nicholas Flowers of Hopedale is one of five Canadian youth who recently participated in a roundtable discussion with a US secretary of State. We'll hear from him on what was talked about. Schools will once again be buzzing with activity this week. We'll talk to the head of the provincial teachers association about how their members feel about it.

We hear what former Premier Clyde Wells thinks of this year's unusual election, and his thoughts on Chief Electoral Officer Bruce Chaulk's handling of the situation. Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force is currently studying the idea of digital immunity tracking and immunity passports. Today we discuss with bioethicist Natalie Kofler what ethical questions policy makers will have to unravel, and what it could mean for Canadians as they line up for vaccines. NASA's Perseverance Rover has already beamed back the very first sounds recorded on Mars, and all this new information has scientists very excited. We hear from professor Chris Herd of the University of Alberta about the current status of the mission. Finding childcare in Happy Valley-Goose Bay is tough at the best of times, but with the pressures of COVID-19 the challenge is even greater. We speak with a young mother in Happy Valley-Goose Bay about it. Susan Onalik has won the Nunatsiavut Government by-election, she joins us to speak about the victory. CBC's Bernice Hillier will tell us the little-known story of a Black man who was buried in L'Anse au Loup nearly two-hundred years ago. We hear about the man known only by the initials W.H. The Grand River Snowmobile Club has been busy grooming the trails. We get an update on conditions from Greg Wheeler. Is Canada on the brink of a third wave of COVID-19, and how serious could its effects be? One epidemiologist says a lot depends how we handle it. Cynthia Carr joins us.