Labrador Morning

Governor General Mary Simon concluded her visit to Labrador late last week with a trip to the Mealy Mountains. Labrador Morning's Heidi Atter was on site and spoke with Jack Penashue. He is Innu Nation's superintendent of Mealy Mountains National Park.

The Happy Valley - Goose Bay recycling group has been working since 2017, and collects non-refundable household recyclables every month. Labrador Morning host Rhivu Rashid was there last week to drop off some of our office recycling, and met with some volunteers.

Provincial forest fire duty officer Jeff Motty joined us for an update on how things went over the weekend.

The common eider is an important part of Inuit diets on the north coast. Now research is underway to understand threats to them in the future. Labrador Morning's Heidi Atter spoke to Michelle Saunders, the research manager for the Nunatsaivut government.

How is the solar system made? Who was the first person to go to space? Where are the aliens? These are just some of the questions Peacock Primary students are wondering about. We get some "out-of-this-world" answers

The Mushua Innu School in Natuashish wants to get more Innu-aimun spoken around their classes. But with some teachers being from far away that can be a challenge. 

So the teacher’s are getting lessons in Innu-aimun classes

We hear the latest from the Forest Fire Duty Officer.

Elder Jean Crane welcomed the Governor General to the Pye Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. We hear from the renowned elder on her impressions of the honourable Mary Simon.

Inuk artist Billy Gauthier's latest exhibition celebrates his life's work, so far. We chat with him about that, and the significance of opening the showcase on National Indigenous Peoples Day.

We speak to a Churchill Falls evacuee, on how they feel about finally returning home