The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Recreation and his Deputy Minister were in Nain last week to hold a departmental meeting and get together with businesses and interest groups in town. 

Minister Ben Ponniuk says they met with NG's Interpreters/Translators and received quite a lot of suggestions on how to improve translations in their division.

He says they also met with Parks Canada about tourism initiatives and the town's AngajukKâk to talk about possible land lots for the new Torngasok Cultural Center.

Kristy Sheppard is the Director of Tourism.

She says in terms of the Nunatsiavut tourist business they have been more involved in training at a world class level.

Sheppard says there has been more development in the Tourism division and funding for one year secured for a 2^nd Tourism Division position.

She added they hope to search for more funds for this position for upcoming years.

Wayne Newell is the Media Relations officer with the RCMP in St. John's.

He says an investigation was conducted by two RCMP officers from St. John's who flew into Nain to hear witnesses statements and complete a report on the incident.

He said the report is finished and has been sent to the Department of Justice for review.

Newell says this is to ensure transparancey in the investigation.

The Department of Justice will make a recommendation on the probability of a conviction in the case and it will be sent back to the RCMP.

However, the ultimate decision on whether charges will be laid is up to the RCMP in St. John's.

Newell says this is to avoid any political influence in the process.

He says the process usually takes two to four weeks to complete, so we'll keep you updated.

Melva Williams is the Community Development Officer for the Rigolet Inuit Community Government.

She says that the project is going quite well, and they have approximately four to five more weeks left before the project is over.

At the moment, Williams says they have four people working. One supervisor and three defleshers.

They all work the same hours as their ICG, from 8:30 to 4:40, Monday to Friday.

So far, she says they've purchased 78 skins, and they hope to purchase the maximum amount of 200 skins before the project finishes.