Staff Sgt. Richer Francoeur is Team Leader at the Nain Detachment.

He says the Nain RCMP made special efforts to address the issue of drunk driving in 2006.

In that year they apprehended 63 impaired drivers and adds that that’s too many for a Town this size.

He says most people drive late at night or on weekends when they’ve consumed too much alcohol.

Francoeur says any person who has three drinks shouldn’t be driving – that amount of drink would show 0.08 on a breathalyser test.

And that amount is considered a legal limit for impaired driving.

Bruce English is with the Environmental Response Team of the Canadian Coast Guard.

He says the last surveillance flight was conducted by McNalley on January 15^th.

English says any kind of significant weather conditions could have an impact on the barge.

Then they would have to decide how to respond to that situation.

He says the Nunatsiavut Environmental Monitor will let them know if extreme weather conditions occur that would create a situation.

English says McNalley Olympics, Nunatsiavut Government and the Canadian Coast Guard will meet late February or early March to discuss surveillance of the barge.

William Lucy is the Co-ordinator for TRHA.

He says the chairperson of each local housing committee will also be attending.

Lucy says one topic to be discussed is a complaint received from one homeowner in Nain.

The complaint centers around the movement of the house even though it was built this year.

He says this is not the first complaint received by TRHA and says there’s been quite a few over the years.

He says the soil and clay conditions create shifts of the house especially during a very cold winter.

This type of situation has mainly occurred in the new sub-division area.

Lucy says after the Board meets in February a further meeting will be scheduled to discuss the Nain problem.

But, it has been closed for some time now because of  severe cold weather.

Henry Webb is the owner of Kailey’s Café and his daughter Crystal managed it.

He says the business slowed down a lot after Christmas.

And, he says the building is too big and expensive to heat.

And Webb had an added concern after water line break-ups in Town.

So, he closed the Café on January 18^th.

Webb says the Café will re-open in the spring, when the weather is warmer and there is less chances of water problems.

He hopes the business will do much better then.

Kailey’s Café served coffee and different beverages and also served sweets such as cookies, buns and panitsiaks.

Derrick Maddocks is Director of Pollution Prevention for the Provincial Department of Environment.

He confirms that Sikumiut Environmental Management Inc has been awarded a contract to carry out two things.

One is to review all the studies and work done to date by other consultants.

And the other is to come up with a plan to clean up all the contamination at the radar station site.

He says the contract was awarded in December 2007 and work was to begin early this month.

And this project is to be completed by the end of March.

Marina Biasutti is Director of Environment for Nunatsiavut Government.

She says NG has been doing different studies, soil tests and samplings for the last three years.

All this work will be reviewed first by Sikumiut before the Province commits any funds to a clean-up.

Dasi Ikkusik is now the Town Manager since last September.

She says the water had to be shut off this morning so that a couple of leaks could be repaired.

She says that the areas affected are most parts of Town except for residents in the new dam are far as William Kajuatsiak’s house.

Ikkusik says ten Municipal Service workers are repairing the leaks.

And adds that it may take longer than four hours to fix the problem on the leak.

In other NICG news, Ikkusik says there are fifteen people employed to qualify for Employment Insurance through make work projects.

She says the people are working on projects such as facilities cleaning, renovating Town Buildings, getting and chopping firewood for residents.

A project to start later is to make a fire-break for the Town.

She says NICG members will meet next week to work out the logistics for this project.

These projects should be completed in four weeks.

Mary Lucas was appointed as Acting Executive Director on January 4^th.

She says Bob White left his position January 04^th to move into a new job position in St. John’s.

Lucas says the job description for an Executive Director was advertised throughout Labrador in the “Labradorian” newspaper, local organizations and through the Nunatsiavut Government.

She says there were a total of thirty applicants.

The applications were reviewed and screened on January 18^th and interviews are scheduled for mid February.

Lucas says it may take the Board of Directors 3 to 4 weeks to make a final decision.

She confirms that she applied and that she’d worked as Administrative Assistant for the last seven years.

The St. John’s Native Friendship Centre continues to provide service to all aboriginal groups in the Province.