OKâlaKatiget Society spoke to Kim Pate about this program.

Pate says there are 26 Elizabeth Fry's Societies across the country but unfortunately only one in the north in the Yukon.

She says Elizabeth Fry Society is started by local women and if any women would like to start this society in other places they are welcome to.

Pate says they are doing a number of things such as supporting the court action that some women are taking and they have a public education program to ongoing to ensure people know what happens behind the walls in prison.

This means the prices will stay the same throughout the winter.

For example, in Nain the price of gas was frozen at 1.29.7 cents a litre, fuel oil is at 1.27.7 cents a litre and diesel oil is 1.43.2 cents a litre.

This has upset people on the coast of Labrador because when gas and fuel prices went down considerably on the island of Newfoundland and the rest of Labrador, residents on the coast are not affected.

This has prompted the Nunatsiavut Government to step in.

Tony Andersen is the First Minister with Nunatsiavut.

He says just before Christmas, they met with Andy Wells, the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Utilities Board or PUB to see what can be done so residents of Nunatsiavut and other areas in Labrador are treated fairly.

Andersen says the meetings went very well because Wells and other board members with the PUB are willing and committed to coming to Labrador to conduct extensive consultation meetings in Nunatsiavut communities.

We will be speaking with Nunatsiavut's First Minister next week to get more information about the meetings.

We did speak with a representative from Well's office, but they are not willing to do an interview at this time.

They can only confirm that they met with Nunatsiavut and that the process for these consultations has started.

Once dates and times for the public consultations are decided on, they will inform the public.

Jim Nui is the Deputy Chief for the Band Council in Natuashish.

He says before Christmas they had a coach come in from outside to help teach some skills to the youth and he hopes he will be back again soon to continue his work.

Nui says the hockey league has not played any games yet due to a few factors that were preventing it from happening.

He says Drapper Penunsi is looking after the arena now, but another person needs to be hired to help him out.

He added that the other reason for the delay is that the ice conditions were bad, but that's being dealt with now.

So far, there have only been scrimmage games, but he says hockey is a big sport in Natuashish, especially with the youth and it is growing fast.

Nui says before Christmas they had four coaches, and when the ice is ready, he's sure they will be back.

So, Nui concluded that hockey in Natuashish will be up and running soon.

To find out what was wrong, we spoke with Rod Woodward who is the Manager of the gas station.

He says the meter at the pump broke down and had to undergo normal maintenance.

Woodward added that they had a new meter come in and they've been running smoothly for the past couple of days now.

With the minor problem fixed, and no real setback, the town of Nain can go back to fueling their snowmobiles, with no worries.