So, the coalition between the Liberal and the NDP parties, with the support of the Bloc Quebecois, will have to wait for a non-confidence vote.

But how does all this affect Labrador?

To find out, we spoke to Labrador's Member of Parliament currently in the House of Commons, Todd Russell this morning.

We asked him about the coalition between his Party and the NDP and his opionion about what's going on in Parliament right now.

Also, if the coalition takes over we asked Russell if there is any chance of him getting a cabinet position.

This morning, we spoke with the town manager of the Inuit Community Government in Rigolet, Sarah Blake, to find out what's going on in her community.

She says they finally received the excavator and the front-end loader they had ordered on the Astron last week.

And right now, the heavy equipment is being stored away until they can use it next spring.

Also, Blake says Budgell's Construction is still working on their water and sewer lines for the new subdivision, but they'll be leaving soon because of weather conditions.

Blake concluded by saying the meeting with the RCMP regarding enforcement of the highway traffic act won't happen now until after the new year.

Vale Inco said it will shut down the mine for all of July.

Though this will be an un-paid work stoppage, Vale Inco is asking employees to take vacation during this period so they won't lose out on their paychecks.

The workers would be asked to take vacation for two cyles of their turnover.

Some employees are concerned about whether the Mine will open up again, or stay shut down.

We want to hear from you about the shut down.

How will this affect people working in VBNC?

Please give OK radio a call and let us know.

We will be continuing coverage on this story tomorrow and next week so stay tuned.

You have to fill out an application and the deadline is December 31^st.

Again, the registration is optional and traditional users are not required to get titles.

The Nunatsiavut Government says under the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement beneficiaries can apply to get special certificates for their cabins and their traplines.

The rules for cabin sites and trap-lines are different.

To be eligible to get ownership you must show that you now occupy your cabin site and your cabin's been there since 1995.

To get a trap-line permit, you must get three supporters who are at least 55 years old and know our trapping customs and traditions in your trapping area.

Trapping in your trap-line area must have started before the year 2005.

Up to now there has been over 100 applications which are mostly for cabins, also a few for traplines.

So, if you want an ownership title for your cabin and cabin site, or ownership of your trap-line get one of those applications filled out soon.

They are avialable from your community liaison officers, conservation officers, or the Department of Lands and Natural Resources.

In Labrador too? Obviously not.

As you may recall from previous OKalaKatiget stories, gas and oil prices were frozen on the coast of Labrador on November 8^th and will stay the same through-out the winter.

People on the coast were upset with prices being frozen before the last oil tankers for the year had come into their communities with winter supplies.

So, OKalaKatiget radio looked into this and spoke with Kevin O'Brien, the Minister of Government Services, in charge of the Petroleum Pricing Office in St. John's.

O'Brien said the gas and oil freeze could not be lifted because they have a process they go by which was set out as far back as 2005.

He said the reason he couldn't lower the prices anymore is because he didn't want to put unnecessary hardship on the oil and gas suppliers and the consumer.

He said suppliers could suffer because they order and stock up their winter supplies as early as September of each year and continually lowering prices would make the suppliers lose money.

Maybe even to the point of going out of business.

Since the freeze in early November, the gas prices went down by more than 3 cents a litre and over night they went down another 2.7 cents.

So, since then, gas prices have gone down on the Island by more than five cents.

To see if there was any changes at all in what Minister Kevin O'Brien said about gas prices, OKalaKatiget radio called the Public Utilities Board again today.

We asked Michelle Hicks if the recent decrease in gas prices will affect Labrador in any way.

She said “No”, but she also pointed out that their department will go through a consultation with people in Labrador.

Like Minister O'Brien said they're hoping to find out what changes need to made in the process they use when it comes to freezing gas prices for the year on the coast of Labrador.

Hicks also said they don't know how long the consultation process will take and when they would have a decision on the process.

We spoke to Herb Jacque who is the AngajukKak in Makkovik.

He says they are holding a Senior's Christmas dinner on Friday, December 5th at the Christian Erhart school in the gym.

Jacque says there will be a Christmas tree lighting event on Saturday, December 6^th..

And something called a Christmas “Jingo” will be starting at 2pm at the school gym.

At the “Jingo,” there will be different activities going on and fund raisers happening.

In other town news, Jacque says the seasonal employees working for the council were laid off on Tuesday, December 2^nd.

He says the town received a new fire truck and a new loader for the community this year.

Jacque adds they have received the materials for the new fire hall and they will be starting construction on the building in the spring.