Chevery News

Chevery News
Netagamiou Community Learning Centre ~ Chevery, QC
Interesting ~ Informative ~ Inspiring
September 2007 ~ Volume 1, Issue 3
Watch us grow!
One Region… One Vision… One Future
The Chevery News newspaper continues to evolve!
This issue presents a number of new features including a
Lower North Shore (LNS) regional section, a section for each
LNS municipality, a Classifieds section, and a sponsor section. Also included is the usual Community Snapshots and
Fond Memories of Home sections to showcase the beauty
and stories of our territory. These features will allow readers
to easily find information in an clear and organized manner.
Chevery News continues to be an electronic, environmentally
friendly newspaper. However, the Chevery News Task Force
is excited to announce a number of important new partnerships. We are discussing the printing of paper copies with the
new St. Paul’s River based Coastal Advertising & Design
company as a result of the request of readers (see page 42
for more details about this new LNS company!). The paper
version to be available in all LNS communities in mid November. In the meantime, various businesses in each LNS community have agreed to post a few paper copies so the newspaper is available to readers who do not have access to a
computer (list of participating businesses at the end of this
newspaper). Also, keep your eyes open for “Newspaper Subscription Sign Up Sheets”. We are very proud and grateful to
announce a partnership with Air Labrador who will distribute
the newspaper to each of the LNS communities once printed.
This newspaper continues to grow in leaps and bounds.
There is much news to share and readers are invited to submit news articles and/or news topics on an ongoing basis.
THANK YOU to EVERYONE who contributed
in any way to this issue. Keep up the great work!
The Lower North Shore, or “the Coast” as it is commonly
called, is at a crossroads of economic, social, cultural and
political development. Members of the LNS communities
along with local community groups and businesses, community leaders are mobilizing to secure a strong, healthy and
prosperous future for our region with the political and financial support of federal and provincial governments.
The strength of our future will depend on everyone working
together… not as individuals and single communities, but as
one united, collaborative region. A united and collaborative
effort does not mean that each LNS community cannot continue to respond to the unique needs of its members, using
its unique assets and resources found therein… but a thriving, secure future requires supporting one another, stepping
forward to get the job done, and developing a shared vision
Une région… Une vision… Un avenir
La Basse Côte-Nord, ou « la Côte » comme communément
appelée, en est à la croisée des chemins du développement
économique, social, culturel, et politique. Les membres de la
BCN, accompagnés de groupes communautaires, d’entreprises et de leaders se mobilisent pour assurer un avenir certain, sain et prospère à la région avec le support financier et
politique des gouvernements provincial et fédéral.
Vision
is not
enough.
It must be
combined
with venture.
It is not
enough to
stare up
the steps,
we must step
up the stairs.
Vaclav Havel
La force de notre avenir dépend de notre volonté de collaborer… pas en tant qu’individu ou simple communauté, mais
en tant que région solidaire. Un effort solidaire ne signifie
pas que chaque communauté de la BCN ne peut continuer
de répondre aux besoins uniques de ses membres en utilisant ses propres biens et ressources… mais un avenir sain
et florissant nécessite de l’entraide, de la persévérance et
une vision commune de notre avenir.
¨Inside This Issue
REGIONAL NEWS
Community Snapshots
Chevery News needs a new name
Brenda Anderson Fond Memories…
Coasters Association: 18 years ...
Strengthening partnerships
Transportation - Making progress
Fishery - Team work is vital
Volunteer Leaders
Relais Nordik
1+ Million for economic development
Hydro Quebec Romaine Project
Harrington Harbour Park Project
Baie Comeau Dioscese includes LNS
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Volunteer & Citizenship Celebrations
Bob Belvin’s, The Forgotten Labrador
OCOL community vitality study
CoastFest 2008 Update
Jessica Buffitt Where the root lies
QLF… Fun in the Townships
Tourism Public Consultations
YOUTH ZONE JEUNESSE
MUNICIPAL NEWS
de la Côte Nord du Golfe St Laurent
Celebrating 25th Anniversary…
La Maison Jos Hébert
Wind energy works on the LNS
NCLC Video Conference Convenience
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Eau-Naturelle Discover Camp
Cross River History temporary exhibit
Gros Mecatina
75 Year anniversary of Mutton Bay Church
La Tabatiere wharf reconstrction
Saint Augustine
N.A.L.N.S. Historical Inuit Metis Community
Bonne Esperance
Blanc Sablon
An inspiration to everyone
CLASSIFIEDS
Job postings, for sale, volunteers needed...
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Chevery News Newspaper
Interesting ~ Informative ~ Inspiring
NEWSPAPER ORIGIN
The need for a Community Newspaper was identified during focus group meetings held by the Chevery based Netagamiou Community Learning Centre (NCLC) in March 2007. This recommendation resulted from the expressed need for more information about
events, projects, etc. which affect our community. Members of the
community noted that…
“we need to be better informed
to be better prepared for the future”
HOW TO GET THE NEWSPAPER?
This environmentally friendly, free newspaper is distributed by
email every two months (Mid May, July, September, November,
January, & March). A hard copy will be posted in key public areas
of each Lower North Shore community for individuals who do not
have access to a computer: All inquiries and/or requests to be
added to the mailing list may be directed to the following email
address:
[email protected]
SUBMISSIONS
The newspaper welcomes submissions in all languages (English,
French, Innu) and from all the communities of the Coast. Community groups, businesses and individuals are encouraged to submit
“print ready” information, reports, help wanted adds, seeking
employments adds, classifieds, advertisements, etc. to the email
address above.
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Chevery News newspaper accepts submissions and publicity
from community groups, businesses, individuals, government and
non-government organizations, etc providing submissions are in
good taste, not libelous, and can be verified as true, correct, and
written by the person making the submission. Pen names and
anonymous submissions will not be published. The publisher reserves the right to edit, revise, classify, or reject any advertisement
or submission. The opinions expressed are those of the authors.
Advertisement does not constitute product endorsement by the
Netagamiou CLC nor the Chevery News publication. The Chevery
News commits to recognize the name of the author and/or photographer of each article and photo published. Each author submitting photos attests to have obtained the consent of any persons
appearing in the photo and authorizes Chevery News to publish
the photos.
ERRORS & OMMISSIONS POLICY
The Chevery News newspaper strives to provide accurate information. We welcome your support in ensuring we meet this objective.
Please address any concerns about errors and/or omissions to the
email address listed above.
CHEVERY NEWS TASK FORCE
Publisher: Netagamiou Community Learning Centre
Editor: Ana Osborne
Community
Kegaska
La Romaine
Chevery
Harrington Harbour
Tête-à-la-Baleine
Mutton Bay
La Tabatiere
St. Augustine River
St. Paul’s River
Old Fort
Middle Bay
Brador
Blanc Sablon
Lourdes de Blanc Sablon
Contacts
Jody Anderson
Nicole Monger
Jody Anderson
Jody Anderson
Nicole Monger
Cindy Mansbridge
Cindy Mansbridge
Sophia McKinnon
Annie May Anderson
Annie May Anderson
Annie May Anderson
Vicki Driscoll
Vicki Driscoll
Vicki Driscoll
LNS Council of Mayors
SADC Cote Nord
Coasters Association Inc.
Netagamiou Cable Distribution
CJAS Radio – St. Augustine
CFBS Radio – Blanc Sablon
CJTB Radio - Tête-à-la-Baleine
Mecatina CLC
Netagamiou CLC
Randy Jones
Meeka Faucher
Cornella Maurice
Polly Ann Anderson
Lorrette Gallibois
Melva Flynn
Mireille Monger
Juanita Jones
Ana Osborne
Mailing Address:
Chevery News
c/o Netagamiou Community Learning Centre
C.P. 1000 Chevery, QC G0G 1G0
Email: [email protected]
Internet: www.thelowernorthshore.com
Internet: www.tourismlowernorthshore.com/newsletter
Email your submissions!!!
[email protected]
[email protected]
Next Deadline:
October 25th
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Community Snapshots: Summer Splendour
Photo: M. Chikhani
Blue Flag Iris
Photo: A. Osborne
Email your “Community
Misty River Trail
Photo: A. Osborne
Snapshots” for publication in future Chevery News issues
Keep your eyes open and your digital camera handy to capture images of the many people & places that make the
Coast unique. Full details of and regulations for a community photo competition will be published soon!!!
Email your LNS snapshots anytime! [email protected].
SEE PAGE 40 FOR CONTEST DETAILS
For more community snapshots… see photos of each community in the Municipal section. Readers are invited
to continue sending community photos. New photos will be added to the municipal section as they are received.
If we don't change, we don't grow.
If we don't grow, we are not really living.
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
Gail Sheehy
Chevery News... Needs a New Name!
The Chevery News Task Force would like to invite
readers to submit suggestions for a new newspaper
name.
PUT ON YOUR THINKING HAT!
The name suggestion should clearly reflect the
Lower North Shore as well as the status of the publication as a newspaper.
Deadline for submissions is:
October 26, 2007
Suggestions for the new newspaper name will be
featured in the November issue and a Newspaper
Name Selection Committee will make their decision
by the end of December 2007.
Please submit your suggestions to:
[email protected]
Lower North Shore wide… Lower North Shore proud!
Volume 1, Issue 3
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Fond Memories of Home…Brenda Anderson-Denomy
As a child, Cross River was my favourite place in the world. With
the summer fading quickly out on the Harrington Islands, my only
thoughts were on the move back to our winter home at Cross River.
Everything was ready and the weather being fair, the time had arrived to leave Pidgin Island for Cross River about eight miles away.
The loaded boat held our provisions
and belongings for the duration of
about six months at our winter home.
Included in the mix were a team of
sled-dogs, my two ducks and about
twelve of mum’s laying hens.
We could see the falls of the Netagamiou; we called it the Big River
back then, as we passed. Once we
came around the point of the sand we
could see the long stretch of beach of
Cross River. The scent of silt from the
river and the tangy scent of the spruce trees; and drying grass filling all my senses with the promises of things to come. Among other
things there’d be clam digging, gum picking, berry picking, school,
and Christmas. The first schoolroom at Cross River was upstairs at
the back of my father’s storage shed. School would start as soon as
Mr. Chislett could get there by dog-team.
Some caution had to be taken when going to the beach when we
first arrived as the weather was still warm and there could be bears
around. Once all five families had arrived with their dogs the danger
of bears lessened somewhat. The beach was one of my favourite
places to play. Off came the socks and shoes, or more then likely
rubber boots, to feel the warm sand on my feet. These tiny pleasures were short lived as it would not be long before the snow came.
My cousins and I spent many hours roaming the beach looking for
buried pirate’s gold along the banks. To our disappointment none
was ever found. Cross River and Chevery was and is a very special
place, as are all the villages. I have seen so many changes on each
of my trips back there, many beneficial changes for the folks living
there now.
Long gone are the evening
strolls along the narrow path with
flashlight or lantern in hand for a
cup of tea with a family member,
watching out for bears along the
way, of course.
I live in Ontario with my hubby,
Peter, and our clever little Jack
Russell dog, Pip. I am mum to
two sons, and nana to six grandPage 4
children. I retired from cosmetology several years ago. Now I spend
my time gardening, writing short stories and poetry, and reading. My
other interests are painting, photography, videography, and computer
games; great for eye/hand coordination.
[email protected]
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I composed this poem during my last trip to Chevery in
September 2001. This poem was published in the anthology “The best
Poems and Poets of 2001,” upon request from the International Society of Poets to submit a new poem for this upcoming anthology. This
poem depicts my melancholy and nostalgic thoughts and feelings on
the beach that day.
Silent Tears
As a child I ran and played on this beach,
I climbed tall spruce for tree gum just out of reach.
I walked in grandfather’s field from length to breadth,
A safety pin hook plucked trout from the brook running swift.
I had picked red and blue berries on the rolling field,
There were more on the banks where terns and gulls wheeled.
Now as an adult I have a sense of displacement,
There are many changes above the embankment.
Rows of pastel houses are planted where wild berries grew,
A paved road hides the footpath. Some trees are gone too.
Airplanes and road traffic replaced fallow field,
The brook is dried up, no more fish will it yield.
Progress has finally come to this beautiful place,
The wind calls my name. Silent tears caress my sad face.
I contemplate all, as the blue waves roll ashore,
They seem to whisper to me, “This isn’t home anymore.”
George Keats (formerly of St. Paul’s River)
and Brenda Anderson-Denomy (formerly
of Chevery) have led the way in sharing
their fond memories of home.
If YOU have stories to share for the
“Fond Memories of Home” column,
do not hesitate to contact us for more:
[email protected]
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Coasters Association: 18 Years of Service to the Community!
Cornella Maurice, Executive Director
The Coasters Association is a non-profit
organization, founded in St. Augustine in
May, 1989, by a group of concerned citizens of the Lower North Shore of Quebec,
and was incorporated in La Tabatière in
February, 1991.
Vision
As a representative and responsive organization, is to enhance the quality of life on
the Quebec Lower North Shore by creating
and supporting community development
and community leadership.
Mission
To develop knowledge of the needs and
expectations of the fifteen (15) communities on the Lower North Shore and act in
partnership with community leaders, organizations and stakeholders to design and
deliver community strategies, programs and
services which respond to the region’s development challenges and which profile the
unique cultural and natural resources of the
region.
Goals
· To nurture and enhance community capacity and leadership on the Lower
North Shore
· To promote the social development of
vulnerable groups of people within our
communities on the Lower North Shore
· To encourage the sustainable development and diversification of the Lower
North Shore economy
· To renew and constantly revitalize the
Coasters Association
Main objectives
· Protecting and furthering the interests of
the population of the Lower North Shore
· Contributing to the vitality of all local Municipalities
· Supporting all sectors of community development
To date, the Coasters Association has designed and delivered one hundred and forty
(140) projects. It has hired more than two
hundred and ninety four (294) people, over
the years, represented the interests of the
community at more than one thousand, one
hundred and eighty-eight (1188) meetings on
and off the Coast. Countless volunteers have
been trained and then helped the Coasters
Association become what it is today.
The Coasters Association is funded by the
Department of Canadian Heritage, a number
of other federal and provincial government
departments, as well as the proceeds from
fundraising, donations and membership
fees.
Our membership presently stands at 3,542,
and we are there to assist and support in
any way. As well, your support means a
great deal to us. Please feel free to contact
our head office in St. Paul’s River on the
Lower North Shore of Quebec at:
Coasters Association Inc.
P.O. Box 188
St. Paul’s River, Quebec
G0G-2P0
Phone: 418-379-2006/2356/2657
Toll Free: 877-447-2006
Fax: 418-379-2621
E-mail: [email protected]
Strengthening Partnerships
Shelley Fequet, CAD – Project Coordinator Coasters Association Inc.
Health Canada has approved an additional
twenty thousand dollars (20,000) to the
Community Against Drugs (CAD) program
to carry out activities that promote drug
prevention and awareness. These activities
include; the development and distribution of
publicity/awareness materials throughout
the Lower North Shore, a CAD logo contest
open to all residents of the Coast, a Reach
for the Top competition and a Fashion
Show with an awareness/prevention theme
in Bonne Esperance, as this initiative is a
pilot project for the Municipality of Bonne
Esperance, as well as transportation to a
MADD Canada media presentation.
The Coasters Association, through the
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Community Against Drugs (CAD) program,
has formed a partnership with the MADD
Canada Community Leader in Lanse aux
Loup and the Commission Scolaire Du Littoral. Students and teachers from St. Theresa
and Mgr Scheffer schools in Blanc Sablon,
along with Mountain Ridge and St. Paul’s
schools in Bonne Esperance will attend a
MADD Canada media presentation held in
Forteau, on Monday, September 10, 2007.
The session will consist of a media presentation aimed at elementary students, as well as
a presentation aimed at high school students.
These presentations will help provide youth
with life strategies to deal with drugs/alcohol,
handle peer pressure and stay safe.
A special thanks to Health Canada for providing us with the resources to carry out
these activities, and making the CAD program increasingly successful. Also, thanks
to the members of the Steering Committee
(Commission Scolaire du Littoral, Centre de
Sante et Services Sociaux de la Basse Cote
Nord, Surete du Quebec, Municipality of
Bonne Esperance and the Coasters Association), the Governing Boards of Bonne
Esperance and Blanc Sablon, the schools of
Bonne Esperance and Blanc Sablon, as well
as the Community Youth Network of Labrador, NFLD.
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Transportation – Making progress
Cornella Maurice, Executive Director Coasters Association Inc.
The Coasters Association was honored to
have had the opportunity to organize a
meeting with the Honorable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, in Baie Comeau
on July 5th, 2007, in partnership with the
Council of Mayors and the Local Development Center. In attendance were Anthony
Dumas, Randy Jones and Paul Nadeau.
Essential transportation issues affecting the
future of the region were discussed, such
as: the completion of route 138, the upgrading of airport facilities and equipment, and
the necessary improvements to the wharfs,
etc. These services would support the rejuvenation of the fishery, the development of
tourism and other economic diversification
measures, the improvement of our education and health systems, which are all of
great importance to the sustainability of the
historic communities along the Lower North
Shore of Quebec.
Following this meeting, a letter was forwarded to the Honorable Minister of Transport from the President of the Coasters Association, Anthony Dumas, to reiterate the
discussion that took place.
A response was received from the Minis-
ter’s office recognizing the importance of
transportation infrastructure to the Lower
North Shore and announcing the Building
Canada plan – a new long term initiative that
brings the federal commitment to infrastructure to a total of $33 billion. Projects such as
the extension of Route 138 may be eligible
for funding under this initiative. Also, our
letter was forwarded to NAV CANADA, as air
navigation in Canada falls within their purview.
A letter was received from NAV CANADA
explaining the air navigation services already
in place at the major airports on the Lower
North Shore. Chevery and Lourdes de Blanc
Sablon have stand-alone GPS approaches;
however, as for the possible installation of an
Instrument Landing System (ILS) neither airport has the air traffic to warrant such a major
investment. On a positive note, they anticipate installing a new Voice Generator Module
(VGM) in Lourdes de Blanc Sablon in early
2008.
A special thanks to Jean Carol Pelletier, Regional Affairs Director- Quebec, at the depart-
ment of the Minister of Transport, for his
efforts in making this important meeting possible. Also, we extend our thanks to Anthony Dumas, Randy Jones, David Calderisi
and Paul Nadeau for planning the meeting
with the Minister, and for their on-going support to the Coasters Association and the
people of the Lower North Shore.
Our hats are off to the Honorable Lawrence
Canon for taking the time to meet with us,
and we look forward to hosting a visit of the
Minister to the Lower North Shore in the
future.
No problem is insurmountable.
With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.
B. Dodge
Fishery – Team work is Vital
Cornella Maurice, Executive Director Coasters Association Inc.
A meeting was held with the Department of
Fisheries & Oceans in St. Paul’s River on
August 8th, 2007. In attendance were Marc
Millette, Regional General Director, and
Huguette Flamand, Executive Assistant,
from the Quebec City office, and Andrew
Rowsell, acting Area Director for the North
Shore (replacing Martin St. Gelais) from
the Sept-Iles office, and Cornella Maurice
and Priscilla Griffin from the Coasters Association. Items around the discussion were
the Coasters role on the Lower North
Shore, strategic plan of the Coasters, overview of the issues pertaining to the fisheries
sector future, challenges for DFO and community organizations, and other items of
interest. Furthermore, a number of issues
affecting the fishers and plant workers were
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brought to the attention of DFO, and a
lengthy discussion took place.
The Coasters Association has established a
great working relationship with DFO over the
years, and we look forward to future discussions, However, in order for the situation of
the fishery to make progress and to develop
new initiatives - we must all work together,
plan and prepare for the future, and support
each other’s projects.
Shore. Marc has been instrumental in ensuring that our issues were always addressed
and brought to the attention of other government departments – he will be missed.
We wish him a Happy and Well-deserved
Retirement, and extend our Congratulations
to Huguette!
Marc Millette will be retiring in September,
2007 and will be replaced by Huguette Flamand We would like to take this opportunity
to thank Marc Millette for his outstanding
leadership to the English speaking communities of Quebec, especially the Lower North
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Volunteer Leaders
Shelley Fequet, CAD – Project Coordinator Coasters Association Inc.
Two (2) representatives from the Coasters
Association will be participating in the National 4-H Volunteer Leaders Conference
held in Toronto from October 31st to November 4th, 2007. The conference is a five
(5) day leader’s recognition and training
opportunity involving volunteer leaders from
across Canada and the United States. The
theme of the conference is: “Go green:
Show your 4-H colors” reflecting the impact
the individual can make to their own lives and
to their local and global community.
We appreciate the opportunity to attend this
outstanding training conference, and the
training received will be shared with the staff
and board of the Coasters Association and
other interested organizations/groups.
Volunteers are a vital part
of every community… look
around your community to
see where you can lend a
helping hand!
The CHSSN Telehealth Program
CHSSN website
Building Community Capacity to
Participate in Telehealth Programs
Thanks to the funding from the McGill University Training and Human Resources Development Project (2005-2007) and the
strong partnership of the McGill University
Health Centre, the CHSSN is proud to support English-speaking communities in their
efforts to participate in Telehealth programs.
Aims and Philosophy…
Imagine participating in an adult learning
experience whereby a qualified presenter
delivers a presentation on a given health or
social topic via videoconferencing, and to
be able, through a moderator, to ask questions and interact in order to learn more
about this topic. Moreover, imagine being
able to participate as a remote community
amongst other remote communities, each
site logged on simultaneously…
The CHSSN Telehealth Program makes this
possible, bringing distance learning about
health and social issues to the community
level by enabling remote English-speaking
Quebec communities to engage in this form
of lifelong learning. Using videoconferencing
technology at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, the Telehealth Project aims to build community capacity to participate in telehealth
programs. Telehealth programming is for
Close Call for Relais Nordique
Passengers disembarking the Relais
Nordik at Harrington Harbour
wharf not long after arrival
123 Relais Nordik passengers
evacuated by helicopter and taxi boat from
Harrington Harbour to Chevery Airport for
return home by Air Labrador
communities and their members, along with
their partners, seeking to become informed
about topics of interest and relevance to
their particular community. Partners include
professionals from their community’s health
and social services network such as doctors,
social workers, teachers, health care students and workers, community workers and
volunteers.
LNS Telehealth Contact
Kimberly Buffitt, Coasters Association
1-418-379-2006
or
Toll Free: 1-877-447-2006
On August 16th the ferry boat “Relais Nordique”
struck a cliff on its way into the port of Harrington
Harbour. According to passenger reports, the
boat turned at the last minute but not before hitting the cliff creating a gash in the hull of the
ferry. The Municipalité de la Côte Nord du Golfe
Saint-Laurent mobilized a team of volunteer drivers to bring evacuated passengers to the Netagamiou School, which functioned as a community emergency centre while arrangements were
made for the safe return of passengers to their
home destinations. The Relais Nordik returned
to service on the LNS last week. Read online
from interviews with passengers:
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/estquebec/2007/08/23/002-poursuite_Nordik.asp?ref=rss
http://nordest.canoe.ca/nordest
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Plus de 1 million $ pour le développement économique
de la Basse-Côte-Nord et de la Minganie
Mesures pour la Basse-Côte-Nord et la Minganie QUÉBEC, le 23 août /CNW Telbec/ - Le ministre des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune et ministre responsable des régions de la Côte-Nord, du Bas-SaintLaurent et du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, M. Claude Béchard, a annoncé aujourd'hui, au nom du ministre du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de
l'Exportation, ministre du Tourisme et ministre responsable de la région de Montréal, M. Raymond Bachand, le prolongement de trois mesures visant à financer des projets d'expansion d'entreprises dans les régions de la Basse-Côte-Nord et de l'Est de la Minganie. Les trois mesures totalisent des investissements
de 1 064 000 $.
«La mesure Développement de l'industrie touristique de la Basse-Côte-Nord du Plan de relance de la Basse-Côte-Nord injectera plus de 850 000 $ dans des
entreprises et des organismes sans but lucratif afin d'assurer l'essor touristique de cette région», a indiqué le ministre Claude Béchard.
La seconde mesure issue du Plan de relance de la Basse-Côte-Nord vise le développement du créneau pêche et aquaculture de la Basse-Côte-Nord. Cette
mesure complète les interventions du ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) dans ce domaine. Selon le ministre Béchard,
«l'aide disponible de 75 000 $ permettra l'amélioration des pratiques de gestion des entreprises, le perfectionnement de leurs capacités de recherche et développement, la prospection, l'expansion de segments de marché inexploités ainsi que le développement de nouveaux marchés.»
La troisième mesure, le Fonds de soutien au développement socioéconomique de l'Est de la Minganie, rend disponible près de 130 000 $ pour appuyer la
relance économique de la région. «Relancer l'emploi, améliorer les infrastructures et les services de base dans la communauté autochtone et les municipalités
concernées, favoriser l'implantation de nouvelles entreprises et la création d'emplois durables, et doter les communautés des ressources professionnelles dont
elles ont besoin pour la conception et la mise en oeuvre de projets d'expansion économique, telles sont nos priorités pour l'Est de la Minganie» a souligné le
ministre Béchard.
Les entreprises sont invitées à joindre la direction régionale du ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation à Baie-Comeau
pour obtenir plus de renseignements sur ces mesures ou pour soumettre leur projet.
More Than 1 million $ For the Economic Development
of the LNS and Minganie
Measures for the Lower North Shore and Mingan QUÉBEC, August 23 /CNW Telbec/ - Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Minister responsible for the regions for the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, the
Côte-Nord region and the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, Claude Béchard, announced today, on behalf of the Minister of Economic Development Innovation
and Export Trade, Minister of Tourism, and Minister responsible for the Montréal region, Raymond Bachand, the continuation of three measures aimed at
funding business expansion projects in the Lower North Shore and the Minganie East regions. Investments unbder the three measures total $1,064,000.
«The Lower North Shore Tourism Industry Development measure of the in the Lower North Shore Revitalization Plan earmarks over $850,000 for enterprises
and non profit organizations to ensure the tourism development of this region», Minister Béchard noted.
The second measure stemming from the Lower North Shore Revitalization Plan is aimed at developing the fishing and aquaculture sector in Lower North Shore
region and compliments measures adopted by the ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) in this sector. According to Minister
Béchard, “$75,000 in assistance available will enhance the management practices and bolster their ability to engage in research and development, market
development, the expansion of untapped market segments, and the development of new markets”.
The third measure, the Est de la Minganie socio-economic development support fund, will make nearly $130,000 available to support the region’s economic
revitalization. “Our priorities for the Est de la Minganie region are to boost employment, upgrade infrastructures and basic services in the aboriginal community
and municipalities concerned, foster the establishment of new businesses and the creation of sustainable jobs, and offer the communities the professional resources they need to elaborate and implement economic expansion projects”.
Businesses are encouraged to contact the regional direction of the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade at Baie-Comeau to obtain
additional information on these measures or to submit a project.
Source: Isabella Mignault, Press Officer
Office of the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade,
Minister of Tourism, and Minister responsible for the Montreal region
Telephone: 418-691-5650
Volume 1, Issue 3
Danielle Pelletier
Communications Officer
Bas-Saint-Laurent et Cote-Nord
Office of Claude Bechard
Telephone: 418-492-7730
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Le Gouvernement et les MRC de la Côte-Nord Mobilisés Pour
le Développement des Communautés Rurales
8,7 M$ POUR LES PACTES RURAUX DE LA RÉGION
SEPT-ÎLES, QC, le 9 août /CNW Telbec/ - À l'issue d'une rencontre avec les préfets des six MRC de la région de la Côte-Nord, la vice-première ministre et ministre des Affaires municipales et des Régions, madame Nathalie Normandeau, a réitéré la volonté commune du gouvernement et des MRC d'accentuer la mobilisation pour l'occupation dynamique du territoire. Dans la foulée de la signature des six pactes ruraux avec les préfets de la région, la ministre a ainsi annoncé
qu'ils seront dotés d'une enveloppe minimale de 8,7 M$.
Par la même occasion, la ministre a indiqué que la Direction régionale du ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions est prête à étudier les projets des
promoteurs en lien avec deux nouvelles mesures de la Politique nationale de la ruralité annoncées le 11 juillet dernier, soit les produits de spécialité et les laboratoires ruraux. Ces deux mesures totalisent 27,5 M$ en engagements gouvernementaux pour les sept prochaines années.
8,7 M$ pour les six pactes ruraux de la région
«Les pactes ruraux permettent au gouvernement et aux MRC de se mobiliser et de joindre leurs forces pour agir de manière globale, cohérente et à long terme
sur le territoire rural en tenant compte de ses particularités, de ses forces et de son potentiel», a déclaré la ministre Normandeau. La signature des 91 pactes
ruraux avec autant de MRC et de territoires admissibles du Québec concrétise ainsi l'une des principales mesures de la Politique nationale de la ruralité; le gouvernement y consacrera 213 M$ sur sept ans en plus d'un budget de 25 M$ pour le financement des 136 agents de développement des communautés rurales.
Pour la Côte-Nord, les engagements gouvernementaux de 8,7 M$ pour sept ans annoncés par la ministre sont répartis de la façon suivante :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pacte rural Agent de développement
Total
rural
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Territoire de la Basse-Côte-Nord
1 175 781 $
371 704 $
1 547 485 $
- MRC de Caniapiscau
838 345 $
185 852 $
1 024 197 $
- MRC de la Haute-Côte-Nord
1 813 756 $
185 852 $
1 999 608 $
- MRC de Manicouagan
1 373 070 $
185 852 $
1 558 922 $
- MRC de Minganie
1 070 570 $
185 852 $
1 256 422 $
- MRC de Sept-Rivières
1 128 182 $
185 852 $
1 314 034 $
Un budget additionnel de 59 M$
En plus de ces engagements financiers minimaux pour chacune des MRC, la
ministre Normandeau a précisé qu'un budget additionnel de 59 M$ sera versé
aux 91 MRC ou territoires admissibles pour la période de 2008 à 2014. Cette
somme sera partagée à partir des données de recensement 2006 de Statistique
Canada, données qui seront disponibles en mai 2008. La répartition tiendra
compte de la population rurale totale et, de façon particulière, de la population
des municipalités dévitalisées, une approche qui a fait consensus au sein des
partenaires de la ruralité.
12 M$ pour le développement des produits de spécialité
Pour soutenir l'émergence de nouveaux produits de spécialité, une enveloppe
budgétaire totale de 12 M$ est dégagée pour les sept prochaines années. Ce
sont les directions régionales du ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions qui assureront la gestion de cette nouvelle mesure annoncée le 11 juillet
dernier. L'objectif de la mesure est de stimuler la création de nouveaux produits
dans toutes les régions du Québec visées par la Politique nationale de la ruralité. Elle viendra appuyer des microprojets dans le domaine des produits bioalimentaires de spécialité comme dans celui des produits forestiers non ligneux et
même des produits des secteurs culturels, artisanaux et patrimoniaux.
«Nous nous sommes donné pour cette mesure une cible à atteindre de 32 projets par région administrative, soit 480 projets pour l'ensemble du Québec rural
au cours des sept prochaines années d'application de la Politique, et notre direction régionale est prête à recevoir des projets», a ajouté la ministre Normandeau. L'aide financière sera allouée sous forme de subventions pouvant atteindre 25 000 $ par projet. Elle s'adresse aux entreprises privées, aux entreprises
sans but lucratif, aux entreprises d'économie sociale et aux travailleurs autonomes.
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15,5 M$ pour les laboratoires ruraux visant à explorer de nouvelles avenues
«Par l'intermédiaire de la Politique nationale de la ruralité, il est également
prévu de mener en milieu rural 25 expériences approfondies de développement dans des champs d'activité peu étudiés et représentant des voies
d'avenir pour nos communautés rurales. Ces expériences, sous la forme de
laboratoires ruraux, constituent une innovation», a indiqué la ministre Normandeau.
Elle a ajouté que son ministère procédera bientôt à un premier appel de
projets pour les dix premiers laboratoires ruraux prévus dans la Politique
nationale de la ruralité. Les promoteurs auront jusqu'au 28 décembre 2007
pour déposer leur projet avec l'objectif de démarrer ces laboratoires dès
mars 2008. Deux autres appels de projets seront effectués en 2008 et 2009.
L'aide financière prendra la forme d'une enveloppe annuelle pouvant atteindre 100 000 $ pour la durée de chaque laboratoire dans les champs d'expérimentation contenus dans la Politique nationale de la ruralité ou dans d'autres domaines soumis par les promoteurs du laboratoire.
«De nombreuses communautés rurales ont fait la preuve que l'on peut réussir et faire les choses différemment en empruntant de nouvelles voies. Depuis quelques années au Québec, nous inventons une nouvelle ruralité.
Une ruralité moderne, vivante et porteuse d'avenir», a conclu la ministre
Normandeau.
* Mesures en application au 9 août 2007. For more information contact the
CLD Basse Cote Nord: 1-877-9CLDBCN
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The Government and the MRC of the Côte-Nord Mobilise for
the Development of Rural Communities
$8,7 M for the Pacte Rural of the Region (Translated for reading purposes only)
SEPT-ÎLES, QC, August 9 /CNW Telbec/ - At issue during a meeting of the Prefects of the six MRCs of the Cote-Nord region, the Vice Premier Minister and the
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions, Madam Nathalie Normandeau, reiterated the common interest of the government and the MRC’s to accentuate the
mobilization for the dynamic development of the territory. In the foulée of the signature of the six pactes rural with the prefects of the region, the Minister also
announced that an envelope of 8.7 million dollars.
At the same time, the Minister indicated that the Direction régionale du ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions is ready to study projects of promoters
in line with two new measures of the Politique nationale de la ruralité (National Policy on Rurality) announced the July 11, as well as speciality products and rural
laboratories. These two measures total $27,5 million dollars in governmental engagements for the upcoming seven years.
$8,7 million dollars for the six pactes rural of the region
«The pactes rural permits the government and the MRC to mobilize and join forces to succeed globally, that’s coherent and for the long term in the rural territory
according to its particularities, strengths and its potential», declared Minister Normandeau. The signature of the 91 pactes rural with the support of the admissible
MRC and territories of Québec also concretizes one of the principal measures of the National Policy on Rurality; the government y consacrera $213 million over
seven years in addition to the budget de $25 million for the financing of 138 Rural Community Development Agents.
For the Côte-Nord, the governmental engagements of $8,7 million over seven years announced by the Ministry will be managed as follows:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Pacte rural
Rural Development Total
Agent
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lower North Shore Territory
1 175 781 $
371 704 $
1 547 485 $
- MRC de Caniapiscau
838 345 $
185 852 $
1 024 197 $
- MRC de la Haute-Côte-Nord
1 813 756 $
185 852 $
1 999 608 $
- MRC de Manicouagan
1 373 070 $
185 852 $
1 558 922 $
- MRC de Minganie
1 070 570 $
185 852 $
1 256 422 $
- MRC de Sept-Rivières
1 128 182 $
185 852 $
1 314 034 $
An additional budget of $59 million
In addition to these minimal financial engagements for each of the MRC, Minister Normandeau a précisé that an additional budget of $59 million will be
awarded to 91 admissible MRC or territories for the 2008 à 2014 period. This
amount will be shared according to data of the recent 2006 Statistics Canada,
data that will be available May 2008. The funding will be divided in consideration
of the total population, in particular for the population of marginalized municipalities, an approach which creates consensus among partners of rurality.
$12 million for the development of speciality products
To support the emergence of new speciality products, a total budget envelope of
$12 million is dégagée for the seven following years. These are the regional
directions of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions that assure the management of this new measure announced last July 11th. The objective of the
measure is to stimulate the creation of new products in all regions of Québec
visées by the National Policy on Rurality. It will support microprojects in the
areas of speciality biofood products such as forestry products as well as cultural, artisan and heritage sector products.
«We have given for the measure a target of achieving 32 projects per administrative region, as well as 480 projects for the whole of rural Québec rural over
the course of the seven upcoming years of the application of the Policy, and our
regional management are ready to receive projects», added Minister Normandeau. The financial aid allocated in the form of subventions can reach $25 000
per project. It is directed toward private enterprises, non profit enterprises, to
social economy enterprises and to independent workers.
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$15,5 million for Rural Laboratories dedicated to explore new avenues
«Through the intermediary of the National Policy on Rurality, it is equally
foreseen to put in place in the rural milieu 25 profound experiences of development in the areas poorly studied and represents future areas of focus for
our rural communities. These experiences, in the form of rural laboratories
constitute an innovation», indicated Minister Normandeau.
She added that the Ministery will soon proceed with a first call for projects
for 10 first rural laboratories of the National Policy on Rurality. Promoters
have until December 28, 2007 to submit their project with the objective of
starting a laboratory March 2008. Two other call for projects will be made in
2008 et 2009.
Financial aid will take the form of a possible annual envelope of $100 000
for the duration of each laboratory in the vein of experimentation contained
in the National Policy on Rurality or in other domains submitted by the laboratory promoters.
«Many rural communities foresee that they can succeed and do new things
while assuming a new voice. Since a number of years in Québec, we are
inventing a new rurality, a modern, vibrant rurality; carrying us towards the
future», concluded Minister Normandeau.
* Measures in application from August 9, 2007. For more information contact the CLD Basse Cote Nord: 1-877-9CLDBCN
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Hydro Quebec - Romaine Complex
Hydro Quebec
Hydro-Québec plans to build a complex
of four hydroelectric generating stations
on the Romaine River, in the Lower
North Shore region, with a total capacity
of approximately 1,500 MW.
The draft design began in spring 2004
and will continue until spring 2007. It will
define the project's characteristics, determine environmental impacts,
establish mitigation measures, define
compliance monitoring and environmental
follow-up programs and establish the project's schedule and development cost.
If the draft design study confirms the project's profitability and environmental acceptability, and if it is well received by
local communities, construction work
could start in 2009,
Romaine River
after government authorizations have been received. The generating stations could be commissioned by 2015-2020.
Connecting the Romaine Complex to the Transmission
A 1500-megawatt (MW) complex on the Romaine River is presently under study. HydroQuébec TransÉnergie is conducting a study on the structures required to integrate the
output from the generating stations, which are presently at the draft design study stage
and require separate applications for authorizations, into the power system.
The project includes:
·
Building some 500 km of transmission lines, designed for 315 kV and 735 kV
but operated at 315 kV
·
Building a 161-kV line for connecting with the regional network
·
Building new switchyards at the generating stations
·
Altering and adding equipment in existing facilities
Should draft design studies confirm the project's profitability and environmental acceptability, and if it is well received by local communities, Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie could
file an environmental impact study with the appropriate government authorities in 2007 in
order to obtain the required authorizations for this project.
Once the hydroelectric power project has received the necessary approvals, Hydro-Québec
TransÉnergie will adjust its tree-clearing and linebuilding schedule to the Romaine Complex station construction and commissioning program.
Info and photo source: Hydro Quebec website
Harrington Harbour Region National Park Projet
Ana Osborne, Netagamiou CLC
There has been much discussion, debate and
speculation about the Harrington Harbour Region
National Park Project over the past few years. A
Working Committee has been established
(contact list below), but there is still much to
learn about this proposal in order to understand
and prepare for the projected impact on the LNS
culture, and economic development or entrepreneurship opportunities.
The following internet based links have been
provided to facilitate a better understanding
about the proposed National Park Project based
on the documents published for the public to
date. Some of the information available is in English and some in French. Anyone interested is
encouraged to read and learn more about this
proposal. As was noted in the first issue of
Chevery News, a better informed community is a
better prepared community.
Volume 1, Issue 3
Internet Links: Harrington Harbour Region National Park Project
www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/parcs/projets/Har-har_en.htm (English)
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/parcs/projets/Har-har.htm (French)
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/reserves-bio/harrington/psc-harrington-en.pdf
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/reserves-bio/harrington/psc-harrington.pdf
Maps
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/aires_protegees/registre/cartes/
RegistreV3_fichiers/frame.htm
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/parcs/cartes/Reseaupn.PDF
Région administrative de la Côte-Nord - Qu’est-ce qu’une aire protégée?
www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/regions/region_09/aires-protegees.htm(French)
Ministre du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs Website
http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/
Local Contact Persons:
Chevery : Mr. Loren Roberts or Mr. Alexandre Dumas Jr.
Harrington Harbour : Mr. Wilson Evans or Ms. Lana Shattler
Tête-à-la-Baleine: Mr. Frédéric Monger
Mutton Bay and La Tabatière : Mr. Randy Jones
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Celebrate LNS Community Volunteerism & Citizenship in 2008
Ana Osborne, Netagamiou CLC Development Officer
A Community Volunteer Appreciation Celebration was held in Chevery during the spring of
2007. This celebration, a collaborative event
initiated by the Netagamiou Community Learning Centre and brought together all Chevery
community groups and organizations to recognize the many contributions volunteers make to
the community each year.
The Netagamiou Community Learning Centre
organized the materials that were developed for
this in a Community Volunteerism & Citizenship Celebration kit (i.e. promotional posters,
press releases, a volunteer certificate of appreciation, etc.).
We too often take for granted the many, many
volunteer hours that are invested in our communities for everything from winter carnivals, serving on various committees, helping out at the
local school, doing volunteer visiting seniors, and
the list is endless. You can start small using the
materials available and build or adapt according
to each community’s needs and interest .
celebrate the volunteer and citizenship spirit
as a part of National Volunteer Week in April
2008. There’s lots of time to plan, but you
can be sure that a little recognition and a simple thank you goes a long way!
For more information about the Community
Volunteerism & Citizenship Celebration
Given the many community events expected in Kit, contact the Netagamiou CLC:
2008 in preparation for and during CoastFest
2008 celebrations as Tel: 418-787-2107
well as all the other (M-F 8:30-12:00_1:00-3:00)
A little
usual volunteer sup- Email: [email protected]
recognition
ported community
events... all LNS comgoes a
munities are encourlong way
aged to recognize and
Le Diocèse de Baie-Comeau Agrandit Son Territoire
Communiqué Pour diffusion immédiate
Baie-Comeau, 16 août 2007- Le diocèse de
Baie-Comeau agrandit son territoire en intégrant
la Basse-Côte-Nord et Schefferville qui faisaient
partie du diocèse
Le diocèse de Baie- de Labrador CityComeau agrandit son Schefferville deterritoire en intégrant puis 1945. L’exéla Basse-Côte-Nord ... cution du décret de
ce changement de
frontières se réalisera dans le cadre d’une célébration eucharistique à l’église de Notre-Dame
de Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, le dimanche 2
septembre prochain à 11h. Cette célébration
sera présidée par Mgr Pierre Morissette, évêque
du diocèse de Baie-Comeau. Les autorités romaines ont délégué Mgr Maurice Couture, archevêque émérite de Québec et ancien évêque
de Baie-Comeau, comme représentant pontifical.
Cet élargissement du diocèse de Baie-Comeau
vient du démantelement du diocèse de Labrador-City-Scherfferville qui couvrait le Labrador,
le Nunavik et la Basse-Côte-Nord. Depuis plusieurs années, il était question de réorganiser
les frontières de ce diocèse étant donné la difficulté d’administrer un immense territoire situé
dans deux provinces. Le Nunavik est annexé au
diocèse d’Amos et le Labrador au diocèse de
Saint-George’s à Terre-Neuve. En intégrant la
Volume 1, Issue 3
Basse-Côte-Nord et Schefferville, le diocèse de
Baie-Comeau couvre dorénavant toute la région
de la Côte-Nord, de Tadoussac à Blanc-Sablon
d’ouest en est, et de Schefferville à l’Ile d’Anticosti du nord au sud.
Mgr Morissette a envoyé une lettre de bienvenue
aux nouveaux diocésains. Au cours de l’année,
il visitera les paroisses ainsi que les missions
innues regroupant environ 4 000 catholiques sur
une population de 6 000 habitants. Les communautés chrétiennes qui intègrent le diocèse de
Baie-Comeau sont : Chevery, Sacré-Cœur de La
Romaine, Marie-Reine-des-Indiens de La Romaine, Tête-à-la-Baleine, La Tabatière, Pakuashipi, Saint-Augustin, Rivière-Saint-Paul, Middle
Bay, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Blanc-Sablon et
Matimekosh (Schefferville).
Avec cette intégration, le diocèse de BaieComeau regroupe désormais 90 000 catholiques
répartis dans 55 paroisses, dessertes et missions. Il peut compter sur un personnel pastoral
d’une soixantaine de personnes, ainsi que sur un
grand nombre de paroissiens et paroissiennes
engagés dans leur milieu.
Cette intégration prend la forme de retrouvailles
entre vieux amis puisque la population catholique nord-côtière a de profondes racines historiques communes. De 1658 à 1945, la Basse-
Côte-Nord a appartenu à la même circonscription ecclésiastique que le reste du territoire ; à savoir le diocèse de Québec de 1658
à 1867, le diocèse de Rimouski de 1867 à
1882, la préfecture apostolique du Golfe
Saint-Laurent de 1882 à 1905 et enfin le vicariat apostolique du Golfe Saint-Laurent de
1905 à 1945. En 1945, Mgr NapoléonAlexandre Labrie, eudiste, devenait le premier évêque du diocèse du Golfe-SaintLaurent qui a pris plus tard le nom de Hauterive puis de Baie-Comeau. Toujours en
1945, le Vicariat apostolique du Labrador
était créé et Mgr Lionel Scheffer, oblat de
Marie-Immaculée, en est devenu le vicaire
apostolique un an plus tard. Ce vicariat a été
élevé au rang de diocèse en 1967. Le dernier évêque du diocèse de Labrador CitySchefferville a été Mgr Douglas Crosby, oblat
de Marie-Immaculée, qui est actuellenent
évêque de Saint George’s, Terre-Neuve.
-30Source : Christine Desbiens,
Service des communications,
Diocèse de Baie-Comeau,
Tél.: 418-589-5744 Fax: 418-295-3145
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The Diocese of Baie-Comeau Expands Its Territory
Communique for Immediate Diffusion
Baie-Comeau, August 16, 2007. – The
diocese of Baie-Comeau expands its territory
by integrating the Lower-North-Shore and
Schefferville which were part of the diocese
of Labrador CityThe diocese of Baie- S c h e f f e r v i l l e
Comeau expands its since 1945. The
Papal Decree of
territory by
this change of
integrating the
Lower-North-Shore ... borders will be
carried out within
the framework of
a eucharistic celebration in the church of
Notre-Dame de Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon on
Sunday September 2nd at 11h. This
celebration will be presided over by Mgr
Pierre Morissette, bishop of the diocese of
Baie-Comeau. The authorities from Rome
have delegated Mgr Maurice Couture,
archbishop emeritus of Quebec and former
bishop of Baie-Comeau as pontifical
representative.
This growing of the diocese of Baie-Comeau
comes from the dismantling of the diocese of
Labrador-City-Schefferville which covered
Labrador, Nunavik and Lower-North-Shore.
For several years, there has been the
question of reorganizing the borders of this
diocese because of the difficulty in managing
such an immense territory spread across two
provinces. Nunavik is annexed to the diocese
of Amos and Labrador with the diocese of
Saint-George’s in Newfoundland. With the
Lower-North-Shore and Schefferville, the
diocese of Baie-Comeau now covers the entire
region from Tadoussac to Blanc-Sablon, from
west to east, and from Schefferville to Anticosti
Island, from north to south.
Mgr Morissette has sent a letter of welcome to
the new diocesans. During the next year, he
will visit all the parishes as well as the Innu
missions which count approximately 4000
catholics on a population of 6 000 inhabitants.
The christian communities joining the diocese
of Baie-Comeau are: Chevery, Sacré-Coeur de
la Romaine, Marie-Reine-des-Indiens de la
Romaine, Tête-à-la-Baleine, La Tabatière,
Pakuashipi, Saint-Augustin, Rivière-Saint-Paul,
Middle Bay, Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, BlancSablon and Matimekosh (Schefferville). With
this integration, the diocese of Baie-Comeau
gathers now 90 000 catholics divided in 55
parishes and missions. It relies on a pastoral
personnel of about sixty people and a great
number of parishioners actively engaged in
their parishes.
This integration is the reunion of old friends
since the North-Shore catholic population has
deep common historical roots. From 1658 to
1945, the Lower-North-Shore belonged to
the same ecclesiastical district as the
remainder of the North-Shore territory;
namely the diocese of Quebec from 1658
to 1867, the diocese of Rimouski from
1867 to 1881, the apostolic prefecture of
the Gulf of St. Lawrence from 1881 to
1905 and finally the apostolic vicariate of
the Gulf of St. Lawrence from 1905 to
1945. In 1945, Mgr Napoleon-Alexandre
Labrie, eudist, became the first bishop of
the diocese of the Gulf of St- Lawrence
which took the name of Hauterive and
later Baie-Comeau. In the same year,
the apostolic vicariate of Labrador was
created and one year later, Mgr Lionel
Scheffer, oblate of Mary-Immaculate, was
named the apostolic vicar. This vicariate
became a diocese in 1967. The last
bishop of the diocese of Labrador-CitySchefferville was Mgr Douglas Crosby,
oblate of Mary-Immaculate, who is now
bishop of Saint George’s, Newfoundland.
-30Source: Christine Desbiens,
Service des Communications
Diocèse de Baie-Comeau
Tel. 418-589-5744 Fax. 418-295-3145
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Although it is difficult to provide translation for all newspaper articles due to
space limitations, Chevery News would like to be able to provide a translated
versions of some of the articles submitted, especially those which could have a
potential direct impact on the Lower North Shore as a region.
An hour or so a month could make the world of difference to readers who might
otherwise not be able to fully understand the information being shared. Anyone
interested and available to help translate from French to English and/or English
to French is invited to contact us at the following email address:
[email protected]
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The Forgotten Labrador: Kegashka to Blanc-Sablon
Cleophas (Bob) Belvin, Author
Cleophas (Bob) Belvin, son of Joseph and Gertrude Belvin and author of The Forgotten Labrador: Kegashka to Blanc-Sablon was born
and raised in St. Augustine River. At an early age he left the Coast to
continue his schooling. After graduating from high school on the
Gaspé, Bob attended various post-secondary institutions, including
Champlain Regional College, Bishop’s University, University of Ottawa, and Carleton University. Throughout the years Bob has been
employed as a teacher, historical researcher, archivist, writer, and
editor. He is currently a writer/editor with the Department of National
Defence. Bob lives in Ottawa.
Bob’s interest in the history of the Lower North Shore began during
his formative years. His home, like several other homes in St.
Augustine River, was a place where the men congregated daily, especially during the long cold winter evenings, to swap stories. The
visitors would start showing up at the house around six in the evening with the first arrivals seating themselves on whatever was available - chairs, butter boxes, and benches. The latecomers would lie
about or sit on the floor with their backs to the wall. And for the next
few hours the men would smoke homemade cigarettes, sip tea - lots
of tea - and discuss and argue about hunting, fishing, trapping,
woodcutting, and their travels and exploits while they were away
from the coast. The evenings were filled with laughter, banter, slurs,
insults, and the occasional fight.
These gatherings and the many stories left a lasting impression on
Bob. It stirred within him a desire to find out more about the region, in
particular the people, their place of origin, and their reasons for coming to the coast. While a student at Bishop’s University he spent considerable time searching the library for books and articles about the
coast, but with little success. His tenure as an archivist with Library
and Archives Canada,
however, proved to be
a turning point for
Bob. While employed
as an archivist he
scoured the various
archival holdings and
found a great deal of
information about the
region. It was at this
time that he began to
explore the possibility
of writing a book
about the history of
the coast. He discussed the idea with a
number of his colleagues, and eventually decided to write a
history of the Lower
North Shore.
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Bob began the process in the latter part of the 1980s and completed
the manuscript at the end of the ensuing decade. And for the next five
or six years the manuscript sat in the bottom drawer of his desk collecting dust. About two years ago, after
reading a copy of William Rompkey’s The
“If this book leads to
Story of Labrador, Bob decided it was
further attempts to
time to do something about his manuexpand our knowledge of the Lower
script. In January 2004 he sent a proposal
with two chapters to McGill-Queens Uni- North Shore, so much
the better. For much,
versity Press, an academic publishing
house. Within a week of submitting his far too much, remains
to be discovered.”
proposal he was contacted by McGillQueens University Press and was informed that the organization was interested in publishing his manuscript The Forgotten Labrador: Kegashka to Blanc-Sablon. Bob was
elated about their willingness to publish his manuscript. Over the next
year and a half he worked with various individuals from McGillQueens University Press to bring the project to fruition.
The Forgotten Labrador recounts the history of a remarkable area of
Canada - the Quebec part of the Labrador coast that extends eastward from Kegashka to Blanc-Sablon.
Bob Belvin describes the arrival of the Aboriginals and the activities of
the Breton and Basque fishermen and French- and English-speaking
merchants from Quebec City who controlled the region for more than
one hundred and fifty years. He paints a vivid picture of the lifestyle
and living conditions of the early French- and English-speaking pioneers and their descendants, offering an analysis of why they settled
in the region and how they dealt with the precariousness of the seal,
salmon, and cod fisheries.
The Forgotten Labrador also explores the role of the Anglican and
Catholic missionaries, the establishment of educational, medical,
transportation, and communication services, and the various government and local initiatives that were undertaken to provide the people
with some form of economic prosperity.
According to Bob, “If this book leads to further attempts to expand our
knowledge of the Lower North Shore, so much the better. For much,
far too much, remains to be discovered.”
The Forgotten Labrador: Kegashka to Blanc-Sablon was published
on 1 December 2006 and is available at any Chapters outlet in Canada and online at www.chapters.ca, www.amazon.ca, or www.mqup.
mcgill.ca
Bob welcomes your comments and questions. You can contact him
by e-mail at: [email protected] or by telephone at (613) 8377962.
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For the LNS, what does community ‘vitality’ look like?
Hugh Maynard, Qu’Anglo Communications and Consulting
OCOL Study - Nearly two dozens representatives of LNS communities
gathered in Blanc Sablon in late May to examine the question of community vitality. The meeting was the first stage in developing a ‘vitality
model’ for the LNS as part of a study being carried out by the Office of
the Commissioner of Official Languages (OCOL). The goal of the study
is to gather information on community development initiatives in certain
sectors from three designated English-speaking communities within
Quebec (LNS, Quebec City and the Eastern Townships) to be used in
establishing vitality indicators that will be useful to these communities,
as well as for other Anglophone communities in Quebec.
The rationale behind the exercise is that official language minority communities (OLMC) across Canada (English-speaking in Quebec,
French-speaking in other provinces) are struggling to maintain their
‘vitality’ – their young people, their schools, their employment base,
and their culture and identity. If the community lacks vitality, the future
is uncertain and the effort to maintain and enhance the community becomes a struggle. The LNS knows better than anyone how hard that
struggle can be.
But just what is “community vitality”, and how do you measure it so that
you know whether progress to enhance it is being made or not? This is
the question that OCOL wants to try and answer so that it can make
recommendations to the federal government, as well as provide official
language communities with the tools they need to pursue their development within a positive framework.
Many OLMC are in a vulnerable position, especially in rural areas, with
out-migration, an ageing population and many other challenges such
as adequate health and social services in their own language, and a
lack of economic development opportunities. How can Canada be an
officially bilingual country if there aren’t ‘vital’ official language minority
communities to be a part of it?
So, the OCOL study is going right to the heart of the matter to find out
what vitality means: to the communities. Each of the three regions,
including the LNS, has been asked to:
• Identify keys to success and best practices related to vitality;
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Prepare logic models, or flow charts, to express the community’s
objectives and aspirations related to its development;
Identify quantitative and qualitative indicators that can be used to
assess the vitality of the community based on the priorities that
have been set.
The key to accomplishing these three objectives is to define the results
that the community needs to achieve if, in its own view, it is to acquire,
maintain and enhance community vitality, and then to establish indicators so that progress can be measured. For this study, the LNS chose
to examine the following four sectors: youth, community renewal, health
and social services, and economic development. For each of these, a
set of short, medium and long-term results were selected.
The results represent what has to change in order for the LNS to
achieve community vitality. For example, in health and social services,
the final (or long-term) result is described as “The LNS will benefit from
a healthier population”, and the steps to achieve that over time range
from living a healthier lifestyle to better access to health and social services, both on and off the Coast. Each one of these results is linked to a
set of indicators to measure progress: after five years, is there less diabetes, are there fewer smokers, and are there more services available
in English in all communities, and so on.
The first meeting produced a set of results and indicators for each of the
four chosen sectors. This was followed by a series of smaller meetings
in St-Augustine, St-Paul’s River and Blanc Sablon in August to validate
the conversion of these concepts into a flow chart format. A final validation session will be held by video conference sometime in September
before the report for the LNS is published later in the fall.
The intention is that this report will produce a process that will be both
useful and practical for communities to determine vitality in other community sectors, a tool which they can then use in working with government and other partners to support their development.
Hugh Maynard is with Qu’anglo Communications & Consulting, and is
the lead consultant for the OCOL Vitality Study.
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Employment postings
Volunteer postings
Committee reports
Fundraising events
Conferences
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CoastFest 2008 - Lower North Shore
Please Note: The CoastFest 2008 title, photo below, slogan, and associated promotional materials are the copyright of the CoastFest 2008 Committee and Tourism Lower North Shore. Chevery News asks all who wish to use the materials to please contact
Tourism Lower North Shore for more information and apologizes for any confusion caused in the previous issue.
Photo Credits: Library and Archives Canada, D.G. Hodd, Sharon Chubbs-Ransom and Claude Bouchard
©
Coasters, Come Home!
Chevery Tourism Committee
2008 will be the year to come “home”. Never in the Lower North Shore’s history will so many
communities be united through a collaborative coast celebration effort… an explosion of celebrations to commemorate our history and culture along the Lower North Shore, from Kegaska to
Blanc Sablon. During the summer months of 2008 each community will be invited to organize
special activities that reflect part of our heritage and culture. It will include song and dance, traditional games and activities, archival displays, sight seeing tours, etc.
Why not make this a special year? It would be a great time to join in the celebrations with family,
friends, classmates and teammates, fishing buddies, etc. Why not help in organizing a special
come home year by forming a group of old friends or classmates and plan a get together in your
home town during the summer of 2008. How long has it been since you came “home”? The
Coast is a vibrant, thriving region… one that is certainly worth a reunion visit. For those of you
that have yet to experience the Lower North Shore… 2008 will be the year to “Follow the footsteps
of the explorers” and, in doing so, discover a part of Quebec that you will not soon forget!
For contacts and information on what will be happening in the communities, check out the brand
new, nearly completed CoastFest 2008 website: www.coastfest2008.ca, announcing events and
festivals for 2008 all along the Coast. Communities interested in planning an event as part of
CoastFest 2008 should contact us at: [email protected] or 1-866-461-3515 for more
information. Get your event posted on our program! Also, please look forward to a CoastFest
2008 postcard – coming soon!
And for anyone planning on visiting the Coast soon - come celebrate with us in 2008!
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CoastFest 2008 - Lower North Shore
Adrienne Blatel, Co-Director, CoastFest 2008
Planning for CoastFest 2008 is going well. This summer, members of
the CoastFest 2008 committee met with individuals and local organisations in Blanc-Sablon, Bonne Espérance and Gros Mécatina to
discuss event planning for summer 2008. The committee plans to
keep meeting with different communities over the next month, in person and by phone.
This summer, the Steering Committee sent out a letter and some promotional postcards to a community contact in each village. Hopefully,
everyone has had a chance to see the 2008 postcards. If not, please
be in touch with your community CoastFest contact, or else anyone
on the Steering Committee.
Although nothing is set in stone just yet, what follows are some examples of the events that were discussed. Blanc-Sablon is considering possibilities such as finalizing a panel about the fort in Brador, or
creating a historical dinner theatre. In Bonne Espérance, Middle Bay
Interpretation Centre hopes to have an official opening of its permanent exhibit during summer 2008. The Whiteley Museum is looking
serving High Tea in costume on a regular basis next summer. Many
exciting ideas have been discussed for Old Fort... stay posted!
To help with all of these events, we will be organizing a CoastFest
“Travelling Show”. It will consist of a small group of talented, artistic
young people who would travel the Coast in summer 2008 and spend
a few days in each community to help the community pull together an
event, festival, exhibit, theatre piece, etc. The young people could be
two to three students or recent graduates in the fields of tourism, heritage, culture or art, from the Coast, France or elsewhere. They would
travel by airplane to access the region and by Nordik Express within
the region.
An intern with the Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Kristina Benoit,
spent the summer in Gros Mécatina and met with local volunteers,
the social development animator and members of the local tourism
association about CoastFest. Gros Mécatina is considering setting
up a craft and local product booth for when the Nordik Express
comes in, possibly to include interpretation about the seal fishery.
In addition, Chevery has a local CoastFest 2008 Committee, and is
actively planning a Festival of the Arts and Trade Show for July
21-26. Details about what this festival will include are found on page
20. Chevery is already recruiting former Coasters and potential visitors to attend this Festival of the Arts that will be part of CoastFest
2008.
The CoastFest Steering committee invites all villages that wish to
participate to meet with other interested people in their community to
decide on an event or activity for CoastFest 2008. Ideally, villages
should provide an event idea and date in September, giving us
enough time to promote the event on our website and to potential
travelers this fall.
Communities can begin planning what they’d like to do while the travelling show is in their area, and the team could work onsite with local
volunteers, community groups and youth. After some advance planning by the communities, the team would arrive in the community, and
spend a few days putting everything together for an exhibit or theatre
or other event. That event or product would take place at the end of
their stay, and would then stay in the community (ex. in the case of an
exhibit) or could be performed again (in the case of a performance).
This initiative is funding dependent – but what we are planning so far
is that the team would travel from east to west during summer 2008,
‘following in the footsteps of the explorers’. In addition to the traveling
show, communities should feel free to organize other activities anytime in 2008.
What follows is our draft schedule. There is still a lot to fill in and finalize – please keep in mind that this is only an initial draft. Perhaps
your community would like to organize something during the days or
week that the Traveling Show comes to you! Please let us know and
we will be thrilled to ‘fill in the blanks’.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
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Chevery Festival of the Arts & Trade Show
July 21-26, 2008
Festival of the Arts: Got Talent!? Most Coasters are multi talented and use traditional
skills that have been passed down from one generation to the next over hundreds of
years; skills which traditionally fulfilled both functional and creative purposes and that
are still a part of daily Coast life. The Festival of the Arts will showcase and celebrate
community heritage and culture; providing an opportunity to learn from local artisans or
express your own creative talents while being immersed in and inspired by the pristine
beauty of our natural environment. Guided tours of the community and surrounding area
will permit artists and nature enthusiasts alike to explore and artistically chronicle the culture & area. Boat building, music, dance, poetry, story telling, painting, photography,
sculpture, drama, sewing, knitting, cooking, and so much more!
Trade Show: Chevery was the site of a French fur trading and seal fishery post, which
opened in the 1730s. A “Trading Post” will be reconstructed for artists and entrepreneurs
in honour of this history as a symbolic and practical place of economic, cultural, and
knowledge exchange.
Destiny is not a matter of chance it is a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for it is a thing to be achieved.
we’re going to
RAISE THE ROOF!!
A portion of the proceeds from the
Chevery Festival of the Arts & Trade Show
will be dedicated to the construction of a
Chevery Arts & Culture Centre
Inquiries
Welcome
Email us to sign up for a
free festival news bulletin.
Inquiries about how you
or your organization may
participate and/or become a sponsor are
welcome and may be directed to:
[email protected]
William Jennings Bryan
A Coaster & Author to be Proud Of
Jessica Lavallee
Jessica Buffitt-Lavallee, born and raised in Chevery, is a true Coaster at heart. Currently living in Alberta, she is pursuing a writing career and is actively exploring the
publishing of her first novel. Her writings below evoke the sentiment shared by many
Coasters who, although for different reasons are required to leave and create a new
home, share a common longing for another “home” that lingers in their hearts. Jessica
is an excellent example of the talented and creative individuals who find inspiration in the place that we call “the Coast” ~ A. Osborne.
WHERE THE ROOT LIES
Jessica Lavallee ©
She has a good life and she is happy. She smiles, she laughs, she lives, and she loves; but not a day passes without her inner
self sensing emptiness. There is a void within her Spirit, an absence that prevents it from being as it once was; complete.
Miles away; upon the Atlantic, left because it would not follow, a fragment of soul lives on, and soars alongside Sea-Gulls
true to their namesake. It inhales the beauty of the salt-water mists and sings to the creatures of the sea, luring them to the surface so
they might watch as it dances through their covering blanket. It looks on, always in fascination, as burrowing rainbows rush by on
frantic speeding wings, and counts their brilliant colors when decorating their chorusing rock-side.
Upon sandy beaches of mainland, it walks invisible footprints alongside priceless treasures of the deep, and as the Ocean
caresses its feet, the incomplete Spirit sends a sigh of contentment onto the wind.
She has a good life and she is happy. She smiles, she laughs, she lives, and she loves; but her inner self longs for its abyss
to fill. That which is missed will never come, and to be whole once again, she must go to it. When she does, she will shine and her
Spirit will be complete; as it always is once returned to its East Coast Home.
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CoastFest 2008 – Lower North Shore
Adrienne Blatel, Co-Director, CoastFest 2008
This initiative is funding dependent – but what we are planning so far is that the team would travel from east to west during summer 2008, ‘following
in the footsteps of the explorers’. In addition to the traveling show, communities should feel free to organize other activities anytime in 2008.
What follows is a draft schedule for the Show and for all CoastFest events. There is still a lot to fill in and finalize – please keep in mind that this is
only an initial draft. Perhaps your community would like to organize something during the days or week that the Traveling Show comes to you!
Please let us know and we will be thrilled to ‘fill in the blanks’. Remember, you can also plan activities outside of this timeframe.
June 21 – June 28: Municipality of Blanc-Sablon
• Blanc Sablon, Mary Letto: 418-461-2095
• Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Tourism Association Joyce Buckle: 418-461-2543 [email protected]
• Bradore, Lourie Etheridge: 418-461-2635 [email protected]
Opening ceremonies
Special June 23-24 Quebec National Holiday event (any ideas?)
Late June or early July: Welcome delegates from France (to be confirmed)
Municipality of Blanc-Sablon event tbd
June 29 – July 4: Bonne-Espérance
• Bonne Esperance Tourism Development Foundation, Melva Flynn: 418-461-2232, [email protected]
• St. Paul’s River, Association for the Development of Tourism Priscilla Griffin: 418-379-2996, [email protected]
• Old Fort Bay, Fort Pontchartrain Historical Society Dwight Bilodeau: 418-379-2350, [email protected]
Coincides with the Quebec City 400th
Special July 1st Canada Day event (any ideas?)
Opening of the Middle Bay Interpretation Centre
High Tea at the Whiteley Museum
Old Fort event tbd
July 5 – 11: St. Augustine and Pakua Shipi
• St. Augustine River Peggy Martin, 418-947-2575, [email protected]
• Pakua Shipi Mathias Marc: 418-947-2253 x261
Coincides with Brest 2008 in France
Events tbd
July 12 – 19: La Tabatiere and Mutton Bay
Gros Mecatina ~ Gros Mecatina Tourism Association Fay Collier: 418-773-2379, [email protected]
Craft and local products booth, seal fishery interpretation
July 19 – August 2: Tête-à-la-Baleine, Chevery, Harrington Harbour
Tête-à-la-Baleine ~ Social Development Committee Nicole Monger: 418-242-2104
x2935, [email protected]
Events tbd
Monica Anderson: 418-795-3103, [email protected]
Harrington Harbour event tbd
Finally, some funding news: the Quebec Ministère du
développement économique, d’innovation et de l’exportation might be able to fund your community’s idea directly
if it involves building tourism infrastructure (for example
exhibits, panels, displays, sites, statues…). Please be in
touch with Mme Janicka Maltais at: (418) 964-8160 or
[email protected] to find out if your idea
is eligible and how to apply.
August 2 – 9: La Romaine
Conseil de bande Alexis Lalo: 418-229-2917, [email protected]
Events tbd
Please don’t hesitate to contact us at:
[email protected] or
(514) 395-6020 / (866) 461-3515.
Chevery Tourism Committee, Jody Anderson, [email protected]
Chevery Festival of the Arts & Trade Show
August 10 – 17: Kegaska
Municipal Local Committee Lloyd Court: 418-726-3982, [email protected]
Closing ceremonies
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SATURDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER, 2007 - QUEBEC LABRADOR FOUNDATION
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER
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TIME: 2:00 P.M. ONWARDS
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GET SPONSORED AND RAISE MONEY FOR:
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4.00 P.M.. BOB BRYAN WILL SHOW MOVIES
OF THE QUEBEC NORTH SHORE
5.30 P.M. POTLUCK SUPPER $15.00
PLEASE BRING SOMETHING FOR THE POT
(And contributions of beer and wine are also much appreciated)
AND DANCE
MUSIC: DAVID MCBURNEY AND BAND
RAFFLE, AND A GRAND PRIZE
PLEASE
COME AND HELP - THERE IS LOTS TO DO!!
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO THE QLF SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Help young people on the Quebec North Shore, Labrador, Newfoundland and Northern
New Brunswick further their education.
If you would like to know more, or would like to sign up to help or participate in any
way, please e-mail [email protected], or call Patricia Peacock at 819- 875-3502
Fun in the Townships!
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Consultations Publique de Tourisme:Données recueillies en BCN
Jacques Lachance, Bleu Blanc Vert Consultants
Les données recueillies au cours de rencontres et
de visites exploratoires sur le territoire de la
Basse-Côte-Nord sont nombreuses. L’évaluation
des produits et services s’est avérée un exercice
utile et révélateur pour l’avenir du développement
touristique dans cette région. Des découvertes
heureuses en terme de potentiel ont été faites en
parcourant les archipels des Toutes-Iles, du Rigolet et du Gros Mécatina. Les régions de BlancSablon et de Bonne Espérance, quant à elles,
méritent qu’on travaille l’accès à partir de TerreNeuve avec autant d’attention qu’on pourrait le
faire à partir de la Côte-Nord du Québec.
Les séances d’information et de consultation furent intéressantes. Elles ont permis de rencontrer
les principaux intéressés.
quote Lors de son passage
dans la municipalité de Gros-Mécatina, l’équipe a
cependant regretté l’absence du président du
Conseil des maires de la Basse-Côte-Nord, ce
dernier ayant dû s’absenter de la région pour des
raisons professionnelles. Heureusement, l’équipe
a pu rencontrer sur place la nouvelle corporation
locale formée pour le développement touristique.
L’ensemble des données, observations, recommandations en découlant et propos recueillis ont
été colligés par le chargé de projet, Jacques Lachance, et par le consultant, Jean-Michel Perron,
qui ont échangé nombre de points de vue ensemble ainsi qu’avec les gens du pays, s’entendant
sur des conclusions facilement épousées en commun. Des recommandations sont donc déjà en
voie d’émerger.
Dès lors, il apparaît que le projet est bien reçu par
l’ensemble des personnes rencontrées (plus d’une
centaine). Une agence de forfaitisation jumelée à
un réceptif spécialement dédié à cette région s’avère hautement pertinente. Il est sûr que la
Basse-Côte-Nord (1ère région visitée avant la
tournée Minganie réalisée en début septembre)
pourrait tirer avantage de l’établissement de l’agence projetée.
Un gros travail de cohésion dans le milieu demeure toutefois à entreprendre pour le bénéfice
du développement économique de cette région à
partir de l’industrie touristique.
Il fut ainsi fort plaisant d’entendre le maire de la
municipalité de Saint-Augustin, monsieur Fequet,
affirmer que, depuis des années, il lui semble que
« c’est la première fois que l’on touche à quelque
chose de concret en terme de développement
touristique ». Une avenue prometteuse, donc !
Les membres de l’équipe de la tournée ont trouvé
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l’accueil qui leur fut réservé dans la plupart des
communautés comme très chaleureux. Les
échanges ont été réels et instructifs, les participants convenant de « parler des vraies choses »
et d’exprimer leur mécontentement (constat général) au niveau des retombées négligeable,
voire nulle, que la desserte maritime assurée par
la compagnie Relais Nordique apporte.
C’est en respect de tous ces gens rencontrés,
des besoins manifestés par plusieurs participants aux rencontres et en considérant les désillusions vécues dans le passé par les entrepreneurs en tourisme, que l’équipe chargée de l’étude de faisabilité en cours entend présenter un
rapport concret qui devrait fournir des indications
précises, des recommandations éclairées, afin
de procéder rapidement.
Une compilation des données et des observations est en cours en prévision de la rédaction
d’un rapport préliminaire qui sera présenté en
respect de l’agenda défini, soit en octobre prochain. Les gens rencontrés à Harrington Harbour ont manifesté le souhait que ce rapport leur
soit expliqué à travers une nouvelle tournée plutôt que simplement sur papier. Ceci pour en
discuter et envisager l’avenir de l’industrie touristique avec clarté et en considérant des gestes
concrets à poser.
Le chargé de projet, Jacques Lachance, croit
fermement que cette future agence coopérative,
si elle voit le jour, sera en mesure de favoriser la
continuité des villages en perte de leurs ressources humaines sur le littoral de la Basse-CôteNord.
« C’est une mesure d’intervention contre
l’exode, pouvant favoriser le retour des jeunes
dans leur coin de pays et l’implication des aînés
qu’on vise à mettre sur pied en positionnant l’industrie touristique comme une industrie crédible,
comme un employeur potentiel qui pourrait motiver nombre de personnes à suivre une formation
dans le domaine du tourisme. La coopérative de
forfaitisation jumelée à une agence de commercialisation de nos produits apporterait une activité touristique quotidienne dans nos régions étendue à près de 20 semaines par année. En poursuivant ces objectifs en toute cohésion, les
membres de la coopérative pourraient vivre une
aventure de solidarité régionale visant la prise
en charge de cette industrie par le milieu, d’ajouter le chargé de projet. »
See page 32 for more information about this project
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Youth
ZONE Jeunesse
Youth are at the heart of
our communities and Lower
North Shore as a region.
your voice...
your presence…
belongs...
here
ici
Les jeunes sont au coeur de nos
communautés et notre région, la
Basse Côte-Nord.
votre voix...
votre presence…
est bienvenue...
The Netagamiou Community Learning Centre & Chevery News
encourages its young readers to become young writers.
Grab a pen, paper, and hit the news trail!
Articles in all the Lower North Shore languages are welcome: English, French, Innu
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Côte-Nord du Golfe Saint Laurent
Kegaska ~ La Romaine ~Unanem Shipi ~ Chevery ~ Harrington Harbour ~Aylmer Sound ~ Tête-à-la-Baleine
Celebrating 25th Anniversary of 1st Art Exhibit
Michael Osborne, Artist
Harrington Harbour - On September 2nd, Michael Osborne a local artist born and raised in
Harrington Harbour celebrated the 25th anniversary of his first art exhibit in Harrington Harbour.
The exhibition of painting, pottery, and drawings,
and prints entitled “25 Wonderful Years My
friends” was well attended and Mr. Osborne
wrote to express his sincere appreciation to all
who attended the event.
“I would like to take this time to thank all the
people of Harrington Harbour who participated in
the “25 Wonderful Years” art exhibit at the Harrington Harbour Community Hall. Please remember that your dedication and support of our
culture and heritage affects thousands world
wide as well as the many young and old people
of our Lower North Shore home. Be proud of
what we have accomplished through the arts.
Thanks again and a pleasant fall season to all”.
The Lower North Shore culture and lifestyle has
been at the heart of Mr. Osborne’s work throughout his many years of creative expression. He
has shared the Lower North Shore heritage and
culture through his artwork around the world. Mr.
Osborne continues to travel across Canada exploring other exhibition opportunities and may be
doing a show in Toronto this fall.
Kegaska Photo CLD Basse Côte Nord
La Romaine Photo CLD Basse Côte Nord
The Chevery News and Netagamiou Community
Learning Centre wish Mr. Osborne warm congratulations and we look forward to another 25
years of wonderful artistic creations.
Scrap Booking Night!
Marguerite Cox
Ever want to try scrap booking but you don’t know how it’s
done? Scrap booking is a fun and easy way to both preserve
your photos and express your creativity.
The Netagamiou Community Learning Centre will be working
with Ms. Marguerite Cox, who has “scrap booked” for years,
to help anyone interested learn all about the creative and
technical side of this popular craft. A “P.J. Scrap Booking
Session” will be held on October 19, 2007 from 7:00 p.m. to
midnight! So pick out your favourite photos, pack your comfy
slippers and P.J.’s… and join in on a fun-filled learning experience that is sure to end with picture perfect results.
What’s going on.?!
Chevery (West) Photo A. Osborne
Côte Nord du Golfe
Saint Laurent
residents…
do you have
news to share???
Harrington Harbour Photo M. Anderson
It’s a great birthday, wedding, anniversary, or Christmas gift
idea. A scrap book version of the History of Cross River and
early Chevery will be created. Anyone with pictures that they
would like to kindly share (they will be electronically scanned
and re-printed) can contact the Netagamiou CLC.
Participants may bring their own materials, or arrange to buy
them on site. For more information and to sign up for this activity, contact Marguerite Cox at: 418-787-2106.
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Tête-à-la-Baleine Photo Toutes-Iles
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La Maison Jos Hébert L’histoire d’un homme et d’une région
Nicole Monger, l’association touristique Tête-à-la Baleine
Tête-à-la Baleine - Le dimanche 26 juillet dernier, l’Association de Développement Touristique de Tête-à-la-Baleine ouvrait les portes de
la Maison Jos Hébert.
leurs des murs. À l’intérieur, il est possible
de lire et regarder des panneaux d’interprétation et de voir des objets permettant la compréhension de la vie des insulaires et de
mieux connaître le personnage et la vie de
Jos Hébert.
Le site de l’Île de la Passe conjointement
avec celui de l’Île de la Providence deviendra
la pierre angulaire du développement touristique de Tête-à-la-Baleine. C’est en ces deux
lieux que l’interprétation du territoire, son
histoire sera le plus facile entre autres par la
qualité et à proximité.
L’inauguration de la Maison Jos Hébert,
Cette maison représente beaucoup dans la
région, car elle a abrité en quelques occasions
le légendaire Jos Hébert, premier postillon de la
Basse-Côte-Nord. Cet homme est maintenant
connu à la grandeur du Québec entre autres
grâce à la chanson de Gilles Vigneault. Cette
légende vivante, était certes exceptionnelle de
par sa profession d’officier des postes, mais
dans l’ensemble il restait un homme de la côte.
En plus, de réaliser ses voyages de poste, il
pratiquait la pêche et la chasse au loup-marin.
Par conséquent, la Maison Jos Hébert permet
de comprendre sa vie ainsi que celle des insulaires de l’archipel.
Nous tenons à offrir à tous les gens qui ont
permis la réalisation de ce projet nos plus
sincères remerciements. Aux ouvriers de la
phase I et de la phase II, à tous les donateurs et prêteurs d’objet, à nos partenaires
financiers Développement Économique Canada, Ministère du Développement Économique et de l’innovation du Québec et à la
Caisse Desjardin. Un remerciement tout particulier à M. Orest Marcoux petit fils de Jos
Hébert qui nous a donné l’autorisation d’aller
de l’avant avec ce projet.
En 2006, on reconstruisait le bâtiment et commençait la collecte des objets. En dégradation
avancée, il était impossible de seulement le
restaurer le bâtiment. La Maison est donc une
reconstitution, réalisée le plus fidèlement possible autant par les grandeurs que par les cou-
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Wind Energy Works on the Lower North Shore!
Interview with Anthony Anderson
Gull Cliff - This summer, students from the
Eau-Naturelle Discovery science and nature
camp discovered a new renewable energy
source right in our own back yard...a wind
energy turbine!
3 years ago, Anthony Anderson of Chevery,
Quebec installed a 12 volt, 400 watt, 25 foot
Wind Turbine for use at their summer family
fishing home of Gull Cliff, just outside of Harrington Harbour.
Each summer, with a 1200 watt converter,
this wind turbine provides enough power to
run a television, radio, CB radio, VHF, and 4
cubic foot refrigerator/freezer. The wind turbine shuts off automatically and stores surplus energy when it reaches full capacity.
There is a 5 year warranty on this wind turbine when in operation full time. Mr.
“I think the Anderson specupotential is lates that the lifespan may reach up
there”
to 15 years because the system is
currently only in use 3-4 months per year.
Mr. Anderson has consulted with Hydro Quebec as well as other various promoters to inquire about the possibility of further develop-
ing this resource. “I am looking into obtaining a bigger system that could provide
enough energy for standard household use.
I think the potential is there.” Chevery is an
ideal location due to the flat terrain. Mr.
Anderson stated that better results would
come from a 50 foot tower, and a 100 foot
tower would be needed to develop this type
of green energy at it’s full potential. Installation of a wind turbine for household use in a
community would require a municipal
agreement as well as an agreement with
Hydro Quebec to feed the excess energy
supply into the electrical grid.
regarding a preliminary study on the technical and commercial feasibility for the development of wind energy on the Lower North
Shore.
Anyone interested in learning more about the
wind turbine energy used at Gull Cliff are
invited to contact Anthony Anderson at: 418787-2281.
This is not the first time that Mr. Anderson
has brought new technology to the Lower
North Shore. In 1982, he was the first to buy
and install a commercial satellite dish.
However, for him, his family, and the EauNaturelle Discovery camp students who had
many questions about the wind turbine…
this new type of installation represents an
exciting and promising technological development for the LNS.
Mr. Richmond Monger, Administrator for the
Municipalite du Golfe Saint-Laurent de la
Cote Nord reported that a document was
presented to the Conférence régionale des
élus in 2005 by the LNS Council of Mayors
A lesson in environmentally friendly energy
Netagamiou CLC - Video Conference Convenience
Ghislaine Nadeau-Monger, Commission Scolaire du Littoral Guidance Counsellor
Chevery - On August 21 and 22, 2007 Ms.
Ghislaine Nadeau-Monger participated in a
meeting support by the interactive video conference based technology at Netagamiou
Community Learning Centre.
“Distance is minimized by the use of videoconferencing, through the technology of devices installed in our new Netagamiou Community Learning Centre (NCLC). It is a definite advantage to be able to join a working
group without the hassle of travel.
Ghislaine Nadeau-Monger attends a
Montreal based meeting without leaving Chevery
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Once all the little difficulties have been
worked out, we should be able to do most of
our meetings, professional improvement, and
so on, without having to travel for hours. Although it is not as effective as being present
with a group, it is the next best choice and it
allows the access to most of the material,
knowledge and atmosphere of a meeting.
When our time is limited, it is a very good solution and I am one who will take advantage of it
as much as possible.”
For more information about the Netagamiou
CLC interactive video conference system
please contact, Ana Osborne, NCLC Development Officer
[email protected]
Tel. 418-787-2201
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Eau-Naturelle Discovery Camp: Where Science Meets Imagination
Ana Osborne, Netagamiou CLC
This summer brought many new and exciting
adventures to over 20 youth in Chevery
through the Eau-Naturelle Discovery Camp’s
first year of operation.
Thumbs up to Air Labrador for their generous support: Pilot
Philip Contant, Lloyd Jones Manager of Commercial Services
Ryan Dumas, Jesse Rowsell, Alex Dumas, Joel Anderson
Canadian Helicopters pilots Marc Perron & Sylvie Perron
with camp crew following helicopter education session
Exploring the wetlands, invertebrates galore!
Campers had the opportunity to explore the
surrounding forest, river, and coastal ecosystems with the help of three camp animators
(Erica Strickland, Elizabeth Cox and Meigan
Roberts) and QLF intern (Marc Chikhani). No
rock, nor log, nor leaf was left unturned as the
campers climbed, walked, swam, and even
flew their way through the community and
surrounding area!
Campers learned how to measure the height
of tree, how to conduct a beach survey, create trail markers, where to find worms, how
helicopters fly like humming birds, how to turn
fresh Bakeapple berries into delicious homemade pies. Campers discovered their green
thumbs while planting seedlings for the community garden and experimented with tinfoil
boat designs to determine which design
would float the most pennies. The “Adopt a
Swamp”, St. Mary’s Bird Sanctuary, Gull Cliff,
and Bob Nunez Misty River field trips, proved
to be camp highlights.
An exciting camp structure has been established. The camp will be evaluated and is
sure to be even better next year!
Discovering river bank riches… a clay pit
“It takes a Village to Raise a Child”
A very special thank you goes out to the
many people who shared their support
and expertise to ensure that the campers
had fun filled and rich learning experiences: Mona Bobbitt, Willie Dan Ransom,
Bradley Ransom, Alexandre Dumas,
Shanna Lavalee, Karine Monger, Jody
Anderson, Maclena Kennedy, Belinda
Rowsell, Gloria Bobbitt, Anthony Anderson, Rita and Billy Anderson, Rita Joncas,
Darlene Rowsell-Roberts, Lana Shattler,
Madue Million, Barry Bobbitt, Gloria &
Marcel Chislett, Perry Anderson, Pamela
Anderson, Mathieu Monger, Wilson Evans, Kellie Duff, Isabelle Gagnon, Dan
Mauger, Charlotte Ann Rowsell, Jean
Chislett, Barbara Mansbridge, Joan
Chislett, and the Chevery Senior Citizen’s
Club.
Thank you to everyone!
For more information about the
Eau-Naturelle Discovery Camp
Email: [email protected]
www.thelowernorthshore.com/chevery
Bird watching under the brilliant blue sky
Thank You to all our Sponsors, Supporters & Volunteers!!!
Air Labrador
Canada Post - Chevery
Canadian Helicopters
Chevery Senior Citizens Club
Chevery Sports Committee
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CLD Basse Côte-Nord - CheveryCoasters Association Inc.
Côte St. Luc Parks & Recreation .
Depanneur Bellecourt Enr.
Environment Canada
Green Repair Enr.
Horizon Products & Services
Municipalité de la Côte-Nord du Golfe St. Laurent
Netagamiou School
Quebec Labrador Foundation
Quebec 4H Club
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Tiny Tots Summer Program a Terrific Success
Eau Naturelle Discovery Camp Committee
Chevery - This summer saw the addition of a Tiny
Tots program to the Chevery summer camp schedule.
This pilot project is a result of and response to feedback provided to the Netagamiou CLC during the winter of 2007. It was noted that there are many activities
for primary and secondary level youth, but no organized community based activities for pre-school age
children nor formal opportunities for parents to share
experiences and knowledge outside of family based
or daycare based environments. Parents were approached and the trial program was launched. Parents were required to attend with the preschoolers for
practical reasons, but also, and more importantly, as a
means to promote a fun parent/child learning adventure. Parents also had the opportunity to meet and
interact with each other.
A camp animator was responsible to plan for and over
see a one hour session
twice a week. A total of 14
“The kids looked children (4 years of age and
forward to seeing younger) attended and participated in a range of fun
each other and
and imagination inspiring
doing the
activities including art, sciactivities.”
ence, and games.
Parents interviewed felt that the animator, Elizabeth
Cox did a wonderful job. The tiny tot science experiments captured the children’s interest and imagina-
tion. Parents of children who are not in the
home day care system learned important values
such as sharing, taking turns, etc through the
activities offered. The group planted seeds and
watched their plants grow.
Parents also reported that they enjoyed and
benefited from the opportunity to meet with
other parents. Marie Anderson, mother of a 3
year old stated “It was amazing just to see how
the children learned and changed from beginning to end of the program… and it was only for
six weeks. Owen, doesn’t attend daycare and
didn’t know how to “line up” so he learned the
basic rules of school”.
Parents report they would like to see this program continue next summer and maybe even
through the fall, spring and summer months.
The Netagamiou Community Learning Centre
will be exploring this possibility with the parents
and local community organizations over the
coming weeks as a part of its commitment and
mandate to respond to the needs of the whole
community. Thank you to Elizabeth for doing a
great job, and to all the parents who participated
and kindly shared their ideas and support!
“It helped the kids learn how they are supposed to act at school.”
Maclena Kennedy
The History of Cross River Exhibit
Chevery Tourism Committee
Chevery - The History of Cross River, published
to the internet early in the summer of 2007, will
be available in hard copy at the Misty River Restaurant in Chevery. This book will accompany a
temporary exhibit courtesy of space generously
donated by the Misty River Restaurant, Bar and
Hotel management. The temporary exhibit is
slated to open in late October and will showcase
photos of the experimental farm in Cross River
started by William (Dosh) Anderson as well as
photos of Chevery during the early years
(1960’s) of the community’s settlement.
space for this temporary exhibit is much
appreciated and will provide both an opportunity for recognition of the community’s
history as well as a new venue of interest
and education for community members and
visiting tourists alike. It is a good example
of how public and private partnerships can
benefit the community. Anyone wishing to
get involved by helping to edit and add to
The History of Cross River document, contribute photos and stories for this exhibit, or
who would like more information may contact the Chevery Tourism Committee:
There is no museum in the community, so the E-mail: [email protected]
www.thelowernorthshore.com/chevery
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Gros Mecatina
Mutton Bay ~ La Tabatiere
75th Anniversary of Consecration of Mutton Bay Church
Tammy Organ
Mutton Bay - On July 22nd , Saint Clement’s
Church in Mutton Bay, Quebec held a celebration to commemorate the Anniversary of
the Consecration of their Church, which took
place 75 years ago on July 24th, 1932 .The
day began with the lifting of a lingering fog
and the familiar sight of the little yellow plane
which signals the arrival of Archdeacon
Bryan. With the Church full to capacity, the
Saint Clement’s Church, Mutton Bay
Celebration began at 2 pm with a Communion service in which Reverend Gladys Morency, Archdeacon Bob Bryan, Mr. Glen
Chafe and Mr. Tom Matthews took part.
Beautiful letters from the Archbishop and
former ministers/lay readers were read.
After the service, gifts were given to Mrs.
Maud Mansbridge and Mrs. Ivy Willcott for
their musical contributions. A Certificate of
Appreciation was given to the Mutton Bay
Ladies Circle for their many contributions to
the life of our Church and all members were
presented with a small gift. The wardens and
former wardens were honored and presented with certificates and gifts for all the
fine work they have done over the years and
will continue to do. Archdeacon Bryan was
presented with a certificate of Service to the
Lord and a copy of the Local History of Saint
Clement’s Church, compiled by Tammy
Organ. Last, but not least, Rev. Gladys Morency was presented with a gift and certificate
of congratulations on the anniversary of her
ordination into the priesthood. Special
thanks were given to Mrs. Tammy Organ for
her organizational skills at this event by the
Mutton Bay Ladies Circle as well as the
community of Mutton Bay.
beautifully. There were linen cloths on the
tables, vases full of wild flowers, and lots of
hors d'oeuvres and desserts for everyone.
Mr. Glen Chafe, student minister here for the
summer, composed a Three Chord Song
Trilogy for the 75th Anniversary. He, along
with Mr. Jamie Robertson, performed the
songs for us all and they did a wonderful job.
Special thanks to Mr. Chafe for his contribution to our celebration.
The evening was concluded magnificently
with even more local talent. Very special
thanks go to Mr. Leonard Robertson for
playing the accordion. Also, a very special
thanks to Mr. Jamie Robertson, and his wife
Monica for playing guitar and singing; what a
fitting end to a truly splendid day!
After the presentations were made, as part
of the celebrations, Archdeacon Bryan kindly
agreed to show slides. He narrated as he
flipped from one slide to the next, with wonderful stories for each slide and everyone
enjoyed these glimpses of the past.
The celebrations continued at the community
hall with a reception prepared by the Mutton
Bay Ladies Circle. The hall was decorated
Mutton Bay Photo J. Jones
What’s goin’ on?
Gros Mecatina residents…
do you have news to share???
Send it to the newspaper!
La Tabatiere Photo J. Jones
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La Tabatiere Wharf Reconstruction
Interview with Denis Trudel, Project Manager Transport Canada
La Tabatiere - The fisherman’s wharf at La
Tabatiere has been undergoing reconstruction this summer as a result of a joint venture
between Transport Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in collaboration with the fish plant (Tabatiere Seafood
Inc.) and Gros Mecatina fishers.
A reconstruction contract was awarded to
EBC (from Quebec City) in January 2007 for
the amount of $5,878,000 dollars.
The main goal of this initiative is to reconstruct berth #2 using steel sheet piling, cov-
ered on top with concrete slabs. All new
structures are protected by a Cathodic Protection System (anti-corrosive system). The
primary benefits of the reconstruction will be
an improved strength of the structure. Better
quality materials will ensure a greater lifespan of the structure. Although the plan did
not include an increase of surface space, the
1.5 metre steel sheet piling will result in a
small increase of surface.
The equipment available at the wharf remains the same as before, with an addition
of a service block, which includes electrical
and water outlets for the fishers’ access.
The work is planned to be completed this
fall, by the end of October. The main concern during this reconstruction process has
been the impact on accessibility to services for the fish plant and fishers. A collaboration was created between the fish
plant and fishers to address these concerns.
The reconstruction will benefit the community and other users and is a great example of positive investment in community
infrastructures.
Ana Osborne
The Marathon of Hope
Terry Fox Foundation
Terry’s Letter Requesting Support For His Run
The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in the New York
Marathon. It was then I decided to meet this new challenge head on and not only overcome my disability, but conquer it in such a way that I
could never look back and say it disabled me.
But I soon realized that that would only be half my quest, for as I went through the 16 months of the physically and emotionally draining ordeal
of chemotherapy, I was rudely awakened by the feelings that surrounded and coursed through the cancer clinic. There were faces with the
brave smiles, and the ones who had given up smiling. There were feelings of hopeful denial, and the feelings of despair. My quest would not be
a selfish one. I could not leave knowing these faces and feelings would still exist, even though I would be set free from mine. Somewhere the
hurting must stop... and I was determined to take myself to the limit for this cause.
From the beginning the going was extremely difficult, and I was facing chronic ailments foreign to runners with two legs in addition to the common physical strains felt by all dedicated athletes.
But these problems are now behind me, as I have either out-persisted or learned to deal with them. I feel strong not only physically, but more
important, emotionally. Soon I will be adding one full mile a week, and coupled with weight training I have been doing, by next April I will be
ready to achieve something that for me was once only a distant dream reserved for the world of miracles – to run across Canada to raise
money for the fight against cancer.
The running I can do, even if I have to crawl every last mile.
We need your help. The people in cancer clinics all over the world need people who believe in miracles.
I am not a dreamer, and I am not saying that this will initiate any kind of definitive answer or cure to cancer. But I believe in miracles. I have to.
Terry Fox, October 1979
Marathon of Hope Story
Isadore Sharp had sent a telegram which Terry pinned to his hospital bed. He said that Terry's marathon was just the beginning and that a
fundraising run would be held in his name every year to continue his fight against cancer.
“You started it. We will not rest until your dream to find a cure for cancer is realized.”
Read more about Terry’s Marathon of Hope : http://www.terryfoxrun.org/english/marathon/default.asp?s=1
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Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine River ~ Pakua Shipi
What’s going on.?!
Saint Augustine residents…
do you have news to share???
Send it to the newspaper!
Saint Augustine River Photo CLDBCN
Pakua Shipi (across river) Photo CLDBCN
Native Alliance LNS: An Historical Metis Inuit Community
Nicholas Shattler, President
My name is Nicholas Shattler, from St.
Augustine River on the Lower North Shore
(LNS) and the founder and President of our
historical Metis Inuit community of St.
Augustine River. Approximately 90% of our
community has Inuit blood and are of 3rd, 4th,
5th and 6th generation Inuit. Before the
Europeans arrived
on the LNS this territory was occupied
by the Inuit formerly
known as Eskimo.
Only after the arrival
of the Europeans
the presence of our
Inuit people on the
LNS declined drastically. The cause of
this decline is due to unfriendly contacts with
Euopeans and in the later years wars brought
on between the Inuit and Indians by the Europeans. As early as the 16th century Inuit were
known to of occupied Territory as far as Mingan. It is also documented in numerous journals, records and old maps that the Inuit were
the first occupants of this territory. Joliett,
Courtemache, DeBrouage and countless others have all had writings on the presence of
Inuit on the LNS. I feel that it is time that the
community get the recognition duly deserved
as an Historical Metis Inuit community. Our
provincial organization the Native Alliance of
Quebec, is working really hard to get this recognition. There is a lot of history in St.
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Augustine River and other villages on this
precious coast of ours.
Our Metis organization was formed in 2000
and it has been an uphill battle until Feb.
2006. Locals had always known that their
ancestors were of Inuit/European descent
but it was rarely talked about, mainly because we were a mixed race and the people
in power at this time were trying to make us
as white as possible. We became a community of the Native Alliance of Quebec (NAQ)
in 2000 after finding some documents in our
local church on Louis Louis Esquimaux
(Eskimo) who had married Marie Belvin.
This was considered a legal document after
the registrar at the NAQ reviewed it. All descendants of Louis Louis Esquimaux were
entitled to their Metis status. I did not stop
there because this only connected approximately 30% of our village. I made a few
more phone calls and spoke with more people, until I got in touch with Bob (Cleophas)
Belvin, who was in Ottawa at this time. Bob
has done a lot of research of St. Augustine
River and the Lower North Shore. He had in
his possession a copy of a report written by
Paul Charest, an anthropologist from the
Laval University, about the last Inuit on the
LNS. This report was done in 1965 on four
Inuit families and their descendants, three of
which were from St. Augustine River. Louis
Louis Esquimaux (Inuit) who married Marie
Belvin, Catherine Louis (Inuit) the sister of
Louis Louis married Peter Leon. Catherine
Welchir (Inuit) married Andrew Kennedy.
From these 3 families 85 to 90% of St.
Augustine River are direct descendants of
the Inuit. We are classified as Metis because we are of mixed blood. This report
was brought to the NAQ in Hull, Quebec
(the provincial office) by Bob and shortly
afterwards the other two families were accepted by the NAQ as Metis people. A few
months later then the Grand Chief of the
NAQ, Fern Chalifoux, came to our village to
officially open our Metis Inuit community
and to form a council. A board was elected
and I became, and still am, acting President. Remember this historical date March
20th 2000. After a couple of regional and
provincial assemblies in Baie Comeau and
Quebec I started talking with a Native parajuduical court worker, Jacques Mousseau
requesting his help to get the right to hunt
and fish. After about 2 years of phone calls
and conversations with Jacques the wheel
was set in motion. Jacques had convinced
the NAQ to take on our hunting and fishing
cases. In February 2002, we went to court
in St. Augustine River with the NAQ lawyers
backing us from Gagne Letarte.
We started the court procedures. Marc
Watters, our lawyer supplied by the NAQ,
arrived in St. Augustine with his assistant
Lina Lalancette. They notified the court that
they would be representing the members of
the historical Metis Inuit community of St.
Augustine River. A system was put in place
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Continued from previous page…
for ongoing cases or new cases that would arrive before the courts that and
that no one would have to appear in court until we were to go to trial. This
was in February 2003. In 2004, an Avis was filed with the federal courts because the first charges were all with DFO. In 2005, Paul Charest the anthropologist from the Laval University was hired by the NAQ as an expert witness on our behalf. He was to write an in depth report on the Metis of St.
Augustine River. He revisited St. Augustine in the summer of 2005 as well
as some of the old fishing settlements as he had done in 1964. In that year
he wrote another report of the Inuit of St. Augustine. At this time a trial date
was set for April 2006 starting in St. Augustine and alternating back and forth
to Quebec for a period of approximately 10 weeks. While all of this time had
elapsed, the provincial and federal fisheries officers were stopping some
members of our Metis Inuit community, seizing their gear and these members were told that they would have to appear in court. In March 2006, two
weeks before we were to go to trial, the federal crown attorneys stayed the
proceedings against the 8 members of our Metis Inuit community.
In all of these cases all of the charges were dropped by provincial and federal governments and all of the gear that was seized by the fisheries officers
was returned to the members of our Metis Inuit community this summer.
Today we still feel targeted by provincial and federal fisheries officers and
we are still getting charged for putting these foods in the mouths of our children and our children's children. These species are an essential part of our
daily diet, we depend on the land and the sea to sustain our diets. What will
it take for the governments to understand this. Maybe if there was a connection to the outside world in the form of a road then politicians can take a
closer look at our communities and really understand our way of life. Instead
of making decisions from Quebec or Ottawa without knowing what we are all
about. I challenge any of these politicians who are deciding whether or not
we can hunt or fish to feed ourselves to come and stay within our community
for a month and then makes their decisions. How can these people make
decisions on an issue as important as our survival without even knowing
where we are from. In certain politicians eyes its OK for one commercial fisherman to catch 60,000 pounds of fish while we are considered criminals if
we take 6 pounds of fish to eat. Something is not right here!!!!!
I am happy to say that our community is standing strong and are standing up
for their ancestral rights, this summer there were a greater number of members tagging their fishing gear even though they knew by doing so they
would be charged by the fisheries officers. I hope in the future more of our
members will do the same. If you do not stand up for what you believe in
then there is no belief.
This is the story of our journey as an historical Metis Inuit community. There
is much work to be done, but we will continue to do so by working together.
Anyone interested in learning more about the Native Alliance of the Lower
North Shore is invited to contact me by email: [email protected]
See the NAQ website for an official communiqué about our court cases.
http://aaqnaq.com/index.php?language=en
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Bonne Esperance
Saint Paul’s River ~ Old Fort ~ Middle Bay
What’s going on.?!
Bonne Esperance residents…
do you have news to share???
Send it to the newspaper!
Saint Paul’s River Photo CLDBCN
Tourism... A Viable Industry on the LNS?
Jacques Lachance, Chargé de Projet
The answer could soon be known with the arrival of a new cooperative formed by travel and marketing specialists, local and regional associations, and various local entrepreneurs involved in the tourism industry. During the beginning of August, the population had the opportunity to speak on this
matter.
Old Fort Bay Photo CLDBCN
A feasibility study is in progress to provide our region with a travel packaging and marketing tool for
tourism products and services such as excursions, bed and breakfast, Innu culture immersion, inns
and hotels, carriers, adventure tourism, museums and interpretation centres.
Such an agency, specifically dedicated to Minganie and the Lower North Shore, would unite the
strengths and assets of the milieu and entrepreneurs in the development of tourism products and
services. This regional solidarity cooperative, would create travel packages to promote and sell our
region as a tourism destination to Canadian, European and American markets.
Middle Bay Photo CLDBCN
There has been a general consensus for many years that for tourism on the Lower North Shore to
succeed, travel packages need to be created and advertised. Now the time has come to take action.
This project, which evolved in 2006 following a forum held in Natashquan on regional tourism development, will estimate the profitability in the use of this new tool for short and long-term development.
Big stakes are in play, and an understanding of this innovative approach is necessary to capture a
maximum number of tourism promoters.
Project coordinator, Jacques Lachance, accompanied by consultant Jean-Michel Perron, visited communities from Blanc Sablon to Kegaska between August 3rd-11th. The objectives of this trip were to
explore tourism potential and products of interest, and to hold conferences with the population to provide an in depth look at the project and communicate the basis of this regional cooperative.
For more information about this project,
and/or the tours which took place on the
Lower North Shore this past August
please contact:
This process began in June 2006. It is sponsored by Copacte and supported by Emploi-Quebec, the
CLD of Minganie and the Lower North Shore, Fonds de partenariat autochtone-allochtone pour le
développement économique, certain municipalities and caisse populaires between Sheldrake and
Blanc Sablon.
Jacques Lachance
Tel : (418) 726-3260
cell : (418) 965-0373
[email protected]
On August 3rd, 4th and 5th, reports and consultations were given in the Blanc sablon to Bonne Esperance areas. On August 6th, promoter and the population were met from Saint Augustin. On August 7th the group was in La Tabatiere and Mutton Bay (Gros Mecatina), August 8th, in Tête-à-laBaleine, and on August 9th and August 10th, they covered Chevery and Harrington harbour, then
returning to Tête-à-la-Baleine to end the tour.
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Blanc Sablon
Brador ~ Lourdes de Blanc Sablon ~ Blanc Sablon
An Inspiration to Everyone
Melva Flynn
My mother, Herselia Flynn has been battling
cancer since she was diagnosed in March of
2006. Starting in the bowels and now in both
lungs, mom's cancer has shown her first hand
how expensive this illness is.
She wanted to do what she could for Daffodil
Place, where she stayed during her treatment. A walk was her idea and my sister and I
walked with her for support.
17 people braved the rain on August 26, 2007
in a fundraising effort initiated by Herselia
Flynn. Over $5000.00 was raised for Daffodil
Place. Mom walked over 6 km that day, some
of us walked 10 km. It rained hard and soaked
us to the bone, but it was mild and warm. We
collected an additional $137.00 in change
from drivers who stopped to support the
cause. Above everything else, we had an absolute blast!!
Bradore Falls photo S. Etheridge
My mother is an inspiration to everyone, with or
without cancer. She has not, nor will she ever
let this disease beat her. She is my Hero!!!
Great job Mom!!!
Herselia Flynn shows her family how one
person, one family and one community can
truly make a difference… one step at a time
Donations are still being accepted. If you would
like to make a donation, cheques or money
orders should be made out to Daffodil Place
and sent c/o
Melva Flynn , P.O. Box 121,
Lourdes de Blanc Sablon, G0G 1W0
or
Herselia Fynn, P.O. Box 5
Lance au Loup, NL, A0K 3L0
Once all the money has been collected, the
presentation will be made to Daffodil Place.
Check out the website www.daffodilplace.ca for
information on how you can do your part.
As we approach another
Terry Fox Marathon of Hope
remember that, like Terry, you too can do your part to continue
his dream. Participate in the marathon in your community or
support someone else... but get involved like others
across Canada and all around the world!
Blanc Sablon Wharf photo S. Etheridge
Lourdes de Blanc Sablon photo S. Etheridge
What’s going on.?!
Blanc Sablon residents…
do you have news to share???
Send it to the newspaper!
See page 29 for more about the Marathon of Hope
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Accueil Officiel de la BCN et de Schefferville dans le Diocèse de Baie-Comeau
Christine Desbiens, Service des communications, Diocèse de Baie-Comeau
Baie-Comeau, 4 septembre 2007- L’église NotreDame de Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon était bondée lors
de la célébration eucharistique du 2 septembre dernier au cours de laquelle a été officiellement promulgué le décret d’intégration de la Basse-Côte-Nord et
Schefferville au diocèse de Baie-Comeau. Les gens
de cette paroisse et des communautés environnantes s’étaient réunis pour rencontrer une première
fois leur nouvel évêque, Mgr Pierre Morissette, qui a
présidé la célébration. Les autres paroisses de la
Basse-Côte étaient représentées par les religieuses
qui y assurent l’animation pastorale.
En tant que délégué du pape, Mgr Maurice Couture,
archevêque émérite de Québec et ancien évêque de
Baie-Comeau, a fait la lecture du décret de ce changement de frontières, le rendant ainsi effectif.
Sœur Angéla Bérubé, agente de pastorale à Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, a accueilli l’évêque au nom de
tous : « Vous rencontrerez chez nous des innus, des
francophones et des anglophones; ce sont des gens
généreux qui occupent un vaste territoire. Les paroisses n’étant pas toutes reliées les unes aux autres par un réseau routier, chacune a sa couleur
propre, ses caractéristiques particulières, sa mentalité bien à elle; ce qui a l’avantage de nous faire
découvrir et exploiter la richesse des différences. Toutes les communautés chrétiennes d’ici sont
heureuses de vous accueillir comme leur Pasteur et
ont hâte de vous connaître davantage.»
Mgr Morissette a souhaité aux résidents de la BasseCôte-Nord et de Schefferville la plus chaleureuse
bienvenue dans le diocèse de Baie-Comeau :
« Nous vivons en ce jour un moment historique puisque se reconstitue, au plan ecclésial, une unité qui a
presque toujours existé depuis les débuts de l’Église
catholique au Canada. Ce n’est qu’en 1945 que vos
communautés ont été rattachées à un autre diocèse.
Même si nous avons été séparés depuis 62 ans,
nous ne sommes pas des étrangers puisque sur le
plan civil, nous faisons partie de la même région administrative, et plusieurs d’entre vous avez des membres de votre famille à Sept-Iles et à Baie-Comeau.
Nous partageons aussi la même foi, nous sommes
des frères et des sœurs dans le Christ. Nous avons
maintenant à marcher ensemble pour présenter le
Christ, Bonne nouvelle pour aujourd’hui. » Pour apprendre à mieux connaître ces communautés, Mgr
Morissette les visitera au cours du mois de décembre
prochain.
Les communautés chrétiennes qui sont rattachées au
diocèse de Baie-Comeau sont : Chevery, SacréCœur de La Romaine, Marie-Reine-des-Indiens de La
Romaine, Tête-à-la-Baleine, La Tabatière, Pakuashipi, Saint-Augustin, Rivière-Saint-Paul, Middle Bay,
Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Blanc-Sablon et Matimekosh (Schefferville). Le diocèse de Baie-Comeau
Official Reception of the Lower North Shore and
Schefferville in the Diocese of Baie-Comeau
Baie-Comeau, September 4, 2007- The church of
Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon was full of parishioners
attending the eucharistic celebration on September
2nd during which was officially promulgated the decree of integration of Lower-North-Shore and Schefferville to the diocese of Baie-Comeau. People of
this parish and the surrounding communities had
gathered to meet first their new bishop, Mgr Pierre
Morissette, chairman of the celebration. The other
parishes of the Lower-North-Shore were represented by the Sisters which ensure the pastoral
animation.
Acting as the pope’s delegate, Mgr Maurice Couture,
emeritus archbishop of Quebec and former bishop of
Baie-Comeau, read out the decree of this change of
borders, making it effective, then.
Sister Angéla Bérubé, pastoral animator at Lourdesde-Blanc-Sablon, welcomed the bishop in the name
of all: "You will meet on here Innus, French-speaking
people and English-speaking; they are generous
people who occupy a vast territory. The parishes all
not being connected the ones to the others by a
road network, each one has its own colour, its particular characteristics, its mentality well with it; what
has the advantage of making us discover and exploit
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réunit désormais 90 000 catholiques répartis
dans 55 paroisses, dessertes et missions. Il
peut compter sur un personnel pastoral d’une
soixantaine de personnes, ainsi que sur un
grand nombre de paroissiens et paroissiennes
engagés dans leur milieu.
La plupart des religieuses qui animent les communautés chrétiennes de la Basse-Côte ont participé à l’événement. Elles entourent Mgr Morissette : S. Laurette
Gagnon de Tête-à-la-Baleine, S. Angéla Bérubé de
Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, S. Jeannette Comeau de La
Tabatière, S. Reine Driscoll de St. Augustine et S.
Catherine Arseneault de Rivière Saint-Paul.
(Photo : Christine Desbiens)
The majority of the sisters which animate the Christian
communities of the Lower-North-Shore took part in the
event. They surround Mgr Morissette: Sr Laurette
Gagnon of Tête-à-la-Baleine, Sr Angéla Bérubé of
Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Sr Jeannette Comeau of La
Tabatière, Sr Reine Driscoll of St. Augustine and Sr
Catherine Arseneault of St. Paul’s River. (Photograph:
Christine Desbiens)
the richness of the differences. All the Christian communities from here are happy to welcome you like
their Pasteur and are in a hurry to know you more.”
Mgr Morissette wished to the residents of LowerNorth-Shore and Schefferville the most cordial welcome within the diocese of Baie-Comeau: " We live,
today, one historical moment since, on the ecclesial
level, the unity always existing in the Canadian ecclesial Church, is set up again. It is only in 1945 that
your communities were bound to another diocese.
Even if we have been separated during 62 years, we
are not strangers, since on the civil level, we belong
to the same administrative area, and several among
you have relatives in Sept-Iles and Baie-Comeau. We
also share the same faith, we are brothers and sisters
in Christ. We will now walk together to proclaim
Christ, the Good News of today”. In order to be more
acquainted with these communities, Mgr Morissette
will visit them during next December.
The Christian Communities joining the diocese of
Baie-Comeau are: Chevery, Sacré-Coeur de la Romaine, Marie-Reine-des-Indiens de la Romaine, Têteà-la-Baleine, La Tabatière, Pakuashipi, SaintAugustin, Rivière-Saint-Paul, Middle Bay,
Mgr Pierre Morissette, évêque du diocèse de BaieComeau, entouré de Mgr Maurice Couture, archevêque émérite de Québec (à gauche) et de l’abbé Germain Gagnon, vicaire général du diocèse de BaieComeau (à droite). (Photo : Eldon Jones)
Mgr Pierre Morissette, bishop of the diocese of BaieComeau, surrounded by Mgr Maurice Couture, emeritus archbishop of Quebec (on the left) and Father Germain Gagnon, general vicar of the diocese of BaieComeau (on the right). (Photograph: Eldon Jones)
Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Blanc-Sablon and
Matimekosh (Schefferville). The diocese of BaieComeau gathers now 90 000 catholics divided in
55 parishes and missions. It relies on a pastoral
personnel of about sixty people and a great number of parishioners actively engaged in their parishes.
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CLASSIFIEDS
Your Space...
ADVERTISING
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to share?
there’s space in HERE
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located in Harrington Harbour, QC
on the waterfront.
This store has been in service For over 73 years.
For more information please contact
Marilyn Rowsell at 418-795-3332
Lower North Shore’s First
Licensed Meat Wholesaler
Coastal Meats is proud to announce its official opening as the first ever, locally based, licensed meat
wholesaler on the Lower North Shore. Based out of
Blanc Sablon, Coastal Meats offers a fresh variety of
quality beef, pork, chicken and cold-cuts.
Products are available at select businesses all along
the Lower North Shore. For high quality meat selections, look for our labels at a store near you!
Servicing the region since April of 2007, feedback
from participating businesses have been excellent.
If you own a business, and would like more information on how to become one of our distributors,
please contact Louise Etheridge, manager,
toll free at 1-877-461-2044.
Jean’s B&B
Come and enjoy delightful seafood and local dishes,
fresh from the ocean!
Centrally located in Harrington Harbour, Quebec,
½ km walk from the wharf (dock) and taxi boat drop
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Five Bedrooms (double/single)
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For more information on this “home away from home”
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La Croix-Rouge est un organisme humanitaire qui oeuvre auprès des personnes dans le besoin afin d’apporter réconfort et chaleur humaine. Nous recherchons
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Volunteer Needed
A group of Secondary students are interested in playing floor hockey and need an adult volunteer supervisor
for access to the Netagamiou School gym. Anyone in Chevery who has a little spare time one evening a
week is invited to call the Netagamiou CLC 418-787-2107 (Mon-Fri: 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-3:00)
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QUEBEC LABRADOR FOUNDATION
P.O. Box 456, Lourdes de Blanc Sablon, Quebec, G0G 1W0 ** P.O. Box 62, Lanse au Clair, Labrador, A0K 3K0
Tel : (709) 931-2019, [email protected]
JOB OPPORTUNITY
“Cultural Heritage Development Agent”
Position:
Job tasks:
Coordinating and hosting meetings and consultations in various communities
across the Lower North Shore
Conducting research and interviews with local residents relating to traditions and
craft skills
Using the information collected to document and create a Heritage Booklet
Communicating and organizing heritage activities with local schools
Helping coordinate a Heritage Celebration event in each participating Lower North
Shore municipality
Developing an awareness campaign relating to traditions and heritage
Qualifications: The successful candidate must:
Have excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
Demonstrate strong interpersonal relation skills
Work well on own initiative and as part of a team
Demonstrate interest in local traditions, crafts and heritage
Have excellent organizational skills
Be willing to travel along the Lower North Shore (limited travel)
Remuneration:
This position is for 35 hrs per week, 20 weeks at $13.00 per hour. Location of
work is dependent upon the location of the
candidate hired. Start date is anticipated for early October.
Interested candidates must apply in writing before Friday, September 28th at 4:00 pm
By mail to: Serena Etheridge, QLF Director, Traditional Skills Network
P.O. Box 456, Lourdes de Blanc Sablon, QC, G0G 1W0
By e-mail : [email protected]
For further information or inquiries, please contact Serena at (709) 931-2291.
This position is funded in part by Canadian Heritage
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Coasters Association Inc.
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Title:
Animator
Project:
“Long Distance Literacy - Phase 1", on the Lower North Shore
Objectives:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Location:
Survey the student population to assess literacy and second-language levels, and determine potential
clientele (numbers, needs, etc.)
Research new online teaching technologies for teaching language skills and determine appropriate technology (hardware and software)
Recruit volunteer mentors
Research potential funding sources for Phase II of the project, and engage local and regional agencies
and authorities
Prepare a final report with suggested implementation plan
Coasters office, St. Paul’s River
Requirements: Member of Coasters Association Inc.
Education and/or experience will be given priority
Computer skills
Ability to develop surveys, etc... and analyze, compile and assemble documents
Planning, organizational, researching and writing skills
Good communications skills & team work
Must be able to work on his or her initiative
Must be available to travel
Salary/Duration:
$ 15.00 per hour + vacation pay
35 hours per week ($546.00 gross weekly).
Monday, October 1st, 2007 to Friday, March 28th, 2008 (26 weeks)
Posting date: From Wednesday, September 12th to Wednesday, September 26th , 2007 (2 weeks)
The Animator will be selected by the Executive Committee of the Coasters Association, and the selected candidate will commence
work on Monday, October 1st He or She will be notified following the selection. For more information, please call the office at 1877-447-2006 or 379-2356 or 2006. The deadline to submit your application is Wednesday, September 26th at 5:00 p.m.
Please forward your application by delivery or fax (# 418-379-2621) to Cornella Maurice, Executive Director.
Thank You!
This project
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is made possible through funding received from Canadian Heritage.
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Coastal Advertising & Design will be opening soon. We will cater to
businesses/organizations and general population of the Lower North Shore.
Located in St. Paul’s River, we have the skill, knowledge and equipment to handle all
your color digital printing needs - big or small.
Some of the services we offer:
Business/Organization services:
Pamphlets
Flyers
Brochures
Newsletters
Booklets
Logos
Business cards
Reports (w/binding)
Color & Black & White digital printing
Personal design and printing:
Photo restoration/touch up/resizing/printing
CD photo albums
Wedding invitations
Personalized calendars
Certificates (i.e. gift certificates, award certificates)
VHS to DVD transfer
If you have a specific project in mind, or would like more information please contact;
Coastal Advertising & Design
P.O. Box 187
St. Paul’s River, QC
G0G 2P0
Tel: 418 379-2058
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Fax: 418 379-2068
Email: [email protected]
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Community Snapshots Photo Contest ~ Contest Rules
Netagamiou Community Learning Centre
GOAL
The goal of the Community Snapshots Photo
contest is to encourage Coasters to showcase
and share the beauty of the Lower North Shore
(LNS) through photography by submitting photos taken of the Lower North Shore territory
from Kegaska to Blanc Sablon.
John _1
• telephone number;
• mailing and email address;
• a brief description of where the photos
were taken, or about the person featured
in the photo.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
The contest deadline is FRIDAY December
CRITERIA
31, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. Submissions should
Participation is free. Each contest participant be sent to the Netagamiou CLC by email:
may submit a maximum of five (5) photos that
show the richness and the vitality of the Lower Subject Header:
North Shore places and people.
“Community Snapshots Photo Contest”
Email address:
TYPE OF PHOTOS
[email protected]
Only digital photos (colour and black and
white) are accepted. Each submission should PRIZES AND PUBLICATION
be identified by:
Five photos will be awarded prizes and two
• the family name and first name of the appli- photos will be awarded honourable mention.
cant and photo number (according to the
number of photos submitted): i.e. Doe, The names of the winners will be revealed at
the Chevery Festival of the Arts Photo Exhibit to be held in July 2007.
SELECTION COMMITTEE
A selection committee will be formed to preselect 15 photos and to evaluate and determine the final photo award winners. The
principal selection criteria are technical skill
(i.e clarity of photo, light quality, ) and creativity (the subject representation, composition, originality) and general appreciation of
the Lower North Shore. Persons interested
to become selection committee members
are invited to contact the Netagamiou CLC.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the contest and
for photography tips, contact the Netagamiou Community Learning Centre.
Concours de photographies la Belle Basse Côte ~ Règlements
Centre d’apprentissage communautaire Netagamiou
OBJECTIF
L’objectif de ce concours est de permettre aux
personnes de la BCN de montrer, à travers
leurs photographies, la beauté du territoire
qu’ils habitent, tout en exprimant leur passion
et leurs intérêts envers celui-ci par les photographies prises sur le territoire de la Basse
Côte-Nord soit de Kegaska jusqu’à Blanc Sablon.
CRITÈRES
La participation est gratuite. Chaque participant(e) au concours peut soumettre un maximum de cinq (5) photos. Chaque participant
doit donc soumettre des photographies démontrant la richesse et la vitalité des gens et
de pays de chez nous.
EXIGENCES TECHNIQUES
Seules les photos électronique en couleur ou
en noir et blanc sont acceptées dans ce
concours. Il est obligatoire pour chaque photographie soumise au concours d’être identifier
avec Le nom et prénom du (de la) participant
(e) et le numero du photo. Chaque participant
doit soumis:
• Le nom et prénom du (de la) particiPage 39
DATE LIMITE DE PARTICIPATION
La date limite pour participer au concours est
fixée au le 31 décembre 2007 - 16h30. Les
envois doivent être expédiés par couriel
conséquence. Les principaux critères de
sélection sont l’appréciation technique (la
qualité de la lumière, l’exposition, le cadrage, la profondeur de champs), l’appréciation artistique (la représentation du sujet,
la composition, l’originalité) et l’appréciation
générale de la Basse Côte-Nord. Ceux qui
veut se joindre le comité de sélection sont
invité de nous contacter.
au sûjet de:
“Concours de photographies“
addresse couriel:
[email protected]
POUR PLUS D’INFORMATION
Pour plus d’information au sûjet de la
concours ou de photographie , veuillez
contactez le Centre d’apprentissage com-
•
•
•
pant(e);
Son numéro de téléphone;
Son adresse civique et électronique;
Une brève description de l’endroit où
a été prise l’image.
PRIX ET PUBLICATION
Cinq photographies seront primées et deux
prix de participation seront tirés au hasard.
Les noms des lauréat(e)s seront dévoilés
lors du lancement de l’exposition de photographies liée au concours à la Festivale des
Arts de Chevery au mois de juillet 2007.
COMITÉ DE SÉLECTION
Un comité de sélection est chargé de choisir
15 photos et d’évaluer au mérite chaque
document reçu et d’attribuer les prix en
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The function of leadership is to produce
more leaders, not more followers.
Ralph Nader
Natashquan
⇒ COACTE
Kegaksa
⇒ Rogers Retail Enr.
La Romaine
⇒ To Be Determined
Chevery
⇒ Depanneur BelleCourt Enr.
⇒ Green Repair Enr.
⇒ Chevery Senior Citizen’s Club
⇒ Misty River Motel, Restaurant & Bar
⇒ Netagamiou School
Harrington Harbour
⇒ Ransom & Rowsell Enr.
⇒ CMR Sales
⇒ Harbour Side Bar & Restaurant
Tête-à-la-Baleine
⇒ Magasin du Portage
Mutton Bay
⇒ To Be Determined
La Tabatiere
⇒ The Realm
Saint Augustine River
⇒ Depanneur McKinnon
Saint Paul’s River
⇒ St. Paul’s General
Old Fort Bay
⇒ Chez Nellie
Middle Bay
⇒ To Be Determined
Lourdes de Blanc Sablon
⇒ Depanneur Roger Jones
Blanc Sablon
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