New Millennium Capital Corp. is waiting on word from its partner Tata Steel before it can move forwa... »

New Millennium Capital Corp. hopes its direct shipping ore (DSO) project near Schefferville will get the green light in time for production in 2011.

Positive feasibility study

Dean Journeaux, chief operating officer for New Millennium (NML), was in Lab. West March 2 to update the town councils on the DSO project near Schefferville, where IOC had extensive operations from 1954 to 1982. NML now owns 22 of the DSO deposits, which are located in different areas of Labrador and Quebec.

	Michelle Stewart photo/The former home of the business, Pickett Fence, in the Harrie Lake Subdivisio... »

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An empty building in trailer court may soon be turned into temporary workers housing.

In the March 2 council meeting, the Lab. City town council gave approval-in-principle (subject to a legal agreement) to renovate the property at 60 Circular Road - formerly Pickett Fence - into temporary workers housing.

Diane Gear, town clerk, said there is a definite need for workers housing in Lab. West and the applicant - who can't be named due to privacy laws - intends to renovate and lease the building to a single company for the purpose of providing accommodations for up to four temporary workers for two years.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games mascot got his name from a young girl in Labrador City.

Katie Peddle, 10, picked the Yeti's name - Shivers - after finding out her brother would be going to the 2010 Games in Grand Falls-Windsor.

	Bryan Jerrett, Lab. City's economic development director

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The local snowmobile safety committee is gaining ground.

Bryan Jerrett, economic development director with the Town of Lab. City, gave an update on the snowmobile safety committee in the March 2 council meeting and he said there are a lot of positive things happening in Lab. West when it comes to snowmobile safety.

"The patrols by the RNC around town and on the trails have had a positive effect," he stated. "No alcohol containers were found in trail chalets during White Wolf's regular visits after the weekends; speed on the trails has been less of an issue; there has been an increased sale of trail passes since the RNC started patrolling the trails; and the RNC was present at Menihek daily to perform checks for helmets, insurance and registration."

	Michelle Stewart photo/Commander Alex Grant was in Labrador West last week on a speaking tour offeri... »

There is much activity going on in Canada's north and Commander Alex Grant gave an overview to Labrador West on the Canadian Navy and its role in Arctic Sovereignty.

Cdr. Grant talked to the Chamber of Commerce last week with great enthusiasm of his trip to Nunavut for Operation Nanook-one of three major sovereignty operations being conducted by the Canadian Forces in northern Canada.

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With all the anti-bullying campaigns these last few years, it would be fair to expect a reduction in the amount of bullying that goes on amongst children.

There are committees set up specifically to prevent bullying in sporting groups, in schools and in recreational programs and everyone would like to believe that great progress is being made.

	Svjetlana (Lana) Vrbanic photo/Paul Smith shows the timer from his CurlTime software that has been a... »

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Paul Smith has designed a timing software for the game of curling that is affordable and easy to learn.

CurlTime is an alternative to traditional specialized timing clocks that can be expensive and can take a while to figure out how to operate.

Dear Editor:

On Feb 25, 2010 CBC Radio On The Go, interviewed a person who had made trips on the ocean where they found huge bodies of garbage collected on the surface of the ocean, both the Atlantic and the Pacific.

I am not surprised, I see it every day when I go down to the beaches around my property and when I go out in boat or go beach combing, which I do a lot, in fact I'm know around here as Relic.

He's back.

Danny Williams, armed with his new heart (and, apparently, a much better hair style), certainly didn't waste any time re-entering the public fray last week.

First there was his hilarious appearance on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, where he laughed as Mark Critch did his best to cash in on the surgery-in-Florida story. It was great. By playing along, Williams showed his recent health scare certainly didn't hurt his funny bone, and it also probably helped begin mend a fence between the premier's office and the CBC, who have been having their own little battle in recent weeks.