February 21, 2024
Some Provincial Government offices in Happy Valley-Goose Bay will be closed tomorrow (Thursday, February 22) due to a water shutdown. The Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay has scheduled repairs to the water transmission main which will impact the Valley area…
January 17, 2024
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, today announced that Labrador Affairs is partnering with SmartICE to monitor and maintain the winter snowmobile route between Nain and Natuashish. SmartICE is renowned…
January 8, 2024
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs, today announced additional improvements for patients who avail of the Medical Transportation Assistance Program (MTAP). These improvements, which are effective for travel beginning on or after December 1, 2023, include: A new…
October 26, 2023
The following statement was read in the House of Assembly today by the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation: Speaker, I am pleased to rise in this Honourable House to highlight…
October 10, 2023
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, will address the 43rd annual general meeting of the Southern Labrador Development Association today (Tuesday, October 10). The event will take place at the…
September 22, 2023
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, and the Honourable John G. Abbott, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, are travelling to communities and meeting with leaders and officials on the North…
September 18, 2023
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, is meeting with ministers from the Government of Nunavut this week to review the work that has been undertaken following the signing of a…
June 20, 2023
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation, is representing the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador at the 5 Wing Change of Command ceremony tomorrow (Wednesday, June 21). Perry Trimper, MHA for…
May 29, 2023
The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs, today announced a change to the Medical Transportation Assistance Program (MTAP), effective May 29, 2023. With these changes, all residents of the Labrador-Grenfell Health Zone are now entitled to the same rate…
May 24, 2023
The following statement was read in the House of Assembly today by the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Labrador Affairs and Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation: Speaker, I am proud to tell you about a group of enterprising…
