Labrador town slams province for ignoring security crisis
Labrador town slams province for ignoring security crisis

By Peter Jackson  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It’s been a year since the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay pleaded for help from the province to deal with an escalating problem of public security, but the mayor and council say the problems have already returned with no relief in sight. Now the council has posted a video statement saying the province’s response is simply not good enough. “We’re frustrated that we can’t seem to get anybody to listen to us to help us,” Mayor George Andrews told The Telegram this week, Andrews said he warned that lawlessness would heat up again in March when the Labrador Winter Games took place. The games had to be cancelled mid-stream because of mild weather, and Andrews says his prediction was accurate. “It absolutely has

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