The Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government is looking for old pictures of gardens and farms to publish in the next Wigatign newspaper issue. We are interested to see our community’s history with agriculture. If you have any old photos of our community members gardening and farming in Listuguj, please send us a Facebook message or send them to hilary.barnaby@listuguj.ca.
Home Care workers will be needed to work in our new Elders Care Facility! Apply for training today!
The LMDC in partnership with the Eastern Shores School Board (ESSB) may be offering a Home Care Assistance Program in the Fall of 2020. Interested candidates can submit their interest to vocational@essb.qc.ca.
Please indicate if you would prefer a day or evening course.
The Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government Emergency Management Team is pleased to announce our participation in the Forest Fire Smoke ‘Skweda’ Project. This trial project was developed by the Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki (GCNWA), located in Wôlinak, Quebec. The project aims to improve community preparedness for fire smoke events.
Forest fire season creates smoke plumes that could affect our community and the health of our population. The objective of the project is to install sensors to monitor community air quality, as well as develop risk mitigation strategies and identify decision-making tools to increase the level of community resilience to these events.
Paul-Emile Auger, Emergency Management Specialist – Technical Services with the GCNWA, along with his team were in Listuguj on August 13, 2020 to work with our Public Works team to install the first of two air quality monitors. These devices will allow the Emergency Management team to obtain air quality data in real-time and implement effective measures for fire smoke emergency management.
Photo taken at LMG Public Works garage. Pictured left to right:
Anne Belanger, GCNWA; Catherine McDonald, GCNWA; Colleen LaBillois, LMG; Paul-Emile Auger, GCNWA; Joshua (Saucy) Isaac, LMG; Bruce Fitzgerald, LMG
Parks Canada has the release a call for tender to build a comfort station at Forillon National Park. The required work on this project includes the complete construction of a new 31 m2 comfort station which will house two individual bathrooms and a mechanical equipment room. The building is a wood frame structure on a screw piles foundation. The work also includes, but is not limited to, the installation of the wastewater treatment system, the underground electrical entrance and the accesses.
The deadline to submit a bid is August 27, 2020. Click here for more details.
Medical Taxi will not be in service until 11:30 a.m. today. The local driver has an out of town appointment. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for our region. There’s a possibility that we may also experience high winds and damaging hail this afternoon and early this evening.
As a precaution, please consider securing any property that may get damaged.
As Coronavirus (Covid-19) continued to evolve, and acting in the best interest of safety and wellbeing of the community, Chief and Council rescinded Order in Council 2531—Band Elections June 2020, postponing the band election originally scheduled for June 2020. With the support of Indigenous Service Canada (ISC) as per the guidelines for cancelling and postponement of elections during Covid-19, it was assured that there would be no Governance-Gap and Chief and Council could continue its mandate, and must specify a new election date within 6 months of the original date of the band election.
On July 29, 2020 Chief and Council approved Order in Council 2563—Listuguj Band Elections 2020. The new date set for the election is November 7th, 2020. Order in Council 2563, also appoints the Michel Poirier as the Electoral Officer and Christine (Tina) Barnaby as Assistant Electoral Officer for Listuguj.
Specific dates identified as per OIC 2563 are:
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office.
Jill Martin
Office of Chief and Council Manager
(418)-788-2136 ext. 2026
Starting August 10th, 2020 a temporary adjustment will be made to the Listuguj Community Health Services (LCHS) prenatal policy due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Eligibility for Prenatal Program:
We are currently in stage yellow. For more information, you can contact Jeff Grass at jeff.grass@listuguj.ca or call the school at 418-788-3100.
