Some people in one Labrador community that could profit from uranium mining are calling on the Inuit Nunatsiavut government of northern Labrador to end its three-year ban on uranium mining now. They say that since the ban was narrowly permitted in 2008 the community has gone from boom town to ghost town.
At the peak of exploration, the buzz of helicopters and float planes continued from dawn to dusk. "All we can listen to now is the wind and the songbirds," said Glen Sheppard, a member of the Nunatsiavut Assembly representing Postville. "If it were not for the number of homes around, you did think you are at your cabin."
Sheppard said that since the suspension almost half the town's residents have become unemployed and that 75 per cent of the people in the community want the moratorium lifted early. "People were making three times the salary they earn on make-work projects," said Sheppard. "We see examination as a saviour to the economy here in Postville."
At the peak of exploration, the buzz of helicopters and float planes continued from dawn to dusk. "All we can listen to now is the wind and the songbirds," said Glen Sheppard, a member of the Nunatsiavut Assembly representing Postville. "If it were not for the number of homes around, you did think you are at your cabin."
Sheppard said that since the suspension almost half the town's residents have become unemployed and that 75 per cent of the people in the community want the moratorium lifted early. "People were making three times the salary they earn on make-work projects," said Sheppard. "We see examination as a saviour to the economy here in Postville."
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