The MHA for Cartwright L’Anse au Clair says the government is working on a number of different angles to get help to clean up the debris left after a storm surge destroyed the local stage in Spotted Island.

A member of the Spotted Island Community Board on the southeast coast of Labrador says the equipment and belongings of numerous harvesters stored at the ten-unit stage now litter beaches and the sea bed after the structure was levelled by high seas in January.

Erin Snow of the local community board says they can’t seem to get any satisfaction from the province in terms of help with a clean-up effort.

“Not only did they lose sentimental value and treasures over the years, and mourning the loss of the stage as it is, but more importantly, we’re still waiting for the provincial government, federal government, anybody who can help fishermen in that area clean up (from) the natural disaster that occurred.” She says as of February 24th they still had not received a formal response from the provincial government.

Environment Minister and local MHA, Lisa Dempster says her office is working on a number of things.

He says the government is taking the situation seriously. She says affected property owners can apply for assistance through a Special Assistance Grant, a Disaster Financial Assistance program and “a couple of other things I have in the hopper as the Environment Minister.”