Jordan Brown

As the forest fire season formally begins, western Labrador’s MHA is calling on the Newfoundland and Labrador government to put back in place a local resource that had been in place for more than three decades. “I would like to have my water bomber back,” Labrador West MHA Jordan Brown said Thursday. …Brown pointed out none of the province’s four water bombers has been stationed in the area since 2018. Brown, who told the House of Assembly that the climate in the vast terrain of western Labrador has changed, said Environment Canada has already listed Labrador West in drought condition. “We’ve had very little snowpack this year. The forests are drying up very quickly in Labrador West,” said Brown, who had raised the issue in the House of Assembly and later spoke about it with reporters.