Public Notices
Upcoming Mass Services:
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Sunday, August 26th at 1 pm
St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish
Sunday, August 19th at 1 pm
Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Basse Côte-Nord
Tuesday Masses will be held at 2:30 PM
Tuesday, August 21st
Beaux Séjours Residence
Tuesday Masses will be held at 2 :30 PM
Tuesday, August 28th
Please note that Father Gilbert Rasamimanana should be with us during the month of September. The exact dates have yet to be determined.
MISSING PERSON ALERT!
A man kayaking through the Strait of Belle isle waters has gone missing.
This man was last seen traveling in a yellow kayak wearing a red suit. On Friday august 10th, His planned route was to travel from Blanc-Sablon to Forteau, to Point Amour and then to Newfoundland. His family has not heard from him since he was last seen in Blanc-Sablon.
If you have knowledge of this person's whereabouts please contact the Coast Guard 1 709-772-5151 or call Mr. Eldon Jones at 418-461-3961.
Back to School dates
The school daycare La Sablonniere of Mgr Scheffer School will be open on Monday, August 27th at 7:45 am .
Back to school - Parents are invited to purchase your children's exercise books from 6pm to 8 pm on August 27th and 28th, in classroom 15 of Mgr Scheffer School. Please note that there will be school supplies for sale at the student coop at Mgr Scheffer School.
School will begin on the 30th of August.
The Blanc-Sablon Tourist Information Centre
The Blanc Sablon Tourist Information Centre is excited to announce the beginning of our Chase the Ace event, starting September 2nd! The pot will be starting at $2,000! Be sure to come out, try your luck & support a great cause, as we continue our efforts to develop tourism in the Blanc Sablon region.
Help support the upkeep of Blanc Sablon Tourism Centre by purchasing raffle tickets, for your chance to win these amazing prizes!Prizes for the raffle include: an Air Liaison return ticket to Quebec city. An ipad mini. 175$ gift certificate for a trip aboard the bella deganes. Tickets are 5$ each or 3 for 10$. You can purchase them in stores including, Chez Barneys, Station Service, Depanneur Roger Jones, Chez Nellies and St-Pauls General. Get more details by visiting the Blanc-Sablon tourism centers, or cfbs radios facebook page.
BINGO!!!
Join us each Wednesday for CFBS bingo, we have $800 in regular prizes to give away and This week you have a chance to win our Lucky 7 jackpot which is $1000 ... You just have to get a straight line in 7 numbers or less.
Middle Bay Interpretation
The middle bay interpretation center is selling tickets 5$ each or 3 for 10$ on Air Liaison ticket to Sept-Îles , a 200$ PAL voucher and a gift basket from CFBS. Stop by between 9-5 at the middle bay interpretation center to purchase your tickets.
The middle bay interpretation center and the whiteley museum are having a chase the ace lottery, keep up with that by visiting the museums to purchase your tickets.
The middle bay interpretation center is open from 9 to 5 from Tuesday to Friday and 12 noon to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday and closed on Mondays for the season.
The Cod Trap Café
The Cod Trap Café at the Whiteley museum will be open Monday to Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 1pm-6pm and closed on Sunday for the summer season.
The municipality of Blanc-Sablon would like to advise the public that with the Société d’habitation du Québec, through its Réno Région program is providing financial assistance to low and modest income homeowners wishing to carry out work to correct major deficiencies in their residential homes. If you need more information about these programs, you can consult them online on the website of the Société d’habitation du Québec or do not hesitate to contact Lianda Joncas at the municipal office at 418 461 2707.
The municipal council is in the process of setting up an urban and zoning consultative committee for the Municipality of Blanc-Sablon. We are hoping to get one representative from each village to participate on this committee, therefore if you are interested in representing your community on this file or if you require more information, please contact Ms Karine Benoit before august 4th, 2018 at the municipality office at 418 461 2707
Station Service
Station Service WILL now be accepting recyclables every Saturday.
Depanneur Roger Jones
Le Boutique du Coin is now on summer sale, save 40 to 60% on our summer clothing. Except jeans and Saxx underwear! Don’t miss out on these fine sales.
Municipality of Blanc-Sablon (public meetings)
As of December 2017, the municipal meetings will be held every third Tuesday of the month.
The meeting dates are as follows: September 11th, October 16th, November 13th and December 18th, 2018.
Please note that the Meeting for March 20th will be rescheduled for March 27th,2018.
Students from the Lower North Shore are publishing a blog. The students of four different villages of the Coast are publishing the bilingual blog “Life on the coast - La vie sur la Basse-Côte”. This blog is as much for Coasters that would like to hear news about home, as it is for the readers from around the world that would like to know more about life on the Lower North Shore. The schools involved are: St-Augustine School, Mecatina School from La Tabatiere, Gabriel Dionne School in Tête à la Baliene and Netagamiou School in Chevery. Readers are invited to follow and comment on the blog, Life on the Coast - La vie sur la Basse-Côte at the address www.lifeonthecoaststudentsblog.wordpress.com as well as their facebook page of the same name
The Duck Hunters Org. - Delta Waterfowl
The Duck Hunters Organization - Delta Waterfowl have tickets for sale on a Benelli Super Black Eagle 3. Retail price is $2449 plus tax! Tickets are $29 each, $60 for 5 tickets and 8 tickets for $100.
All proceeds from the ticket sales will go towards hosting the first Delta Waterfowl Lower North Shore new hunter mentor day on August 26th, 2018. For more information and to purchase tickets please contact Logan Woodland by phone at 418 379 2379 or by e-mail at loganwoodland@gmail.com or on Facebook! Ticket sales will end on Monday, August 20th, 2018.
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Results Of The Competition Jeux de Québec
Spring-Summer Recreational Groundfish Fishery Saguenay Fjord, Estuary and Gulf of St.Lawrence
Regulations:
The recreational ground fish fishery is practiced without a licence. However, you must comply with the regulatory measures, such as:
Fishing areas - opening of the fishery and restrictions:
Charlevoix: The waters within 50 meters of the coastline between Baie-Saint-Paul and Tadoussac. From April 14 to July 6, 2018 and from August 13 to September 30, 2018.
The waters between Baie-Saint-Paul and Tadoussac. From July 7 to August 12, 2018.
North Shore: The waters within 50 meters of the coastline between Tadoussac and Pointe-des-Monts. From April 14 to July 6, 2018 and from August 6 to September 14, 2018 and from September 24 to September 30, 2018.
The waters between Tadoussac and Pointe-des-Monts. From July 7 to August 5, 2018 and from September 15 to September 23, 2018.
The waters within 50 meters of the coastline between Pointe-des-Monts and Natashquan. From April 14 to June 29, 2018 and from July 3 to July 6, 2018 and from July 10 to July 13, 2018 and from July 17 to July 20, 2018 and from July 24 to July 27, 2018 and from July 31 to August 3, 2018 and
from August 7 to August 10, 2018 and from August 14 to August 17, 2018 and from August 21 to August 24, 2018 and from August 28 to August 31, 2018 and from September 4 to September 21, 2018.
The waters between Pointe-des-Monts and Natashquan. From June 30 to July 2, 2018 and from July 7 to July 9, 2018 and from July 14 to July 16, 2018 and from July 21 to July 23, 2018 and from July 28 to July 30, 2018 and from August 4 to August 6, 2018 and from August 11 to August 13, 2018 and from August 18 to August 20, 2018 and from August 25 to August 27, 2018 and from September 1 to September 3, 2018 and from September 22 to September 30, 2018 From sunrise to sunset.
The waters between Natashquan and Blanc-Sablon. From June 30 to July 2, 2018 and from July 7 to July 9, 2018 and from July 14 to July 16, 2018 and from July 21 to July 23, 2018 and from July 28 to July 30, 2018 and from August 4 to August 6, 2018 and from August 11 to August 13, 2018 and from August 18 to August 20, 2018 and from August 25 to August 27, 2018 and from September 1 to September 3, 2018 and from September 22 to September 30 2018 From sunrise to sunset.
Gaspe Peninsula and Lower St. Lawrence: The waters within 50 meters of the coastline of Gaspe Peninsula and Lower St. Lawrence. From April 14 to July 6, 2018 and from August 13 to September 30, 2018.
The waters around Gaspe Peninsula and Lower St. Lawrence. From July 7 to August 12, 2018.
Magdalen Islands: The waters within 50 meters of the coastline around the Magdalen Islands. From April 14 to July 20, 2018 and from August 27 to September 30, 2018
The waters around the Magdalen Islands. From July 21 to August 26, 2018
Saguenay: The portion from the mouth of the Saguenay Fjord lying upstream of a line joining Pointe Noire, Baie-Sainte-Catherine, (48º07’24’’N, 69º43’00’’W) to Pointe Rouge, Tadoussac, (48º08’06’’N, 69º42’06’’W). From April 14 to September 30, 2018
Offences and Poaching
Fisheries and Oceans Canada whose mandate is to protect and conserve marine resources, strictly enforces the Fisheries Act and is ever vigilant in its efforts to prevent poaching of marine resources.
People guilty of offences may be fined up to $100,000 under the Fisheries Act. Anglers must abide by the regulations in force.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada encourages the public to inform Fishery Officers of illegal or suspicious activities related to marine fisheries or the protection of fish habitat. You can report poaching by using the online form, which can be completed from any mobile device or computer and to which photos can be attached, or by calling 1-800-463-9057. Your call is confidential.
Visit the site at : http://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/peches-fisheries/recreative-recreational/poissonfond-groundfish-eng.html
The recreational ground fish fishery is practiced without a licence. However, you must comply with the regulatory measures, such as:
- The fishing areas, the closed times, the quantities and the species authorized to retain, as specified in the table and variation orders below.
- It is the responsibility of each person to insure that all fish harvested can be retained. Every fish caught accidently and that cannot legally be retained must be released where it was caught, and where it is alive, in a manner that causes it the least harm.
- No person shall engage in recreational fishing for groundfish by any means other than by hand-line or by angling.
- No person shall possess fish that were caught by any person while fishing for recreational purposes and that have been skinned, cut, packed or otherwise dealt with in such a manner that the species and number of fish cannot be readily determined.
- No person shall buy, sell, trade, barter or offer to buy, sell, trade or barter any fish that was caught while fishing for recreational purposes.
- No person who is fishing for recreational purposes shall waste any fish that is suitable for human consumption.
Fishing areas - opening of the fishery and restrictions:
Charlevoix: The waters within 50 meters of the coastline between Baie-Saint-Paul and Tadoussac. From April 14 to July 6, 2018 and from August 13 to September 30, 2018.
The waters between Baie-Saint-Paul and Tadoussac. From July 7 to August 12, 2018.
North Shore: The waters within 50 meters of the coastline between Tadoussac and Pointe-des-Monts. From April 14 to July 6, 2018 and from August 6 to September 14, 2018 and from September 24 to September 30, 2018.
The waters between Tadoussac and Pointe-des-Monts. From July 7 to August 5, 2018 and from September 15 to September 23, 2018.
The waters within 50 meters of the coastline between Pointe-des-Monts and Natashquan. From April 14 to June 29, 2018 and from July 3 to July 6, 2018 and from July 10 to July 13, 2018 and from July 17 to July 20, 2018 and from July 24 to July 27, 2018 and from July 31 to August 3, 2018 and
from August 7 to August 10, 2018 and from August 14 to August 17, 2018 and from August 21 to August 24, 2018 and from August 28 to August 31, 2018 and from September 4 to September 21, 2018.
The waters between Pointe-des-Monts and Natashquan. From June 30 to July 2, 2018 and from July 7 to July 9, 2018 and from July 14 to July 16, 2018 and from July 21 to July 23, 2018 and from July 28 to July 30, 2018 and from August 4 to August 6, 2018 and from August 11 to August 13, 2018 and from August 18 to August 20, 2018 and from August 25 to August 27, 2018 and from September 1 to September 3, 2018 and from September 22 to September 30, 2018 From sunrise to sunset.
The waters between Natashquan and Blanc-Sablon. From June 30 to July 2, 2018 and from July 7 to July 9, 2018 and from July 14 to July 16, 2018 and from July 21 to July 23, 2018 and from July 28 to July 30, 2018 and from August 4 to August 6, 2018 and from August 11 to August 13, 2018 and from August 18 to August 20, 2018 and from August 25 to August 27, 2018 and from September 1 to September 3, 2018 and from September 22 to September 30 2018 From sunrise to sunset.
Gaspe Peninsula and Lower St. Lawrence: The waters within 50 meters of the coastline of Gaspe Peninsula and Lower St. Lawrence. From April 14 to July 6, 2018 and from August 13 to September 30, 2018.
The waters around Gaspe Peninsula and Lower St. Lawrence. From July 7 to August 12, 2018.
Magdalen Islands: The waters within 50 meters of the coastline around the Magdalen Islands. From April 14 to July 20, 2018 and from August 27 to September 30, 2018
The waters around the Magdalen Islands. From July 21 to August 26, 2018
Saguenay: The portion from the mouth of the Saguenay Fjord lying upstream of a line joining Pointe Noire, Baie-Sainte-Catherine, (48º07’24’’N, 69º43’00’’W) to Pointe Rouge, Tadoussac, (48º08’06’’N, 69º42’06’’W). From April 14 to September 30, 2018
Offences and Poaching
Fisheries and Oceans Canada whose mandate is to protect and conserve marine resources, strictly enforces the Fisheries Act and is ever vigilant in its efforts to prevent poaching of marine resources.
People guilty of offences may be fined up to $100,000 under the Fisheries Act. Anglers must abide by the regulations in force.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada encourages the public to inform Fishery Officers of illegal or suspicious activities related to marine fisheries or the protection of fish habitat. You can report poaching by using the online form, which can be completed from any mobile device or computer and to which photos can be attached, or by calling 1-800-463-9057. Your call is confidential.
Visit the site at : http://www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/peches-fisheries/recreative-recreational/poissonfond-groundfish-eng.html
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