Links
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posting it.
Grenfell House Museum "...Grenfell
first came to Newfoundland in 1892 as a part of the National Mission to
Deep Sea Fishermen who came to investigate the living conditions associated
with the Labrador fishery. The appalling levels of poverty endured by the
fishermen and local population shocked him. The next year, he decided to
return with a team of two doctors and two nurses. It was the beginning of
Grenfell's lifetime of service to the people Newfoundland and Labrador. With
the assistance of the Newfoundland government, he established the first
hospital on the Labrador Coast at Battle Harbour..."
Grenfell
Regional Health Services "(GRHS)
provides health care to Northern Newfoundland and Southern Labrador. It's
headquarters is in St. Anthony, Newfoundland.
To provide health care to the residents of the area, the organization
operates..."
Battle Harbour "...Once the site of a thriving saltfish,
salmon and seal processing complex, Battle Harbour was the economic and
social centre of the entire coast, known to one and all as the unofficial
"capital" of Labrador."
Labrador Straits "FOR
9,000 YEARS, since the retreat of the last glacial icefields, people have
journeyed to Labrador..."
Med Quest is a career-oriented program, specially designed for students from
grades 10-12 in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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