There are more jobs in the Coast of Bays region than most people may think, according to the labour market planner for the Coast of Bays Corporation.

This is part one of a two-part interview Coaster correspondent Wesley Harris conducted with Reverend Bruce Vallis of Hermitage.

Caroleann MacWhirter, the deployment co-ordinator with the Gander Military Family Resource Centre (GMFRC), was in Harbour Breton recently to meet with parents and relatives of Newfoundland soldiers who have been or who are currently deployed in some foreign country - especially Afghanistan.

The weekend of June 20 to 22 was very emotional for Fred and Maureen Bouzane of St. Alban's as it marked the first anniversary of the death of their son, Corporal Stephen Bouzane, who lost his life in Afghanistan on June 20, 2007.