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Labrador City is a small , Air Labrador , and Provincial Airlines . Labrador City was founded in the 1960s to accommodate employees of the Iron Ore Company Of Canada , and Iron Ore Mining continues to be the primary industry in the town. As of April 2005, the mayor of Labrador City was Graham Letto . Letto was nominated as the Conservative Party Of Canada candidate in the May 24 By-election for the federal riding of Labrador . The seat was won by Liberal Party Of Canada candidate Todd Russell . The Labrador City town crest features a Snowy Owl holding a scroll perched atop a black spade on a mound of red earth, symbolizing iron ore mining. The spade is flanked by two Caribou . Both Snowy Owls and caribou are native to the Labrador City area. The Labrador City town Motto is ''Kamistaitusset'', a Nascopie word meaning "land of the hard-working people." SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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