Lance Cove is located in the local service district of Bell Island. There are roughly 150 local service districts and unincorporated communities in the province. (Submitted by Dean and Heather Clouthier)A recent ruckus over garbage collection on Bell Island highlighted the plight of the province's unincorporated communities, after residents found themselves without waste removal services last month. Wabana town manager Ben Noseworthy said the municipality was never responsible for providing garbage collection to the unincorporated areas of the island. However, the Act doesn't apply to the province's roughly 150 unincorporated communities and local service districts whose residents don't pay property tax.

Source: CBC News August 07, 2021 12:22 UTC