The Rooms, a museum in St. John’s, shares their calendar events.

If you’re in the city, they say check out and join them for a screening of short films and they thank the Nickel Independent Film Festival.

The weekends of October 29, tomorrow and into November you will be able to watch a selection from the 2022 Come Home Year Roadshow program.

Dad and the Fridge Box Director, Mary Walsh Runtime 9 minutes, Nalujuk Night Director, Jennie Williams runtime 13 minutes, Mudders Hands, Random Thoughts, Proximity, Surrounded by Water, Express Checkout and Taking Root with different directors each film.

The Postville Inuit Community Government has a number of things on the go this time of year.

Glenn Sheppard is the AngajukKâk.

He says they are starting to prepare for the long cold winter and the office staff has been busy.

Some projects include the storage sheds, upgrades to their waste disposal site and a few more.

Click here to hear the update on the Postville Inuit Community Government.

Torngat Wildlife, Plants and Fisheries Secretariat said a sample of the marine waste removed from Nunatsiavut waters this fall working with community partners 3totakecareofit#paigitsiagu,

Stay tuned for more updates to come. Funding from this comes from Ghost Gear Fund at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Also, check out Hopedale where they left out monofilament nets9commonly called gill nets where the cod/ turbot fishery was on the go.

Railroads Run, Square Rock used to be called, and Stren(sp) Island, and other places, maybe Kaligusalik (again sp), plus Southern Double Island.

Maybe too late for this year. But maybe next year. No wonder codfish has not come back to those areas.

The Provincial Government congratulates Newfoundland and Labrador apprentices for achieving the third highest 2021 red seal pass rate in Canada, nine per cent above the national average.

A passing grade for red seal exams is a mark of 70 per cent or higher.

The 2021 red seal pass rate for provincial apprentices was 63 per cent for all trades.

This represents an 11 percent increase from 2020, and is the highest pass rate in the last five years.

This substantial increase in the Newfoundland and Labrador pass rate occurred while the national pass rate decreased by one per cent to 54 per cent.

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador continues to performance of apprentices, by investing $150 million annually to support workers looking to upskill and retrain, and through ongoing program improvements that include:

• Launching an independent review of the provincial apprenticeship program to help ensure best outcomes for apprentices trained in Newfoundland and Labrador (proposals have been received and are currently under review);
• Developing an apprenticeship NL e-toolkit
• Expansion of the virtual learning strategist program to support apprentices to pass exams; and
• Planning and conducting new workshops for instructors to prepare students for red seal exams.

In 2021-22 there were approximately 3,700 registered apprentices in Newfoundland and Labrador in 64 designated trades, and approximately 1,200 employers.

Last Thursday, October 20, 2022 Newfoundland and Labrador’s senior’s advocate, Susan Walsh, wrote the Minister of Health and Community Services to request immediate implementation of the 2019 recommendation in the office of the seniors advocate report titled long May your big job draw: setting sail, which states that “a significant review of the province’s personal care homes and long-term care homes be completed.

Issues related to the care of seniors in both of these systems were noted in 2018-19 which resulted in the recommendation for a review of both of these systems.

As the advocate currently conducts engagement sessions in the province issues related to the care of seniors in the personal care home and long-term care systems continue to be raised.

Further, similar concerns related to the care and treatment of seniors in the hospital system are also prevalent.

“The details shared by family members of the care and treatment of their loved ones in the health continuum including hospitals, personal care homes and long-term care facilities are heart wrenching and fundamentally wrong. We can and must do better.”

Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting three more deaths due to COVID-19 over the last week.

Two of those were in the Eastern Health region.

The three deaths raise the province’s total to 256 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Nine people are in hospital due to COVID-19, the same number as in last week’s update, with no one in critical care.

The province is also reporting 247 cases since last week’s update: 51 on Thursday, 39 on Friday, 32 on Saturday, 19 on Sunday, 21 on Monday, 48 on Tuesday and 37 on Wednesday.

Those numbers, however, don’t accurately reflect the true caseload in the province since the provincial Health Department limits PCR tests and counts only tests performed by the regional health authorities.

The Canada Revenue Agency CRA wants to help make it easier for individuals to file a tax return.

There are Individual Filing Assistance agents available to help eligible individuals do their taxes over the phone.

Individual Filing Assistance agents can be reached by calling 1-863-995-2341, Monday – Friday, 8 am to 4pm local time. This service will be available until Friday, December 23 this year.

The CRA agents will only ask for the information they need to do an individual’s taxes. They will not ask for a credit card number, health information, money or payments.

If individuals would rather use a free tax clinic, they can access as many of those clinics in person or virtually this year. Volunteers may be able to complete and file taxes for free by video conference by phone or through a document drop off arrangement.

If individuals would prefer to do their taxes on their own, they can visit their website for options at canada.ca/ways-to-do-taxes.

It’s been a while since we had an update with the Nain Inuit Community Government.

Joe Dicker is the AngajukKâk and is finally home after being away all summer.

He says there were solar panels installed and the roof has been repaired at the JS building.

Budgell’s were also contracted to work on the water pipes and water hydrants on Middle Path Road.

Click here to hear the update from AngajukKâk Dicker on Nain ICG.

Fears over the spread of avian flu, also known as bird flu, pushed Canadian Food Authorities to euthanize thousands of birds in Quebec in recent days.

Officials gassed about 75,000 chickens at a farm in Saint-Alfonse-de-Granby, Quebec, after the virus was detected one of two barns located the same farm. Officials opted to euthanize birds in both buildings to keep the virus from spreading.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency killed 11,00 turkeys on a nearby farm for the same reason, according to Pierre-Luc-Leblanc, President of Poultry Farmers Quebec.

“It’s a big problem,” said Leblanc. And said the area is on red alert due to the high volume farms located close together-there are about 200 within a 10 kilogram radius.

He said the virus is very contagious, the risk for other farms. The city has implemented strict protective measures to limit the potential for spread, where the disease can spread through infected birds.

And can also contaminate manure, litter, clothing, footwear, vehicles, equipment, feed and water.

It is not however, easily transmitted to humans. The Canadian Government said there is no evidence to suggest eating cooked poultry or eggs could transmit H5N1 highly avian influenza (HPAI) to humans, though direct contact with birds or contaminated spaces can lead to human infection, in rare cases.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will compensate the affected farmers for the significant revenue hit associated with losing entire flock of birds.

Restarting production can be extremely challenging to farmers, as restarting flocks can take up to 6 months.

Courtesy Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

On Thursday, October 20, 2022 Newfoundland and Labrador’s senior’s advocate, Susan Walsh, wrote the Minister of Health and Community Services to request immediate implementation of the 2019 recommendation in the office of the seniors advocate report titled long May your big job draw: setting sail, which states that “a significant review of the province’s personal care homes and long term care home’s be completed.

Issues related to the care of seniors in both of these systems were noted in 2018-19 which resulted in the recommendation for a review of both of these systems.

As the advocate currently conducts engagement sessions in the province issues related to the care of seniors in the personal care home and long term care systems continue to be raised.

Further, similar concerns related to the care and treatment of seniors in the hospital system are also prevalent.

“The details shared by family members of the care and treatment of their loved ones in the health continuum including hospitals, personal care homes and long term care facilities are heart wrenching and fundamentally wrong. We can and must do better.”