Nunatsiavut Group of Companies (NGC) has been working with their projects since June.
Chris Webb is the President of NGC.
He says their employees are repairing homes what was not finished last fall.
Webb says they have a lot of partners with different companies.
He added they are not building any new homes or duplexes this year, that may be only in 2023.
Click here when we speak with Webb on the projects they’re working on.
Today marks the 12th annual MR. & CYN Volleyball tournament.
The opening ceremony will be held tonight at 6pm at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Center.
During the opening ceremony, Christian Obed will be saying a few words, and Binky Andersen and Roxanne Barbour and Joan Dicker will be singing “Labradorimiut”.
Right now, there are 8 woman’s teams registered and 7 men’s teams registered.
Good luck to all the teams’ mates.
The Department of Language, Culture & Tourism has got quite a few things on the go this summer.
Shirley Jararuse is the Language Program Coordinator with the Nunatsiavut Government.
She says they tries to incorporate their activities including Inuttitut such as bingo, storytelling, and games.
They hold weekly Inuttitut drop-ins on Thursdays from 1-3pm, and recently held a sewing afternoon with Sue Webb, making miniature kamet.
Jararuse adds that they’ll once again start up the Master Apprentice and IlinniaKatigennik Programs in September.
Click here to hear more with Jararuse on her programs.
NunatuKavut Community Council will be celebrating NunatuKavut History, Place and Culture in Cartwright next month.
The celebration starts on Sunday, September 21st will be Treaty Day, commemoration of British-Inuit Treaty of 1765.
At 8am, here will be flag raising at the Wunderstrands at Akami-Uapishk at the KakKasuat – Mealy-Mountains National Park Reserve. The public are welcome to attend in their own boats at their own risk. Departing Cartwright wharf by 8:30am, please follow NCC ENR boats to designated site at north river.
At 11:30 am, an opening ceremony takes place at the Recreation Centre. Draws for some awesome prizes will be made throughout both days. You must be present to receive the prize.
Sign up sheets for the afternoon cultural activities will be available at that time.
At 12 noon, Fish fry at the Recreation Centre a variety of fish dishes, different salads and chicken, sweets and beverages will be served.
At 1pm, simultaneous craft cultural sessions session 1- embroidery with Pete Barrett at Mealy Mountains Gallery- sign up is required.
Net mending with Josh Burdett in Josh’s shed.
There will be a children’s tent with coloring and painting outside the Recreation Centre.
Learn to drum for seniors at the Recreation Centre – sign up is required.
At 3pm, Simultaneous cultural activities sessions 2 is – Inuktitut sessions, at the Parish Hall for an hour, sign up required.
And again, an Embroidery with Pete Barrett and net mending with Josh Burdette and kids coloring, painting and learn to drum with kids.
Hotdogs and burgers will be served at 5pm, and there will be Inuit Games at 6pm.
Masks are encouraged but not mandatory. One of the prizes is two PAL airline tickets, Kajak and tents. President Todd Russell will hold the closing ceremony.
The province is making the monkeypox vaccine available to more people in the province.
Until now, the supply of the vaccine Imvamune- the same used to treat smallpox – has been limited to 150 doses.
But all that will be doubled, giving the province more leeway to expand availability for more people in high risk categories.
The rollout will start this coming Monday, but Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says people will have to meet certain criteria.
She says that includes people who have had sex with two or more persons in the past 90 days, or planning to do so, have been diagnosed with STD in the last 60 months, and have attended, worked or volunteered in other venues with sexual contact in the last 90 day, whether that’s inside or outside the province.
Fitzgerald credited high risk groups and sex workers for being proactive in seeking out the vaccine to prevent the spread of monkeypox.
She noted while it has affected the gay community disproportionately, anyone can contract the virus.
There remains just two probable, unconfirmed cases in the province but Fitzgearld says it’s likely more cases will surface.
For the first time since September of 2019, parents with students in k – grade 12 system will be allowed to accompany the children into the classrooms on the first day of school on Wednesday, September 7 this year.
The Education Department released it’s plans for back to school yesterday, and all the standard protocols that were in place in June will be retuning.
Minister John Haggie says their priority for the year is to maintain in-person learning.
He says they are trying to minimize the risks while keeping things as normal as possible, and recognizes that being able to accompany their children on the first day concern for parents.
He believes access can be managed on a “local level” so long as there aren’t any major concerns about the prevalence of disease.
He says there is more concern when there are higher levels of traffic in the school, but reiterates that it is about making things as normal as possible.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers Association is pleased to hear monitoring of illness and absences related to COVID-19 will be part of the return plan.
NLTA president Trent Langdon says that throughout the pandemic they have been encouraging people to follow the guidance of the Public Health.
They agree that person-learning is the best option so long as safety prioritized, and that must be the top priority of decision makers.
Langdon says issues in classroom size and compassion, crowding in classrooms and common areas and ventilation quality will be important for them, and these issues will be brought up next week.
Today marks the 4th Annual Tom C Jararuse Memorial Dart Tournament in Hopedale.
We spoke with Hannah Winters who is the organizer for the event.
She says right now they have 12 teams registered.
Winters says the dart tournament will begin this evening at 6pm at the Nanuk Center Youth Room.
Winters adds that this year’s prizes will be:
First place winners will share $2000, hoodies and a trophy, second place winners will share $1000, with long sleeve shirts and third place winners will get $600 and t shirts, and Additional prizes for 180, most tuns, most finishes, skunk Male and Female.
Click here to find out more about the annual Tom C Dart Tournament.
The AnânauKatiget Tumingit Regional Inuit Women’s Association Inc organized the one-time performance of the “For the Love of Grace”.
We spoke with Salome Jararuse who was the Project Lead.
Jararuse says the Executive Director is Kim Campbell she was the one who thought of the original plan and put together “For the Love of Grace”.
They are also accepting donations For the Love of Grace Scholarship fund.
Stay tuned to today’s Teen Rockers show to find out about the overall performance.
The Nain community freezer have char, mattak, and seal meat.
The Hopedale community freezer have bit of caplin, musk ox and caribou meat.
The Makkovik community freezer have artic char and smoke char.
The Postville community freezer have salmon and cod.
On Wednesday, September 7, the 2022-23 school year will resume for K-12 students in Newfoundland and Labrador.
After three school years spent under the COVID-19 pandemic, the priority for this school year will be to maintain in-person learning.
Students, teachers and staff should expect schools to reopen under the same conditions as when classes ended in June 2022:
• Masks continue to be recommended in schools.
• Students, teachers and staff should stay home if they become sick. However, people with COVID-19 symptoms related to other known causes (e.g runny nose due to allergies or lingering cough from prior illness) can still attend.
• All students, teachers and staff should stay up-to-date on their vaccinations.
• Parents, especially of kindergarten students, should ensure their children start the vaccinations process as soon as possible.
• All classrooms and most common areas in schools throughout the province have air filtration and purification systems which were installed last year.
• Junior high and high school students will continue to have access to Chromebook devices.