The Nunatsiavut Government in collaboration with Carleton University are conducting a survey on the use of the Inuttitut language.

This survey will help determine how many fluent speakers there are in our region and what we can do to help revitalize the language.

This survey is for those who did not complete round 1 in Summer 2020.

This is for beneficiaries and residents 13 years of age and older.

Anyone can complete the survey for a chance to win 1 return airline ticket anywhere Air Borealis flies.

People can head to the Department of Health and Social Development building during open hours until Friday, August 12, 2022.

For more information, can contact Lane by calling her at 933-3894 ext. 240 or email her at natalie.lane@nunatsiavut.com, or Robyn Martin at 922-2051 or email her at robyn.martin@nunatsiavut.com.

Makivik Corporation is proud to announce that two episodes from their upcoming series Building the Inuit Homeland will be screened at the Montreal First People’s Festival today, Wednesday, August 10 at 8pm.

If you are interested in attending the event and want to purchase your tickets, you can visit omiwebticketing4.com/theatre 3.

Also, Makivik says if you’re looking for funding for your community or regional projects check out Ungaluk Funding 2022. Applications started on June 6 till September 23, 2022 and for projects this starts in January 2023 to December.

If you need help or assistance on how to apply, please reach out to them at www.makivik.org/ungaluk/contact.

Eight people have died due to COVID-19 in the last week, with 14 people in hospital because of the virus.

Sixty-five new confirmed cases are being reported today, with a total of 360 new confirmed cases since Thursday of last week.

After the spread of COVID-19, the Torngat Mountains Basecamp located about 200km North of Nain is finally open to researchers, Inuit elders and youth, as well as visitors from all over the world.

Maria Merkuratsuk is the Bear Guard for the site.

She says every Summer, she is thankful that she is asked to go up and look out for bears as they travel to places such as Hebron, North Arm (Silluak), and Rose Island (Sallikuluk).

Merkuratsuk also says there was a Sunday service held at Hebron on July 31st with many people who attended as well as Innu from Natuashish.

Click here to hear more from Merkuratsuk on her role as a Bear Guard.

Just 10 days until the 12th annual Mr. & CYN Volleyball Tournament begins in Nain.

We spoke with Gwen Dyson who is the After School Program Supervisor Worker.

She says the tournament begins on Friday, August 19, 2022 at 6pm at the JS Center.

Right now, they have 5 men’s teams and 6 women’s teams registered so far.

Registered teams for the Male division are the Warriors team, Team Killzone, Uncle Babes Nephs, The Holy Moly Team, and the Suicide Squad.

And for the Female Division, they have Maddison’s Dickers team, Sydney Dickers team, The Kaboom, Chaos team, Mumikuss, and the Innu Hawks.

Dyson says the deadline for registration is Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 4pm.

Also, if anyone would like to sell some food, goodies during the tournament you can do so.

The Nain Recreation are also looking for some volunteers to help out with the 12th Annual Volleyball Tournament; they are looking for a referee and a linesman.

For more information, you can contact Bradley Lampe or Gwen Dyson at 922-2690 or 2691.

Forest wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Canada’s NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh made the following statement: “It’s absolutely devastating to see the damage done to communities and people in Newfoundland and Labrador by the wildfires in Bay d’Espoir and Paradise Lake.

My thoughts are with those affected, their loved ones and the fire fighters working to stop the forest fires. New Democrats stand with you.

When communities are destroyed by floods, fire and extreme weather, the impact on people is massive. With the increase of these digressing and extreme weather events, people are left to wonder if this the new normal and what we should be doing now.

The Liberals have been quick to declare themselves climate advocates, but their actions show otherwise. While the Liberals have been giving out billions of dollars in money to rich and oil and gas companies, the damage done and lives lost to forest fires have only worsened. The Liberal government needs to invest money into renewable energy and build a greener economy with good jobs in our communities. The time to act is now.

As extreme weather events increase across the country, the government needs to give communities, the tools needed to prepare for these events and build back these events. By making our communities more resilient to extreme weather events, they will be better prepared to face them.

New Democrats know that if the government wants to protect people and communities, we need to start fighting climate crisis like we actually want to win.

Our hearts are with those in NL. We are thinking of your safety and well-being and hoping no more harm comes from these destructive fires.

Inuit Tapiriit kanadami says they are interested in in donations related to the recent Iqaluit visit from Pope Francis for the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum.

Please contact ITk if you have something you would like to give to the collection. Thank you for considering.

In other ITk news, they say the most pressing issue for organizations such as Makeway and ITk is that country food is an overlooked and underfunded in the overall food security system of the North.

“It is not integrated into the supply chains of the main food retailers in the communities or supported with the necessary infrastructure.”

Here is an update from the Hopedale ICG on their operations.

As of yesterday August 8, 2022, they have a Dog Catcher available from 9am to 5pm daily, Monday through Friday, and the number you can call during the day is 933-3880 or 933-3864.

They did not have one this week as our employee is off on leave, but if you have any questions please call the office, and when you do call in the office, it is worked on right away regarding dogs.

They are still looking for resumes to apply as Town Clerk in the office, in the meantime, please be remindful that they are trying their best to fill in that position.

The council will return to their bi-weekly meetings on September. So, if you applied for any jobs, it will be looked at then.

Garbage collection is on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The Solar System at the Nanuk Centre is just about clued up, wonderful job and hard work by that crew, Green Sun Rising, they are just waiting for NL Hydro hook up.

Please do not swim in the upper pond just above Setanik as that is their drinking water supply.

Please remove your boats and trucks that are parked on Airport Road if they are there on long term Parking in the area across from Nanuk Centre, this is a motion that was made by Council.

The calcium that is spread on the roads is being ordered as they do not have lots of stock on hand. Sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.

When it is too dusty on the roads, they will certainly put it down.

It seems like there will be a lot of bakeapples in Forteau, Labrador this summer.

Dean Flynn is the chairperson for the Lions Club there.

He says there are a lot of bakeapple crops growing.

Flynn added the Annual 43rd Bakeapple Festival in Forteau will begin on Saturday, August 11th to the 14th.

He says the turnout of people coming to the festival has been expanding over the past years.

There will be all kinds of food and a lot of dancing and performances.

Click here to hear Flynn talk more about the upcoming festival.

The Department of Language, Culture and Tourism held a miniature Kamet making at the Illusuak Cultural Centre last week.

Sue Webb was the instructor.

She told stories about when Ilosivut class first started in school and how the students used to go out on the land.

Tune in to the Labrador Memories show to hear more of the Ilosivut class with Webb.