The Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre and the Youth Centre has some Halloween Activities scheduled here in Nain.

Lisa Ivany is the Recreation Director with the Nain Inuit Community Government

On October 28th, there will be a Halloween Party Bingo for seniors at 11am in the Gymnasium.

There will be a Men’s and Women’s Halloween Volleyball tournament on October 29th at 7pm until 10:45pm. Anyone who dresses up in their costumes will get prizes as well.

October 30th, there will be a Halloween Dance from 2-4pm, games and costume judging are also included along with a Haunted house from 6 to 8pm.

Crystal Allen-Webb is the Nain Youth Outreach Worker.

There will be a Haunted House down to the Youth Centre on October 28th starting at 8:30pm.

The fee to enter the haunted house is $1 or however much they would want to pay, and monies will be going to the Nain Care.

The entrance will be on the back of the Centre.

The Department of Health and Social Development in Makkovik has some activities planned for this year’s Halloween.

We spoke with Amalia McNeil, the community health worker with the Makkovik DHSD.

Starting on Monday, October 25th, there will be a Halloween painting for seniors at 2pm and a pumpkin giveaway for children under the ages of 13 starting at 1pm until 4pm

On October 26th, there will be a Halloween party for children ages 0 to 2 years at 1:30pm to 2:45pm and for the kindergarten and grade 1, at 3pm to 4:15pm along with a spooky walk at 6:30pm

On Wednesday, October 27th, there is a Halloween party for children ages three to four years starting at 1:30 to 2:45pm and for Grade 2 and Grade 3 at 3 to 4:15pm with a zombie chase at 6:30.

On October 28th, a Halloween party for Grades 4 to 6 at 3 to 4:15pm with a family fire pit night on the same day starting at 5pm.

The OKâlaKatiget Society would like to notify the public that there will be no IlinniaKatigennik Radio Show today Tuesday, October 19, 2021 due to short staff.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.

In the meantime, anyone wanting to record any Inuttitut stories or sing an Inuttitut song is welcome to do so.

Please note that it must be your own story to get the $50, and if you are reading someone else’s story or reading a book you will get $25.

You will be compensated for your time of $50 for adults and promo for children.

This is for anyone along the North Coast and in the Canadian constituency.

For more information, you can contact Robyn Martin at (709) 922-2051 or email her at robyn.martin@nunatsiavut.com.

Today, Minister Coady unveiled the Government’s plan to implement a 20-cent tax on sugary drinks in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Starting on September 1st, 2022, an additional $0.20 per litre will be added to the price of things like soda, energy drinks, fountains drinks, frozen juices and more. The tax will be applied to the price on the shelf.

The tax will not apply to drinks sweetened with non-caloric sweeteners, such as diet drinks, natural fruit or vegetable juices, or drinks such as coffee and tea, which are prepared at the point of sale.

Alcohol, medical or therapeutic beverages, milk, fortified plant-based milks, yogurt beverages, drinks less than 75 ml, and beverages brought in to the province by consumers less than 5 L or less are also exempt.

The Nain Inuit Community Government has been working on the roads this past Summer and into the Fall season.

Joe Dicker is the AngajukKâk for Nain.

He says the Alfonso group has been flushing out the sewer system to see what shape they’re in.

Dicker adds that they will have the indicators in the middle of the roads until they’re all done.

Click here to find out more.

Today, Monday, October 18, Newfoundland and Labrador has eight new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.

In the Eastern Health region:

· One between 20-39 years of age.

The case is a female and is under investigation.

In the Central Health region:

· Two between 40-49 years of age.

The cases are females and are contacts of previous known cases.

In the Western Health region:

· One between 40-49 years of age; and
· Four between 60-69 years of age.

There are two females and three males. One case is related to travel within Canada, three cases are contacts of previous known cases and one case is under investigation.

Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised regarding quarantine according to current guidelines.

Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its fourteenth and fifteenth deaths from COVID-19. There is one male from the Central Health region between 50-59 years of age and one female in the Central Health region 70 years of age and older. The department is sending its condolences to the families of these individuals and asks everyone to respect these families privacy at this time.

There have been 12 new recoveries, one in the Eastern Health region, 10 in the Central Health region and one in the Labrador-Grenfell region and 1,820 people have recovered. There are six people in hospital because of COVID-19, four in non-critical care and two in critical care. There are no new presumptive positive cases in the province.

There are currently 47 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:

· Eastern Health – 15
· Central Health – 26
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 6

To date, 323,866 tests have been administered.

Researchers from Dalhousie University will be going to Makkovik to do some mapping.

Breanna Bishop, May Wang and Eric Oliver are researchers with the Dalhousie University.

They are interested in learning Makkovimmiut to map ocean currents, sea ice (rattles, unsafe ice) and travel routes in Nunatsiavut, and how they’ve changed over the time.

This will help increase their understanding of environmental change and will be useful for community and government planning for climate change.

They will be hosting a group mapping on Tuesday, October 26th until Friday, October 29th at the Makkovik Arena, in the multi-purpose room.

They would like to invite six to eight elders and others knowledgeable of the coastal areas to participate in their project.

The workshops will be open to the public, including youth to come out and watch the mapping.

The maps and results will be made publicly available and shared with the community.

All Researchers are fully vaccinated, and masks will be always worn during the workshop.

For more details or if there is any interest in participating, you can contact Breanna Bishop by calling 1-778-899-8660 or email her at breanna.bishop@da.ca or call Carol Gear at 1-709-923-2001 to express interest.

OKalaKatiget Radio contacted each of the community freezers to see what they got in their freezer.

In Hopedale, they have moose, mattak, chicken, char and basic foods.

In the Makkovik community freezer, they only offer salmon and char.

The Nain Community Freezer has chicken, char, seal and duck.

In Postville, they have salmon and char.

OK Radio will have what is in the Rigolet community freezer once it becomes available.

The Nigivik Centre here in Nain has some delicious food to bake for this week of October, 2021.

Tomorrow, October 19, anyone ages 30 years and older will be making chicken and gravy from 1:30pm to 4pm.

On Wednesday, October 20, anyone of all ages is welcome to bake baked goods from 1:30 to 4pm.

This Thursday, October 21, there will be bread making from 9am to 11:30am and anyone is welcome

On Friday, anyone ages between 13 to 30 years can go down to the Youth Centre from 3 to 4:30pm to make breakfast for supper.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to call the Nigivik Centre at 922-2968.

The fall sitting of the House of Assembly begins today, and there’s lots to be discussed.

One of the big topics heading in to the fall sitting will be healthcare.

The province is still coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, having just introduced its vaccine passport system and mandatory vaccine policies.

As well, last week the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association suspended contract talks with government, saying they’re failing to address what they’re calling a crisis affecting the healthcare system. Last week, Health Minister John Haggie declined to call the situation a crisis.

Outside of healthcare, government was busy over the summer conducting consultations on recommendations highlighted in the PERT report.

It’s still largely unknown what specific actions government will take from the report. However, with a net debt forecast to reach over $17-billion dollars this fiscal year, the sentiment has been that immediate action is needed.

As well, first power from Muskrat Falls is on the horizon, but it’s not coming as soon as expected. According to Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, the project will miss the completion deadline of November 26 due to problems with General Electric’s software.

The fall sitting of the House is taking place until November 18, with a one-week break the week of November 8.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Federation of Students is hosting the Fight for NL’s Future Rally this afternoon.

Students will gather at the steps of confederation building at 1 p.m., calling on the provincial government to take action to ensure a future for Newfoundland and Labrador where everyone thrives.