The OKâlaKatiget Society would like to notify our listeners that there will be no IlinniaKatigennik Program for the next couple of weeks.

But if anyone would like to record some Inuttitut songs or stories are still welcome to do so.

We are looking for stories about cod fishing, geese hunting, and berry picking.

If anyone is interested, you will be compensated for your time of $50 and can contact Robyn Martin at 709-922-2051 or email her robyn.martin@nunatsiavut.com.

We would also like to notify our listeners that we will be closed tomorrow Thursday, September 30th in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

We will be back on the air on Friday, October 1st, 2021.

The LATP are currently accepting applications for their program.

Keith Jacque is the Executive Director.

He says the Common Core Mining Training Program went from a 4-week training program to a 5-week training program.

Jacque adds that he sent in a request to extend their programs as their training will be finishing up this Fall.

Click here to find out more.

The 5th annual Memorial Grace Iris Miriam Jararuse Flowers Ball Hockey Tournament is scheduled to start this coming Friday, October 1 st.

The tournament will take place at the Jeremias Sillett Community Centre in Nain.

For the 12 and under division, Children that are 6-12 years of age that want to play will be picked at to the JS Centre. The tournament begins at 6pm.

On Saturday, October 2 will be the Women’s/ female division 12 years and up starts at 2pm.

Sunday, October 3
Will be Men’s division 13 years and up at 2 pm.

Register your teams by Thursday, September 30. Schedule will be made once teams are registered.

Registration fee is $20 a player.

Maximum players are 10, and minimum is 6.

Will follow COVID-19 guidelines that are in place at the JS Community Centre.

Once again, the deadline to register your team is Thursday, September 30th.

The IlinniaKatigennik Program is a contest on the OK Radio that airs every Tuesday afternoon from 3-4pm.

We are looking to record Inuktitut stories about berry picking, cod fishing or geese hunting.

Recordings are done in person or over the phone and will be aired on OKâlaKatiget Society.

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.

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a statutory holiday for employees in the Federal Government and federally regulated workplaces in Canada on Thursday, September 30th.

The day is intended to educate and remind Canadians about the history of residential schools, honour the victims and celebrate the survivors.

The date of September 30th is to mark Orange Shirt Day, an unofficial day that has been observed since 2013 in memory of a piece of clothing then-six-year-old Phyllis Webstad had taken from her on her first day at a residential school in 1973.

Click here to hear what the Nain and Hopedale DHSD’s have planned for this statutory holiday.

Today, Monday, September 27, Newfoundland and Labrador has 25 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory. Contact tracing by Public Health is underway and anyone considered a close contact has been advised regarding quarantine according to current guidelines.

In the Eastern Health region:

· One under 20 years of age;
· One between 20-39 years of age; and
· One between 50-59 years of age.

There is one female and two males and one case is related to international travel and two cases are under investigation.

In the Central Health region:

· Nine under 20 years of age;
· Two between 20-39 years of age;
· One between 40-49 years of age;
· Five between 50-59 years of age;
· Three between 60-69 years of age; and
· Two 70 years of age and older.

There are 12 females and 10 males. All are under investigation with the exception of one that is related to travel within Canada.

Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its eighth death from COVID-19. The individual, a male from the Central Health region, was between 60-69 years of age. The department is sending its condolences to this individual’s family and asks everyone to respect the family’s privacy at this time.

There have been three new recoveries, one in the Eastern Health region and two in the Central Health region and 1,547 people have recovered. There are three people in hospital because of COVID-19.

There is one new presumptive positive case in the province. Once presumptive positive cases are confirmed positive, they are reported in public updates as new confirmed cases.

The province is reporting 45 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today.

There are 39 new cases in the Central health region.

There are also 18 new presumptive cases in the Central Health Region, as well.

3 new cases are located in the Eastern Health region and there are 3 new cases in the Western Health care region.

There are 70 confirmed cases connected to the outbreak, fewer cases in Baie Verte, more cases in Twillingate

There are now 10 cases tied to New World Island Academy, and because of this the school is closed for in-person instruction at this time.

As of midnight Twillingate is moving to Alert Level 3.

Today is the last day to fill out an Inuktitut language survey.

If you’re interested in filling out a survey, you can go to the Nunatsiavut Government office from 8:30 am till 4:30 pm.

If you are unable to come and want to do a survey, you can also call 922-2942 ext. 260 to book and appointment.

Anyone 13-17 years of age will have to get a parental consent.

You can fill out now if you didn’t already do it online in Summer of 2020.

Please note that there is a consent form that needs to be filled out in order to be entered for the prize draw of one airline ticket anywhere Air Borealis flies.

In observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, being held this year to recognize and honour residential school’s survivors and to raise awareness of the tragic legacy of residential schools, all Nunatsiavut Government offices will be closed on Thursday, September 30, 2021.

Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe is encouraging Beneficiaries of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement to wear orange on September 30 in observance of the statutory holiday, which is also Orange Shirt Day inspired by the story of First Nations author Phillis Webstad, who had her clothes, including her new orange shirt, stripped from her on her first day attending residential school when she was six years old.

“As we commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we ask all Beneficiaries to use the day to reflect on what true reconciliation with indigenous peoples really means. The orange shirt serves as a symbol of the tragedies experienced at residential schools, something that should never be forgotten”

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Call to Action No. 80 called on “the federal government, in collaboration with Aboriginals peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process.”

The Nunatsiavut Government will be holding National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events in each Labrador Inuit Community, as well as in Happy Valley Goose Bay.

The search for two missing fishermen off the coast of Mary’s Harbour continues on the water today.

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship, Captain Molly Kool and Kraken Robotics’ Motor Vessel, Ocean Seeker, contracted by the provincial government, remain in the area continuing to assist the RCMP. Deer Lake Ground Search and Rescue, equipped with a side-scan sonar device, and officers with the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team are also assisting with the search.

Officers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have also joined in on the search and arrived in the area yesterday.

A number of local vessels from the community continue to assist police with various tasks and the RCMP thanks all those who continue to show a high level of support on the water and in the community.