Everyone is looking forward to the 250th Anniversary Celebrations for Nain this weekend.

Lela Evans is the MHA for the Torngat Mountains District.

She says that she is here to present an award to one of our residents of Nain.

We will be speaking with Lela Evans on her trip to Nain later in the program.

We would also like to notify our listeners that there will be no Sunday Show on Sunday, August 15, 2021 as we will be celebrating this big event and will be airing the church services at 10am, 3pm, and 5pm.

The Postville Inuit Community Government is excited to share some good news today.

Glenn Sheppard is the AngajukKâk for his community.

He says that he been in touch with Dave Leyden of Labrador Marine Institute; they had been busy with cleaning up some scrap metal at their dump site, as well as any other big items that needed to be removed.

Sheppard adds they’ve also been working with NEWCO in Goose Bay to have the scrap metal, washers, dryers, etc. removed from the community of Postville.

We will be speaking with Sheppard later on in our AtjiKangitut Program in English only later on in the program to find out more.

The 250th Celebration starts tomorrow August 13, 2021 here in Nain.

The events for the 250th celebrations are as follows:

For August 13, Friday there will be having a Community Parade at 6PM along with Opening ceremonies at the illusuak Building with some guest speakers afterwards.

August 14, Saturday there will be a SMARTICE Sponsored Community breakfast at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Center from 9AM to 11AM. There will be some community games at the JS building starting at 1Pm.
There will also be some LIVE Music and performers for those who want to sing and play at the JS building starting at 6PM

For August 15, 2021, there will be some Church services from 10AM, 3PM and 5PM.
There will also be a Community Feast along with Public Awards and closing ceremonies. The Closing will be at 6PM.

The regulated price of most fuels is down today.

Drivers will be paying nearly 2 cents a litre less at the pumps today.

Diesel is down by just over 3 cents a litre, and furnace and stove oil are down by nearly 3 cents a litre.

The price of residential propane is up by half a cent.

In Makkovik the snow crab fishery season ended last Friday, August 6, there were 10 crab boats fishing and they are finished up and gone.

Angel Chaulk is the Fish Plant Clerk.

She says a total of 268,086 lbs of crab was landed for this season.

Chaulk said yesterday the turbot fishery is now on the go with one boat.

A total of 13,685 lbs of turbot had been landed.

She says there are 21 employees working including 3 summer students.

They are expecting more turbot boats to arrive next week.

Meanwhile in Nain the Fish Plant is busy processing char and scallops.

Deidi Kohlmeister is the Supervisor.

She says a total of 28,318 lbs of char, and a total of 354, 295 lbs of green scallops been landed, scallop meats are at 484 lbs.

With a total of 2,271 lbs of smoked char.

Kohlmeister says there are 30 employees working including one summer student.

Nine local char fishermen are still landing their catches.

If COVID case levels remain low and stable, the return to school in September will look remarkably like that before the pandemic struck.

The provincial government released its Return to School plan this morning.

Education Minister Tom Osborne says the plan was made in consultation with Dr. Janice Fitzgerald and Public Health, education officials and public sector unions.

He says Public Health will determine the risk level and if current COVID levels prevail, then all students will return to in-class learning come September 8.

Under the Low-Risk scenario, cohorts and physical distancing of two metres will no longer be required. The wearing of masks in school is no longer mandatory, but schools will encourage students and staff who still want to wear their masks.

Busing returns to normal capacity and masks will no longer be required on buses under the Low-Risk scenario. Special events like field trips and extracurricular activities will resume, and parents of Kindergarten students will be able to accompany their children to school on the first day of class.

The Hopedale Department of Health and Social Development held their Bike Rodeo yesterday, August 11th, 2021.

Jukie Winters was the one holding the rodeo.

She says that 25 children attended at the Nanuk Center and was held from 1:30 until 2:30 PM.

The winner of the Bike was James Onalik.

She adds that there were 2 RCMP members helping with the Bike Rodeo.

The Celebrations for the Nain Moravian Church 250th Anniversary starts tomorrow evening at 6pm.

For this special occasion there are some invited guests coming to perform with the Nain Choir.

Two of the invited guests, Kendra Jacque of Makkovik and Nicolas Flowers of Hopedale made it into town yesterday.

Stay tuned to the Teen Rockers show at 3pm, as we will air a short interview with Kendra at 3:30 pm, she is a violinist, and recently graduated her degree with music at MUN in St. John’s.

The 3rd Annual Tom C Jararuse Memorial Dart Tournament is held in Hopedale.

The dates are set for August 27 and 28, 2021 and will take place at the Nanuk Center.

The prize for 1st place will be $2000, 2nd prize $1000, and the 3rd prize $500.

Teams must consist of four players; two male and two female with a registration for each participant.

There are 11 teams registered so far.

If you are interested in registering your team, you can contact Mary Flowers, Hannah Jararuse-Winters, Billy Jararuse, and Maggie Jararuse.

The 11th Annual CYN and Mr. Volleyball Tournament will still be going ahead this month.

This is open to both male and female divisions.

The opening ceremony will be held on August 27, 2021 at 6pm at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Center.

So far, they still have seven teams in women’s division and five teams for men’s division registered.

If you or your friends want to play in this tournament, the deadline for registration is Wednesday, August 25th at 4pm.

Teams must have of at least five players and a maximum of seven players.

The registration fee is as follows: $30 registration fee per player and for those those who are not in high school, and is $20 per player for high school students.

To register a team, you can contact the CYN Fieldworker Bradley Lampe at the JS Center at 922-2690 or 922-2691.