Remembering char fishery summers into fall north of Nain is not forgotten for some who worked on long liners in the past.

Gordon Obed, an elder of Nain, is one who was a crew member on board the Nagvâk.

He says they used to travel back and forth from Nain and Saglek Bay.

Obed says both Nagvâk and Silver Star would go to where people who was char fishing up north to pick up their fish.

In the first years, the fishermen used wooden barrels and salted their catch.

He says later on, that changed for the people when the plant started buying head on, gutted whole char and salmon.

Stay tuned to PiusituKavut today to hear Obed talk about their travels on the long liner in the past.

Today (Tuesday, July 20), Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.

There are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 aboard the ships in the province. There is no risk to the community. On the ship off the coast of Bay Bulls, the total number of confirmed cases remains at four crewmembers and all crew are isolating. On the second ship anchored in Conception Bay that was first announced on July 13, the total number of confirmed cases remains at 31 crewmembers. Testing of all crew is completed and all crew are isolating. On the ship anchored in Conception Bay that was first announced on July 5, the total number of confirmed cases remains at 14. Testing of all crew is completed and all crew are isolating.

There has been one new recovery in the Eastern Health region and 1,377 people have recovered. There are two people in hospital due to COVID-19. One is a crewmember from the ship off the coast of Bay Bulls and one is a crewmember from the second ship anchored in Conception Bay.

There are currently no active cases of COVID-19 in the province. There are four active cases of COVID-19 on the ship off the coast of Bay Bulls and 45 active cases of COVID-19 on the two ships anchored in Conception Bay. The regional breakdown of the active cases is as follows:

· Eastern Health
– 4 on ship in Bay Bulls
– 45 on ships in Conception Bay
· Central Health – 0
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 0

To date, 164,416 people have been tested.

The OKâlaKatiget Society has an employment opportunity for a full-time permanent Radio Producer.

Under the supervision of the Senior Radio Producer, the Radio Producer prepares news, current affairs for daily broadcast on the Society’s radio network.

The salary will be dependent on qualifications.

The closing date for this position is Monday, July 26, 2021.

You can send your applications by email to yvonne.lyall@oksociety.com or eva.obed@oksociety.com, or call our office at 922-2955, and our fax number is 709-922-2293.

Applications can also be forwarded to:

OKâlaKatiget Society
P.O. Box 160
Nain, NL A0P 1L0

The 12th Annual CYN and Mr. Volleyball Tournament will be held in Nain next month.

The registration start date will be on Friday, August 20, 2021.

Bradley Lampe is one of the organizers for this tournament.

He says there will be both male and female teams.

There will be a fee of $30 per player and this will be held at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre.

The start date for the CYN & Mr. tournament will be on the weekend of August 27 to 29, 2021.

If anyone wanted to register your teams can contact Bradley Lampe at 922-2690/691.

Lester Powell of Happy Valley-Goose Bay will be receiving the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in September.

There are nine people in total to receive this honour.

Powell has been flying for over 50 years, and more than 44 years of those has been spent providing valuable service to our region.

He has moved people, mail, freight and more importantly, carried out more than 1000 medivac’s, transporting people who needed medical attention.

Powell was nominated by Dave Paddon and contributions made by Philip Earle.

This will be the 14th investiture ceremony since the first appointments were made in 2004, bringing the total number of recipients to 127.

The Nunatsiavut Government Department of Education and Economic Development has some salmon/char net making materials available in each of the Nunatsiavut communities.

If you are in need of a new net material and can either make the net yourself or have family member who can assist you, you can put your name and contact info into your Community Liaison Officer.

Supplies are limited but if interest is high, they can eventually attempt to get more material.

Happy fishing!

Thomas Tuglavina of Hopedale has been selected to go to Hebron as part of the Nunatsiavut Government’s Hebron Archeology Project.

Lena Onalik, the Archeologist for the Nunatsiavut Government says that selections were made on Friday and a family was first selected but had turned down the offer and so the next family with the highest votes was selected to go.

The Tuglavina family will be leaving for Hebron by plane and transported to Hebron by helicopter from Saglek on August 7th and will stay there until August 14th, 2021.

The family will have activities such as fishing, storytelling, visiting old homesteads, and just reminiscing their time at Hebron.

The Torngat Secretariat will be conducting a fish count this summer at Fraser River.

Craig Taylor is the Fisheries Analyst for Torngat Secretariat.

He says that this has been an idea for a few years now to do a fish count at the mouth of Fraser River just Northwest of Nain.

Taylor adds that a camp will be built in the area, and that there will always be at least 2 or more people at site for safety reasons.

We will be speaking with Craig Taylor later in the AtjiKangitut Program to find out more.

Today, Monday, July 19, Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the last public advisory.

The province is working closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Eastern Health because of a ship anchored off the coast of Bay Bulls. There were four crewmembers confirmed COVID-19 positive over the weekend. All crew are isolating and there is no risk to the community.

There are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 aboard the second ship anchored in Conception Bay. This means the total number of confirmed cases remains at 31 crewmembers. On the ship anchored in Conception Bay, that was first announced on July 5, there remain 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Testing of all crew is completed and all crew are isolating. There is no risk to the community.

There have been no new recoveries in the province since the last public advisory, 1,376 people have recovered, and there are three people in hospital due to COVID-19; one is a crewmember from the ship off the coast of Bay Bulls and two are crewmembers from the second ship anchored in Conception Bay.

There is currently one active case of COVID-19 in the province, as well as four active cases of COVID-19 on the ship off the coast of Bay Bulls and 45 active cases of COVID-19 on the two ships anchored in Conception Bay.

The regional breakdown of the active cases are as follows:

Eastern Health
– 1 residing in the region
– 4 on ship in Bay Bulls
– 45 on ships in Conception Bay
Central Health – 0
Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
Western Health – 0

To date, 164,282 people have been tested.

The community of Nain was founded on August 13th, 1771.

There are 250th celebrations planned for the anniversary.

Harry Dicker is the Community Economic Development Officer for the Nain Inuit Community Government.

He says that the Nain Commemoration Committee is still waiting on funds to support some of the events for August 13th to 15th, 2021.

Dicker also says that the Nain Inuit Community Government is partnering with the Nunatsiavut Government and with Memorial University.

Dicker adds that they are also looking for some ideas to be included in the three-day event.