The NGC and several of its partners promote education and opportunity though annual scholarships.

With application deadlines approaching, beneficiaries are encouraged to investigate requirements and submit their application.

NGC supports four scholarships annually worth $1,250 each.

The deadline to apply for 2021 is May 31st, 2021.

Details and application package are available online at ngc-ng.ca.

PiKalujak Fisheries supports two scholarships in each of the fall and winter semesters at Marine Institute, worth $1,250 each. Apply through the Marine Institute.

Air Borealis awards a $1,000 annual scholarship, renewable for up to 3 years to a Nunatsiavut Beneficiary. For additional details and application, email scholarship@airborealis.ca.

Torngait Services Inc. awards 5 $1,000 scholarships annually to high school students in each of the Nunatsiavut communities and one scholarship to a student in Upper Lake Melville. Apply through your high school principal.

Bird Heavy civil Limited awards a $1,500 annual scholarship to a Nunatsiavut Beneficiary. Applications are due by May 3oth. Details are available at Bird Heavy Civil Limited, 95 O’Leary Avenue, St. John’s, NL A1B 2C7, Attention: Boyd Humby.

The Jens Haven Primary School is getting ready for the Kinder Start Sessions this month.

Kent Chaulk is the Principal of Jens Haven Memorial School in Nain.

He says the first Kinder Start session will be tomorrow, Friday, April 23rd for the Kindergarten students of 2021-2022, with a total of 25 students.

Shannon Dicker is the Kindergarten teacher.

This year there are two sessions; the first session will be from 10am-11:30am, and the second session will be from 1:15pm-2:45pm.

Calls were made to the parents to notify what session their child will be attending.

Due to COVID-19 guidelines, only 1 parent/caregiver is permitted to attend, and adults must wear a mask.

Parents will attend with their child, but will be in a separate room due to limited people in the classroom. So please bring a book, or something to keep busy.

Your child will need indoor shoes, and a snack. The snack must be Peanut and Tree Nut Free.

Kindergarten classes will be closed tomorrow due to the Kinder Start sessions and classes will resume on Monday, April 26 for the Kindergarteners.

They are looking forward to seeing you all.

If you have any questions, you can call the school at 922-2813.

Torngat Fish Producers Cooperative is scheduled to hold a meeting with its board of directors next week.

Keith Watts is the General Manager.

He says from there the board will talk about the fishery season this summer.

Watts says they’ll also have discussions on the annual community meetings which they couldn’t hold last year due COVID-19, and their Annual General Meeting.

Click here to hear Watts give you more details about the meeting.

Today, Wednesday, April 21st, Newfoundland and Labrador has one new confirmed case of COVID-19.

The one new confirmed case is an individual in the Eastern Health region between 50-59 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.

Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.

There is one new recovery, 1,012 people have recovered, and no one is in hospital due to COVID-19.

There are 27 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and to date, 130,441 people have been tested.

Premier Andrew Furey has confirmed there will likely be another delay in re-opening the Atlantic Bubble.

With cases surging just about everywhere in the country right now except this province, Furey says the decision was unanimous among the region’s Premiers.

He says they haven’t discussed a new tentative date, but adds all four agreed that the May 3rd date is “a little too optimistic” at the present time.

Nova Scotia alone reported 15 new cases on Monday, its highest daily count since early December, and nine more yesterday.

Two of the most recent cases have been confirmed as variants.

That province is closing its border to all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island as of Thursday morning.

The Nunatsiavut Government is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide a detailed design plan for the Freight Storage Facilities in Nain, Postville and Rigolet.

NG received funding to construct these Freight Storage Facilities under the Transport Canada Program to protect Canada’s Coastline and Waterways-Safety Equipment and Basic Marine Infrastructures in Northern Communities Initiative.

Each Labrador community relies on seasonal marine services for the delivery of goods, but there is a lack of storage space for cargo once it is discharged from the ferry. These facilities will be constructed in Nain, Postville and Rigolet in order to improve the safety, efficiency and security of cargo.

All design and drafting work for the project must meet or exceed all applicable federal and provincial laws Labrador Inuit laws and Inuit Community by-laws and must be completed in accordance with best industry practices. Completion of the site work design including the varication of the site dimensions and conditions is the responsibility of the proponent.

The Procurement Act will be used to determine the Inuit Content Factor of the submissions and the weighing of the points assigned in this category. It is the responsibility of the proponent to show, in their proposal , calculation of the Inuit Content Factor for the proponent.

All enquiries regarding for Request for Proposals and to Request for Proposal must be made in writing by fax or e-mail and addressed to:
Attn: Darryl Shiwak- Deputy Minister, Nunatsiavut Affairs
Phone: 709- 947- 3383 ext. 203
Fax: 709-947- 3543
Mail to: P.O Box 47, Rigolet, NL. AOP 1PO
E-mail: darryl.shiwak@nunatsiavut.com

Such enquiries should be delivered on or before April 27, 2021.

Proposals must be received on or before 4pm of May 6, 2021. Proposals received after that time will not be considered.

Raeann Brown of Postville, who is now residing in Lab City, has written a children’s book titled, “Bedtime in Nunatsiavut”.

She says that she wrote the book last year based on a little girl name Nya.

It is about 17 to 18 pages and says that there are couple of publishers that is looking at her book.

Click here to find out more.

The Department of Health and Social Development in Hopedale held an Ethel Pijogge Traditional Dress Contest yesterday.

This event was for all age groups, and here are the results:

For the 0-3 Year old’s:

1st place went to Bria Lane winning a $300 North Mart shopping spree
2nd place went to Jobe Flowers Jr., winning pampers and wipes valued at $200 And 3rd place went to Layla Lucy winning a push box.

For ages 4-12 for the traditional dress contest:

1st place went to Kristin Abel winning a $300 North Mart shopping spree and
2nd went to Brooklyn Vincent winning a $200 Franks gift card and 3rd winner went to Miguel Rice winning a $100 DJ’s gift card.

For ages 13-49, the winners are as follows:

1st place went to Kendra Winters, winning a $300 North Mart shopping spree
2nd place went to Paul Onalik, winning a $200 Frank’s gift card, and 3rd place went to Natalie Lane winning herself $100 worth of gas or stove oil.

And for the age group 50 and up, the winners are as follows:

1st Rosie Piercy who won a $300 North Mart shopping spree
2nd Jukie Winters, she won a $200 grocery box and
3rd Maggie Jararuse won Manse crafts valued at $100.

Today’s events will be target shoot and tomorrow’s events will be a Labrathon.

We will have those results for you when the events are completed.

Paulus Jararuse of Nain has now been living in Rigolet for about 30 years.

He says for the first time this winter and this spring, he is not able to go out hunting for jar seals because of the ice conditions.

The ice is not reliable and not the same as any other year.

He also adds that he is thankful for receiving some caribou meat and some musk ox meat from the local community freezer.

Click here to find out more.

Today, Tuesday, April 20, Newfoundland and Labrador has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The first new confirmed case is a female in the Eastern Health region between 20-39 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.

The second new confirmed case is a male in the Central Health region between 40-49 years of age. The case is related to travel within Canada.

Contact tracing by Public Health officials is underway. Anyone considered a close contact has been advised to quarantine.

There are no new recoveries and 1,011 people have recovered. There is no one in hospital due to COVID-19.

There are 27 active cases of COVID-19 in the province.

The regional breakdown of the 27 active cases is as follows:

· Eastern Health – 15
· Central Health – 1
· Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
· Western Health – 11

To date, 130,088 people have been tested.

There are no new presumptive positive cases.

The case reported Thursday, April 8, in the Eastern Health region remains under investigation.

For the most up-to-date information related to COVID-19, please visit www.gov.nl.ca/covid-19.