Paul Fenton of Nain has been studying the risks of avalanches in the Nain area for 22 years.
He says he also travelled to Hopedale to assess the risk there.
He adds that even if your well experienced there are always risks, and it is good to assess your surroundings.
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The Torngat Secretariat staff and crew has been in Saglek since March 13th, 2021 conducting a caribou survey on the Torngat Mountains caribou herd.
Aaron Dale is the Policy Analyst for Torngat Secretariat, he says that he will be flying to the Torngat Mountains tomorrow.
Dale says when the Torngat Herd was counted last in 2017, it was estimated that there were 1326 animals in the area.
Dale adds that there are 4 crew members observing and other support staff at the base camp maintaining and moving supplies.
He says that the survey was supposed to be held last year but because of COVID-19 this wasn’t able to happen.
There are two separate crews this time around counting the animals.
Dale says that there are many partners involved, including: The Nunatsiavut Government, Makivik, Parks Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Government, and the Quebec Government.
The survey will be concluded around April 10th, 2021.
And we will have more update when the survey on the Torngat Mountains Caribou Herd is completed.
Dr. Fitzgerald says the whole province is moving to Alert Level 2 at 12:01 am on Saturday, March 27th.
The province is reporting ONE new confirmed case of COVID-19 today in the Eastern Health region.
The person is between the ages of 60-69, and the source of the case is under investigation by public health.
There are three active cases, one person is in hospital due to the virus and to date, 122,704 people tested.
The press conference is ongoing and we will keep you up to date.
The Department of Health and Social Development in Postville is celebrating Tuberculosis Day today.
Joan Goudie is the Public Health Nurse.
She says that they will be having a drive through supper.
They will be handing out information packets about TB when you pick up your supper.
In Rigolet, Marilyn Baikie is the Public Health Nurse for the DHSD office.
She says that they will be having a soup supper take out and will be giving out information about tuberculosis.
There will be questions for residents to answer and names will be entered into a draw to win some prizes.
There will be three prizes of $100 and 20 other draws of promotional items.
Residents will have until Thursday to answer questions and you must call the DHSD office in Rigolet.
The Department of Health and Social Development in Makkovik is recognizing Tuberculosis Day today.
Betty Sampson is the Community Health Nurse.
She says they have ongoing contests and got posters distributed around town and on their DHSD Facebook page with information regarding TB.
The contests they have at the DHSD office is to call the office and answer a short quiz to get your name and to win a prize for all ages.
They also have an ongoing contest where you share a picture of yourself with a fact, comment or a statistic about TB, and will have their name entered to win a prize.
For a chance to win a healthy food basket, they’re inviting children ages 0-4 to recognize World TB Day by drawing or coloring a picture of yourself with a healthy food basket.
So, anyone who drops off or emails the picture can get their name entered into a draw.
For the school from Kindergarten to Grade 12, they’re inviting all students and staff with a couple of contests.
The first one is to watch a Youtube video that was sent by the Community Health Nurse, the 2nd one was to decorate your classroom door for World TB Day, and anyone who watched the video can also get their name put into a prize draw.
So, anyone who decorates their door will get their name entered to win a free pizza party from Hotel Makkovik.
Sampson is also asking everyone to stay tuned today with Betty and Nevie as they will be doing a video on TB in Nunatsiavut.
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is recognized on March 24th each year, it is an official global public health campaign of the World Health Organization.
Recognizing World TB Day provides an opportunity to enhance public awareness and education of TB and reduce the stigma and fear associated with a TB diagnosis.
I would like to take this opportunity to formally acknowledge the courage and strength of Labrador Inuit who have been diagnosed with active or sleeping TB.
By completing treatment, you have protected your friends, family and community from TB.
I would also like to formally acknowledge the compassion and dedication of all those involved in efforts to eliminate TB in Nunatsiavut, across the province, across the country, and around the world.
We must not let the current COVID-19 pandemic deter or weaken our efforts to eliminate TB.
TB has been around for hundreds of years and it will take all of us working together to rid our beautiful land of this devastating disease.
The theme of this year’s World TB Day is, “The Clock is Ticking”, and the time to act is now.
I, Johannes Lampe, President of Nunatsiavut, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 as “World TUBERCULOSIS DAY” in Nunatsiavut.
Jerry Tuglavina of Nain who is now residing in Hopedale was born at Illusuagâtsuk west of Hebron Bay.
He remembers times when they would travel to Hebron to celebrate Easter.
He says that there were no Easter Bunnies or Easter games back then, but he remembers sliding and playing soccer with friends that he may have not seen for quite sometime.
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Today, Tuesday, March 23, Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19.
There are two active cases of COVID-19 in the province.
The regional breakdown of the two active cases is as follows:
• Eastern Health – 2
• Central Health – 0
• Labrador-Grenfell Health – 0
• Western Health – 0
There are two new recoveries in the Eastern Health region. This means 1,002 people have recovered.
There is one person in hospital and to date, 122,523 people have been tested.
There are no new presumptive positive cases.
The Nain Inuit Community Government met with the Recreation Department and had the idea of setting up lights in the community to uplift the spirit again.
The Recreation Department put up lights of “HOPE” at the ballfield.
Joe Dicker is the AngajukKâk for the NICG.
Due to the province going back Alert level 5 back in February, a lot of things was shut down and nobody was allowed out.
Samuel Ittulak and Edward Harris finished putting up the lights last evening.
The Recreation Department groomed all along the fence for anyone to walk around and enjoy the lights.
Dicker said it was a pleasant surprise to see the beautiful lights of “HOPE” in our community, and now people can finally have a reason to be out and about.
Later on, they plan to groom the trail roads up to Annainaks so people will be able to walk around on the weekends or weekday.
AngajukKâk says they have a lot planned for the upcoming week once the alert level changes.
The Department of Health and Social Development in Hopedale will be hosting a brunch tomorrow to celebrate TB Day.
Kim Dicker is the Public Health Nurse for DHSD. She says that they have a Facebook Page that people can go into to like and share and pamphlet so that you can have your name entered into a draw.
She says that the prize is a one-hundred-dollar voucher for groceries or the gas station.
Dicker adds that they have a window promotion where residents will be asked to promote TB and to take a picture to entered for another prize draw.
The DHSD also have a radio spot, they will be giving out general information about tuberculosis, and people can call in for questions and answers. Another prize draw will be held for this event as well.
Kim Dicker also adds that they will be moving into their new building on Thursday on Water street.