The 36th Annual RCMP Tournament will be going ahead this year, but it will only be for the residents of Hopedale due to COVID-19.

It is $20 per person and $120 per team and they must be registered before November 19th at 4pm.

Each team must consist of three males and three females.

This year’s awards were already ordered before the pandemic hit and it would be a shame to let them go to waste.

Here are the restrictions that they have to follow the tournament:

-The tournament is only for 13 years and older
-No one below 13 years is not permitted into the gym
-The registered teams and the volunteers are only allowed inside the gym during the tournament
-Absolutely no one is permitted into the gym if under the influence of alcohol or drugs
-Everyone is asked to wear masks in the gym, if not, you will be asked to leave the gym, while players can lower their masks as they play on the court
-No food is permitted
-No outdoor footwear is allowed

They are asking all players to please be respectful of all rules and regulations and to make sure that the COVID-19 regulations are to be followed.

If anyone has any questions or concerns about the tournament, don’t hesitate to private message Jacqueline Dicker on Facebook.

The Illusuak exhibit will now be open to the public starting Monday, November 16th.

Joan Dicker is the Illusuak Manager.

The theater will open as soon as a schedule is made and will be released at a later date, while the interactive experiences are still closed including the video with headphones, music area, pattern table and the igloo building table.

The igloo will be open with a seating plan of social distancing, the videos will be available to watch, and one or two people or one bubble at a time will be allowed in.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, everyone still have to follow the restriction guidelines and procedures, they are:

-All visitors must wear a mask and use hand sanitizers upon entry of the building
-All visitors names will be written down each day to ensure of any COVID-19 contact
-The exhibit will be open daily from Monday to Friday from 10:30 am to 12:00pm and 2:00pm and 4:00pm.

Take note that the schedule times are expected to change depending on the schedule of events, group visitations and programming.

Starting Friday, November 20th, there will be a tea social and sharing of stories for senior ages 50 years and older on Fridays, 1 to 3pm.

For more information or have any questions regarding visitations and booking visits of the exhibit theater, you can contact Dicker at 922-2054.

The Government of Canada invests in Arctic Sealift and re-supply operations and marks the fourth anniversary of the Oceans protection plan.

Communities in Canadas Arctic rely on marine sealift and re-supply services for food and important goods.

Shipping in the Arctic can be challenging, given Northern communities are remote and the sealift and resupply season is short.

This is why the Government of Canada, through the Oceans protection plan is making an arctic re-supply operations faster, safer and more efficient for remote northern communities.

Today, marking the fourth anniversary of the oceans protection plan the minister of Transport, the Honourable Marc Garneau announced $64.9 million in funding towards 15 projects that will improve sealift and re-supply services in the north.

Projects will begin in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut.

Three proposals were received for the North coast in Nunatsiavut.

In Nunatsiavut, building new structures to promote safe freight storage in three communities, these communities are Nain, Rigolet and Postville.

Tune into our AtjiKangitut show tomorrow to find out more details about these new facilities for the North Coast with MP Yvonne Jones.

The price of all fuel is expected to increase this week. The Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices says gas will go up by 1.4 cents a litre.

Diesel increase by 2.2 cents and heating and stove oil go up by 1.8 cents a litre.

There were more donations for the North coast from the Single Parents Association in St. John’s.

Susan Onalik from St. John’s who is originally from Nunatsiavut organized a huge donation of groceries last month.

She says the items that were sent had made it to the communities of Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik and Rigolet.

Onalik adds that Postville wanted to donate their share to the other communities where they thought that the need may be greater in other communities.

Stay tuned to AtjiKangitut today to find out more from Onalik on the donations.

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Canadians are asked to pause in memory of the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives in military service.

This day is called Remembrance Day, and will be celebrated tomorrow.

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, all schools will not be celebrating this special event together, but staff and students will embrace the tradition in their classrooms.

OKâlaKatiget will be airing the Remembrance Day celebration that was held at the JHMS School on November 11, 2016.

In observance of Remembrance Day, OKâlaKatiget will be closed, and OK Radio will have regular programming on Thursday November 12, 2020.

Stay tuned to our AtjiKangitut show today to hear the Remembrance Day assembly from 2016.

To honor the fallen soldiers, most of the schools along the coast have their way of honoring them for Remembrance Day tomorrow, November 11th.

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

The school held their Remembrance Day Service this morning.

He says that there was no annual ceremony like it used to before, but they arranged a different occasion by using the PA system for the classes to hear in their own classrooms.

Dion Rideout is the principal for the J.C. Erhardt Memorial School in Makkovik.

There will be no school on Remembrance Day but they had the ceremony virtually this morning.

He says that each grade did their own event in the classrooms, while it will be shared through Facebook live stream or will be posting as videos.

Dean Coombs is the principal for the Amos Comenius Memorial School in Hopedale.

He says they will not be having their annual parade or ceremony, but Coombs did a speech through the PA system; the students wore their poppies and also did their ceremonies in their own classrooms.

Jarvis House is the principal for the Northern Lights Academy School in Rigolet.

He says they did their ceremony virtually through Google Meet. Each class was able to do presentations, speeches, and poems, and did their moment of silence.

The B.L. Morrison Memorial School in Postville is not permitted to do anything for Remembrance Day this year.

Today, Tuesday, November 10, Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The province has seven active cases. Two hundred and eighty-six people have recovered from the virus. To date, 55,236 people have been tested.

The investigation on the one new confirmed case in the Western Health region announced on Sunday, November 8 is ongoing.

The department is advising rotational workers about an identified COVID-19 outbreak at the Seymour Pacific Developments worksite in Brandon, Manitoba. The department was notified about the outbreak by the Public Health Agency of Canada as individuals from this province work with the company.

Rotational workers from the worksite who have returned to Newfoundland and Labrador in the last 14 days must self-isolate away from household members and call 811 to arrange COVID-19 testing. These workers must now complete the full 14-day self-isolation period, regardless of test result.

The rules for rotational workers from Newfoundland and Labrador who work outside Atlantic Canada in another Canadian province or territory that went into effect Wednesday, September 9 do not apply to workers at worksites where there is an ongoing outbreak.

The department is reminding people to strictly adhere to the orders from the Chief Medical Officer of Health. People must remain vigilant and follow all Public Health measures to protect themselves, their families, and their communities from the spread of COVID-19. People entering Newfoundland and Labrador are reminded to self-isolate in accordance with the province’s Public Health requirements.

In Alert Level 2, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians should continue to practice good infection prevention and control practices. Daily preventative actions can help to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

People are reminded that COVID Alert is available for download free through the Apple or Google Play app stores. Public Health is encouraging people to download the app to help reduce the spread of the virus.

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

Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe says he looks forward to forging a renewed relationship with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador following a meeting in Nain yesterday with Premier Andrew Furey.

“It was a very positive and productive meeting which led to a commitment to work more collaboratively to advance issues of mutual concern for the benefit of Labrador Inuit and Labrador Inuit communities and, indeed, the entire province.” says President Lampe.

“The Premier was very sincere and agreed to keep lines of communications open and to work closely with the Nunatsiavut Government and the Government of Canada, where necessary, to help address some of our most pressing needs.”

The Premier was joined by Lisa Dempster, Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation and Labrador Affairs, as well as Labrador MP Yvonne Jones.

In addition to President Lampe, other members of the Nunatsiavut Executive Council also took part in the meeting, namely: First Minister Tyler Edmunds; Education and Economic Development Minister Carlene Palliser; Health and Social Development Minister Gerald Asivak; Language, Culture and Tourism Minister Jim Lyall; and Lands and Natural Resources Minister Greg Flowers.

The Atlantic Canada Airports Association is calling for the regions premiers to implement arrival testing protocols for domestic passengers to help ease quarantine times, and is calling on a testing protocol for everyone moving through the region by air.

Atlantic Canada has managed to keep COVID-19 cases low, despite surges in other parts of the country and many are pointing to the Atlantic Bubble as a reason why.

Association President, Derrick Stanford says they are relieved to hear that Ottawa is willing to discuss relief with air carriers, and says that the 14-day quarantine restrictions in the Atlantic Bubble have smothered the industry.

He suggests implementing testing at regional airports before connectivity is lost.

Courtesy VOCM News.