The Jens Haven Memorial School attended the Virtual Cross Country Running on October 23rd, and we have the unofficial results.

Here are the competing team/runners; Jens Haven Memorial School here in Nain, Mushuau Innu Natuashish School in Natuashish, Amos Comenius Memorial School in Hopedale, J.C Erhardt Memorial School in Makkovik, Northern Lights Academy School in Rigolet, Lake Melville Academy School in North West River, Eric G Lambert School in Churchill Falls, Mealy Mountains Collegiate School in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and the Menihek High School in Labrador City.

The Junior Boys division ran 3K with 25 runners in total and five teams running.

The results for the school teams’ placings are; 1ST place went to the MMC Goose Bay, MHS Labrador City went 2ND place, JCEM Makkovik came 3RD, JHMS Nain came 4TH and EGL Churchill Falls came 5TH.

In the JHMS Junior Boys Individual Placings are; John Dicker came 6th with the timing of 12:48, Gilbert Obed came 11th with the time of 13:03, Jamal Kohlmeister came 18th with the timing of 14:53, Alex Andersen came 24th with the timing of 19:13 and Denzel Dicker came 25th with he timing of 19:47.

The Junior Girls ran 2K; there were 41 runners in total with six teams running.

The results for the school teams are; MMC HV-GB came 1ST, JCEM Makkovik came 2ND, JHMS Nain came 3RD, EGL Churchill Falls came 4TH, MHS Labrador City came 5TH and ACMS Hopedale came 6TH.

The JHMS Junior Girls Individual Placing are; Serenity Ivany came 10th with the timing of 9:52, Melody Lampe came 12th with the timing of 10:06, Peyton Dicker came 13th with the timing of 10:08, Savannah Ivany came 22nd with the timing of 11:35 ad Serena Blake came 25th with the timing of 12:29.

The Senior Boys Division ran 5K; there were 29 runners with 6 teams running.

The results for the school teams’ are; JHMS Nain came 1ST, MMC HV-GB came 2ND, JCEM Makkovik came 3RD, NLA Rigolet came 4TH and AMCS Hopedale and MHS Labrador tied for being 5TH.

The JHMS Senior Boys Individual placing are; Garnet Nochasak came 2ND with the timing of 19:57, Samuel Jararuse Flowers came 3RD with the timing of 20:06, Trevor Dicker came 5TH with the timing of 20:16, Shannon Holwell came 6TH with the time of 20:17 and Curtis Dicker came 15th with the timing of 23:07.

Congratulations to all teams and runners and special congratulations to the JHMS Huskies.

The possible presence of pieces of glass has prompted Miss Vickie’s Canada to recall a number of its Kettle Cooked Potato Chips brand of chips from store shelves.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the recall warning Wednesday, October 28th, 2020. They say the chips should not be eaten and the chips should not be sold.

The products affected have been sold in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Quebec and through internet sales.

The bags of chips affected range from 24 g to 550 g, include individual packages and multi-packs, and come in a number of flavours. They include:

Applewood Smoked BBQ Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Jalapeño Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Original Recipe Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Sea Salt & Malt Vinegar Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Spicy Dill Pickle Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Sweet Southern BBQ Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Sweet Chili & Sour Cream Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

The best-before dates listed on the products go from Dec. 15, 2020, to Jan. 26, 2021, with the majority showing Jan. 12, 2021.

CFIA said there was one injury reported. The company described it as a minor dental injury on its website. A food safety investigation is underway, and the agency is verifying the product is not being sold.

The product should be thrown out or returned to where it was purchased.

Story Courtesy CBC New Brunswick

A decision is coming soon on travel during Christmas season, but the continued surge of COVID-19 cases outside the Atlantic Bubble doesn’t appear to bode well for loosening restrictions any time soon.

Health Minister, John Haggie says it’s an ‘active topic’ within the department as officials monitor troubling trends elsewhere on the mainland.

He says he’d like to see family over Christmas as well, but the numbers of hospitalizations and the infection rates in the larger provinces doesn’t give him much cause for optimism.

On November 3rd, Haggie said that a formal announcement regarding Christmas travel will be made within next week or two.

Today, Friday, November 6, Newfoundland and Labrador has no new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The province has five active cases.

285 people have recovered from the virus and to date, 54,261 people have been tested.

The Department of Health and Community Services is advising rotational workers about an identified COVID-19 outbreak at the Manitoba Hydro Keeyask Generating Station project located approximately 725 kilometres north of Winnipeg. The department was notified about the outbreak by the Public Health Agency of Canada as individuals from this province work on the project.

Rotational workers with the project who have returned to Newfoundland and Labrador in the last 14 days must self-isolate away from household members and call 811 to arrange for 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 Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure and Yvonne Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs and Member of Parliament for Labrador, on behalf of Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, announced for five projects to make communities safer and provide residents better roads in Labrador.

Forteau residents will benefit from the paving of 1.3 kilometers of gravel community roads.

Wabush will see the reconstruction of 290 meters of roadway.

North West River will benefit from the resurfacing of Sunday Hill road.

Labrador City will see reconstruction of sections of Lakeside Streets and Canning Street.

Postville will see road and safety upgrades to approximately 500 meters of local roads.

The Government of Canada is investing 1.1 million dollars in projects through the Rural and Northern Communities Infrastructure Stream (RNIS) of the investing in Canada infrastructure program and the Federal Gas Tax Fund. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is providing more than $982,000 and the municipalities are contributing more than $1.1 million.

Honourable Braggs says “Our top priority for roads is always the safety of everyone who uses them. By surfacing roads in Forteau, North West River and Wabush, upgrading streets in Labrador City and widening in Postville guardrails, we are making roads safer in each of these communities.

These improvements are expected to be completed in 2021.

The OKâlaKatiget Radio contacted the stores in Nain and Postville to see what they have in stock, the Labrador shipping season closes next Friday, November 13th.

Winston Sheppard is the Manager for the Variety Shop Inc. in Postville.

He says that they are mostly ready for the winter and hoping to get the rest of his freight.

Sheppard says he received three pallets of freight and is waiting on drinks, groceries, clothing and building materials.

Pat Grant is the Manager for Quick-stop here in Nain.

She says she hasn’t had any problems with shipments this year.

Grant says they have received all big shipments for the winter but still waiting on the small shipments.

Herman Webb is the Manager for the Hayne’s General Store.

He says he hasn’t gotten half of his shipment yet.

Webb says they have received furniture, Christmas supplies, gifts, hardware, and groceries.

Michelle Riley is the Manager for the Nain Northern store.

She says they have a big stock in the process and is on the way.

Riley adds that they are waiting for everything else to come and get ready for the winter.

The annual moose hunt at Gros Morne National Park, the Nunatsiavut Government went ahead last month.

Todd Broomfield is the Director of Renewable Resources for the Nunatsiavut Government.

Broomfield says that they had 30 moose licenses that are non-profit from Parks Canada, registered through the Ulapitsaijet Committee here in Nain.

They had four hunters from Nunatsiavut partner up with 4 other hunters from the island.

Broomfield also says that once rendered they will be sent to Goose Bay on the last week of this month, and will then be ready for distribution to the Local community freezers.

Stay tuned to AtjiKangitut today to hear more from Broomfield on the moose hunt.

Today, Thursday November 5th, Newfoundland and Labrador has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The first new confirmed case is a male in the Central Health Region between 20-39 years of age; the case is travel related and is a resident of NL who returned to the province from work in Alberta.

The second new confirmed case is also a male in the Central Region between 50-59 years of age; the case is travel related and is a resident from the province returned to the province from work in Alberta.

The new cases are not related to a previous case in the region the individuals are not members of the same household, and both men have been self isolating since arrival.

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

The total number of COVID-19 cases to date is 294. The province has 5 active cases.

285 people have recovered from the virus and to date, 53,851 people have tested.

Next week, there will be a challenge for people to go 21 days without alcohol.

Binky Andersen is the organizer and the host of this challenge.

She says due to COVID-19, the challenge will be done mostly virtually.

Andersen adds that this has nothing to do with her position but to do the challenge voluntarily and personally.

Tune into Teen Rockers today to hear more from Andersen about this 21 Day Challenge.

This week, the prices of fuel decreases for this week.

George Murphy of Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices predicts gas to drop by 2.6 cents per with diesel drop 1.1 cents, heating/stove oils drops by 1.2 cents.

Propane fuels have an increase of 0.7 of a cent.