The Status of Women Coordinator with Nunatsiavut Government, and Family Information Liaison Unit, Family Support Worker with the Provincial Government went to Hopedale last week.

The purpose of the trip was to meet with Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) families.

Tracy Ann Evans-Rice is the Status of Women Coordinator.

She says the trip was scheduled for July 30th, but due to weather conditions they made it into Hopedale a week later.

Evans-Rice says their office received funding for a project called, “Nunatsiavut Remembers” – “Nunatsiavut IkKaumajut”.

Click here to hear how this project folded from Evans-Rice.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s COVID-19–free status didn’t last long.

The province has a new confirmed case of the virus- a woman between the age of 20 and 39 in the Eastern Health Region.

The case is travel-related. The woman is not a resident of Newfoundland and Labrador and was granted an exemption to travel to the province.

Officials say she arrived on a direct flight from Toronto on Thursday, August 6, and was not showing symptoms while travelling.

Contact tracing is currently underway and anyone considered a close contact is being encouraged to quarantine.

A challenge of the provinces travel ban is currently being heard in Supreme Court in St. John’s.

Gas prices dip to the lowest level since mid – June.

Gas and diesel prices dropped Thursday morning Newfoundland and Labrador, bringing the cost of driving to the lowest level in 7 weeks.

Gas dropped by 2.4 cents a litre, although the change maybe slightly less in some pricing zones because of rounding.

The Public Utilities Board which regulates fuel prices in Newfoundland and Labrador announced the change in its weekly price setting.

The change means a litre of self-serve unleaded gas on the Avalon Peninsula- where prices are lowest – can now sell no more than $1.48. Some retailers charge less to attract customers.

Gas prices generally have been on the rise since early May, after cratered in late March, because of COVID-19 pandemic.

The price of diesel meanwhile is down by 97 cents a litre Thursday. Stove oil is down the same amount. Propane for heating is down by half a cent per litre.

The PUB will mark its next price setting on August 12.

Work has started again at the Makkovik fish plant.

The lone snow crab boat that remained fishing after other boats gave up returned to land in its catch.

Alfred Chaulk became the new Production Manager this summer.

He says the Lisa Marie got in this morning to unload 12,550 pounds of snow crab.

Chaulk says to date a total of 218,733 pounds of crab has been landed.

He says the other snow crab boat is expected to arrive with its first load next Thursday.

And added the turbot boat had left this morning to head to the community and is expected in next week.

Yesterday, August 6, Newfoundland and Labrador continues with no new cases and no active cases.

There are a total of 266 cases in the province.

263 people have recovered from the virus.

26,280 totals of people have been tested.

Try to practice goose hygiene and keep your bubble as small as possible.

Stay informed and be prepared for the public health guidelines.

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

This is a warning that tonight, there will be rock blasting in Nain.

Budgell’s will do it at the sand quarry behind Morhardt starting at 6:00pm.

Starting at 4pm, there will be no public access beyond the Hydro plant.

If there are any questions or concerns, you can call the Nain Inuit Community Government Office at 922-2842.

The 20th annual Fun in the Sun Festival in Postville started yesterday, August 6th.

Brandy Jacque is the new Recreation Director for Postville and organizer of the Festival.

She says that they picked out activities that are family orientated.

So far they had a Family Cake Decorating contest, a Family Scavenger hunt and a Fun in a Sun Bingo.

There are COVID-19 restrictions into their building and will continue with the other activities.

Click here to hear more from Jacque on what she says about the Fun in the Sun festival.

The date is set for swearing-in of Andrew Furey as the 14th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.

NL will officially have a new Premier on Wednesday, August 19.

Andrew Furey who won the Liberal Leadership last Monday night, will be sworn in at the Government House along with his cabinet.

Further details on the event will come out over the next several days.

The Archaeology/Heritage division in the Nunatsiavut Government are seeking elders in Nain to tell traditional stories.

Lena Onalik from Nain is the Heritage Program Coordinator with NG.

She is looking for four elders to record themselves telling stories on their own time through the digital outreach and oral histories initiative.

The stories are preferred to be in Inutitut or English.

The elders will get paid $50 per hour of recording materials.

Anyone interested can call Onalik by August 14th.

To apply, you can reach her @ lena.onalik@nunatsiavut.com or call her at her office at 922-2942 ext. 240.

The char and scallop fishery is doing good in Nain.

Deidi Kohlmeister is the Office Supervisor in the fish plant.

She says to date a total of 21,099 pounds of char has been landed. And 16,300 pounds of green scallops, and 589 pounds of meats.

Kohlmeister says there are 32 plant workers employed, and added the 6 commercial char fishermen are happy with the catches they’re landing now.

OK Radio will have an update from the Makkovik fish plant once they’re available.