The commercial char fishery is going well in Nain, the char has picked up since last week.

Deidi Kohlmeister is the Officer Supervisor of the Nain fish plant.

She says a total of 4,381 char has been landed.

There are 15 plant workers employed including office staff.

Kohlmeister says there are 6 licensed commercial char fishermen.

The plant started smoking char and its available for sale at $14.75 a pound.

Anyone who goes down to buy smoked char has to wear a face mask in the office.

She added the fish plant is donating the char heads to the Community Freezer for people to pick up.

In Makkovik the Fish plant have 39 employees working right now.

Angel Chaulk is the Office Assistant.

She says 190 233 lbs has landed.

There is 1 crab boat is fishing, they are hoping to have turbot boats starting fishing soon.

3 employees are working night shift for clean up.

Workers are now started the secondary process while waiting for the crab boat to return.

There is another new case of COVID-19 in the province, again in central Newfoundland.

The person, a female under the age of 20, is a close contact with the man who tested positive yesterday. He is between 20 and 29 years of age and tested positive after returning to Newfoundland from Ontario.

Contact tracing is underway.

The provincial total is 264 and 22,710 people have been tested, to date.

The province has “relaxed rules” for rotational workers where they would be able to isolate with their families.

According to Dr. Fitzgerald, many of those workers come from a situation where they are basically isolating all the time which is hard on everybody involved.

The provincial government says maintaining physical distance from household members is not necessary unless they are symptomatic.

She says people may go out to play with their family while self-isolating and these are the risks individual families need to make decisions on.

Story courtesy of VOCM.

The Canada Revenue Agency says there’s a scam on the go from people claiming to be representing them.

This one involves a pitch for a payback of money from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) or Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) programs.

Revenue Canada warns that the fraudsters may communicate with potential victims via text message, phone call or email.

Another giveaway that it is a scam is the agency will never threaten arrest if you don’t make an immediate payment.

If you get a text message saying you received a deposit for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. Beware it is a scam.

Do not reply or click on the link, delete the text and warn others.

Make sure you have the right link or number before you apply.

You can either apply online at Canada.ca/Coronavirus or by automated toll-free phone at 1-800-959-2019 or 1-800-959-2041 (bilingual).

The CRA never uses text messages or instant messaging such as Facebook Messenger or WhatsApp to communicate with taxpayers under any circumstance.

If a taxpayer receives text or instant messages claiming to be from the CRA, they are scams.

To report a scam, you can call the Canadian Anti-fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.

Air Borealis is happy to announce a partnership with Canada’s premier helicopter service provider, Custom Helicopters, to offer best in class rotary wing capacity to Labrador.

Air Borealis will immediately begin offering helicopter service using a Eurocopter ASTAR B2. The aircraft’s combination of high flight performance and optimal reliability delivers both the most versatile utility services on the market and the safest possible operation for Labrador’s unique terrain and mission requirements.

The Air Borealis partnership, formed through a historic agreement between the Inuit and Innu of Labrador together with PAL Airlines, offers customers unmatched aviation experience and established community and business presence throughout Labrador. We are excited to launch this new service and look forward to meeting the needs of our customers.

The Air Borealis Eurocopter ASTAR B2 is available for immediate booking.

Please contact us at 709-897-5420 or helicharters@airborealis.ca.

The Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices is predicting for fuels to remain about the same this week, besides gasoline which will see a slight drop.

According to Spokesperson George Murphy, gas will go down 1.5 cents a litre. Heating and stove oils will drop by one tenth of a cent.

Diesel shows no change.

The Nain Youth Outreach will be taking nine youth between the ages of 16-30.

They will be travelling to Iggiak on a long-liner.

The selected youth will leave Nain on Tuesday, July 28th and will be returning to Nain on Friday, July 31st.

Youth are asked to apply by phoning the Nain Youth Outreach office at 922-1692 or by emailing crystal.allen@nunatsiavut.com.

All participants must have signed waivers filled out before July 27th.

There is one new case of COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The new case is travel-related, according to the provincial Department of Health.

The man, who is between the ages of 20 and 29, is in the Central Health region.

He lives in N.L., but recently returned from Ontario. While travelling back home, he was not symptomatic. He self-isolated when he arrived home.

Contact tracing is underway and the risk to the public is low, say public health officials. Everyone who is considered a close contact will be advised to quarantine.

The provincial total caseload ticks up to 263 and 259 people have recovered. There have been three deaths from the virus in the province since March.

In total, 22,461 people have been tested, including 330 in the last 24 hours.

Before Tuesday, N.L. had recorded 10 consecutive days without a new case of the coronavirus. Before Tuesday, the most recent case, which has since recovered, was announced July 10, breaking a 43-day streak without a new case. This is just the second case in nearly eight weeks.

Story Courtesy of CBC Newfoundland and Labrador.

Not everyone looks at the Labrador Marine web site to see updates and or to make reservations.

Lela Evans is the MHA for Torngat Mountains District.

She says the reservations to book your travel on the Kamutik W are still undergoing issues.

Evans says there are only 70 seats available on the Kamutik W due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

For each sailing, there are people who are waitlisted and don’t get to travel.

Click here to hear Evans to find out more on the issues for travelling on the Kamutik W.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance is hoping for candidates in all 40 districts this time around as a new provincial election is on the horizon.

Candidate applications open today to represent the party in a future election.

The political party was formed by former PC party president Graydon Pelly in time for the election last year, ultimately only attracting 9 candidates. This time around they’re hoping for a full slate.

Pelly says with everything happening with COVID-19, now is a good opportunity to get the process going.

He indicates he was contacted by the president of NL Alliance, and the executive felt this was a good opportunity to get people who are interested in running for the next general election.

Pelly says this will give people the chance to get ready to build their teams and get their message out, across the province.

As for a fall election, Pelly states that anything can happen in Newfoundland and Labrador politics, so they want to make sure they take every opportunity to ensure they are ready when the time comes.

Interested candidates are asked to fill out a form on the party’s website at http://www.nlalliance.ca/run/.

This year marks the 15th Annual George Lane Memorial Dart Tournament in Hopedale.

Jill Nitsman is one of the coordinators for the tournament.

She says that since the pandemic occurred, the tournament has been postponed and will be held from August 15th-17th.

The fee is $80 per team, $20 per player and the deadline to apply is August 14th.

The team must consist of four players, with two males and two females.

The tournament will be held at the Nanuk Centre.

The 1st place prize will be $2,000, 2nd place $1000 and $500 for 3rd place, there will also be trophies for various categories.

Nitsman says due to the pandemic, they can only allow 16 players at a time into the Nanuk centre.

The Amaguk will be serving dinner and supper with delivery and menus will be available to view at the Nanuk Center.

To register your teams, you can contact Jill Nitsman by calling 709-933-3316 or email her at nitsmanjill@yahoo.ca.