The 4th Annual Gracie Flowers Memorial Ice Hockey Tournament will be held in 3 days.

William Flowers is the organizer for the tournament.

The tournament will begin this Thursday, March 12th onto Sunday, March 15th, 2020.

The tournament will be for both male and female divisions and the registration fee for adults is $30 and youth not in school and $20 for students.

The divisions are the 12 years and younger, the female division ages 13 years and older, and the men’s division ages 13 years and older.

The deadline to apply for this year’s Gracie Flowers Memorial Tournament is today, Monday March 9th.

So, anyone wanting to register can contact William Flowers via Facebook.

The Atsanik Inn dining room area will close to the general public when the Cain’s Quest racers arrive to Nain.

Stephanie Macintosh is the Manager at the Atsanik Inn.

She says this is for both the dining area and the take out services.

They want to make sure that all racers are well fed, have some peace and quiet, and get plenty of rest during their stay in Nain.

Macintosh says they will reopen when all racers have passed through our community.

The 2020 Cain’s Quest Race has begun and the racers are fighting to the finish line.

There are 35 teams still riding, 13 teams been scratched and two teams dropped out.

Last time we’ve updated on the racers, Team 50 Labrador South Racing is in first place, Team 33 Newfoundland and Labrador is in second place and Team 21 Mighty Haulers is in third place.

Some racers have passed Norman’s Bay now and going onto Cartwright.

If you would like to track the racers in the race, you can go to https://cainsquest.com/tracking/live-tracking/.

Clint Davis of Nunatsiavut Group of Companies will be moving on to work for Nunasi Corporation in Iqaluit.

He has been the Chair for the Labrador Inuit Capital Strategy Trust with NGC since 2009.

Davis will be working as President and CEO for Nunasi Corporation in Iqaluit on March 31.

Click here as we speak with Davis about NGC and his moving to Iqaluit.

Today marks day two of the Winter Festival in Makkovik.

Kim Andersen is now the Team Leader for DHSD.

She says the Family Boil-up was scheduled to take part today at Sandy Head but due to extreme weather conditions the family boil up will be scheduled to a later date.

There will be a Family Scavenger hunt starting at the DHSD Building tomorrow, March 10th, starting at 6 pm.

March 11th at 6 pm will be the family soccer game by the arena.

On day five, March 12th, they will be having a community breakfast starting at 7:30 am; there will also be a presentation on TB.

Friday, March 13th will be day six for the Winter Festival and the first night of the Community Jamboree, where the local people in the community can show their talent on starting at 6 pm.

March 14th will be night two of the Community Jamboree where people from out of town can perform starting at 6 pm, and the Silver Wolf Band and Gerry Mitchell will also be performing.

And on March 15th, there will be a smelting trip to Postville.

The community of Postville will be showing their support next week on March 16, 2020, in holding a public function at the PICG in respects to Shirley Goudie’s retirement.

As of Friday February 28th, 2020 the Town Manager, Shirley Goudie officially retired from her position at the Postville Inuit Community Government.

Shirley has worked with the PICG for twenty seven years, plus with the Community Council of Postville.

We spoke with Shirley Goudie about her retirement.

We also contacted AngajukKak Glen Sheppard and he wanted to say a few words on behalf of Goudie.

Click here to hear from Goudie and AngajukKak Sheppard.

A Climate change on the land workshop will be happening this month.

Come out to enjoy some time out on the land and to learn about research in Makkovik.

This 3 day workshop will be held from March 22nd to the 24th, 2020.

This workshop is to bring researchers and community members together, out on the land and to talk about the changes we see happening around the community of Makkovik.

And to share and to meet others who are interested in and working on the topic.

You can either attend to all three days out on the land or you can come to one or two of the days, there are also opportunities for people to stay overnight.

You can travel to the event by using your own skidoo (gas will be provided) or if you don’t have a skidoo don’t worry they will provide the ride.

There will be food provided each day and a gift cards for attendees.

For more information you can contact Kayla Wyatt or Chaim Andersen by email at: chaimandersen@outlook.com.

The OKâlaKatiget Radio department contacted the coastal communities to see what they have in their Community Freezers.

In Hopedale, their freezer has moose.

In the Nain community freezer, they have moose and char.

The Makkovik community freezer is waiting on char coming from Nain.

The community freezer in Postville has minimum almost out of moose and has small stocks of char and cod.

In Rigolet, their freezer has fresh cod, moose, red berries and bake apples.

The 2020 Cain’s Quest Snowmobile Endurance Race will be starting in Lab City on Saturday, March 7th, 2020 at 10 am.

We called the Cain’s Quest Head office for an update.

Shawn Murphy is a volunteer and part of the Directors for Media with the Cain’s Quest Racing Company.

Murphy says all 48 teams have shown up and ready to go but two teams couldn’t make it.

The two teams that couldn’t make it were:
Team 44 Charlie Dick from Natuashish, Tom Rich (Rookie), Jean-Paul Penashue (Rookie)
Team 85 USA from the states, Reggie Johnston (Rookie) and Russell Griffin (Veteran).

The racers are now lined up for garages to get ready for the race.

The volunteers are getting ready for the Fan Night tonight and the 48 racers are getting their sleds ready for the night as well.

OK radio will get another update tomorrow on the Cain’s Quest Snowmobile Endurance Race.

The Youth Symposium will be held in Nain this year from March 15th to the 20th.

Heather Angnatok is the Regional Youth Administrator for the Nain DHSD.

She says there will be 36 participants in total from along the coast including Happy Valley Goose-Bay, Northwest River and one youth from the Canadian Constituency that will be attending the youth symposium.

Also, the Nunatsiavut Department of Health and Social Development are seeking one senior/elder from each of the communities of Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik and Rigolet to participate in the upcoming Youth Symposium.

A daily honorarium will be provided.

If you are comfortable in attending and participating in this youth symposium, you can call the Elder’s Coordinator in Hopedale, Beverly Hunter before March 10th at 933-3330.

Click here to hear Angnatok tell you more about the upcoming Youth Symposium.