The 27th Annual Makkovik Jamboree will be holding a two night event this year.

Kim Andersen is now the Team Leader for DHSD.

She says there will be local performers entertaining on Friday, March 13th, and invited guests from out of town performing on Saturday, March 14th.

Andersen says there will also be an event for a long time co-worker who retired last fall in November of 2019.

This event is a dedication for Linda Pottle, who for many years organized the Makkovik Jamboree and served the community as Team Leader for DHSD.

The Theme for this is called “It’s a Great Day to be Alive”.

Andersen says they have two invited guests who have responded and will be there to attend the Silver Wolf Band from Goose Bay and Gary Mitchell from St. John’s who has been the key MC for the Jamboree.

She added a smokeless candle will also be lighted during the jamboree to remember and honour people who have passed away in 2019 and 2020, and will have pictures posted of those for the families.

The families were selected for the Sevenplex last month.

Michelle Kinney is the Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development with the Nunatsiavut Government.

She says the committee held a meeting and reviewed the applications for the Sevenplex.

They selected the seven families for the seven units and have one vacant unit in the Sixplex.

Kinney says the purpose for the sevenplex is for families who were in need of housing, who were either at risk of losing their children or potentially could have children placed back with them if they had housing and families that were engaged with CSSD and with our Family Connections Program.

She adds that they have one vacant unit designated for a senior.

Click here to find out more information from Kinney on the Six and Sevenplex.

The 4th annual Gracie Flowers Memorial Ice Hockey Tournament will be held in 9 more days.

William Flowers is the organizer for the tournament.

The tournament will be from March 12th to 15th, 2020.

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

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

The registration deadline for all teams is next Monday, March 9th.

The Nain Youth Outreach worker will be hosting another youth outing.

Kim Oliver is the Youth Outreach Worker with Nain DHSD.

She says she partnered with the Team Leader of the Youth Centre, Tara Saksagiak to bring youth to go to Conche Bay.

Activities will include sliding, a boil-up and set up a tent.

Oliver says the outing will be this Saturday, March 7th meeting at the DHSD Building at 8:30 am and leaving around 9 am.

If there is any youth interested in this outing, you can contact Kim Oliver at her office at 922-1692 or message her on Facebook.

The Language Culture and Tourism will be holding a Terminology Workshop in Hopedale this year.

This will be held from March 17th-19th, 2020.

We spoke with one of the Language Program Coordinators, Shirley Jararuse.

She says there were 40 invitations sent out to teachers, Isumatât members, NG translators, Master and Apprentice, and anyone who is involved with Inuttitut.

In the workshops last year, they focused on terms for different dept’s with NG, and this year they’ll be discussing words for Dept. of Health and Social Development.

The deadline is March 6 for applications.

Jararuse adds that they are also looking for drivers in Hopedale and must have their own skidoo and will charge extra for the Kamutik.

Retiring after many years of services within jobs in businesses is sometimes a big help for your own self.

It gives one self time to get back to normal life.

Linda Pottle of Makkovik retired last fall in November.

She says she worked for 30 years in her community.

Congratulations Linda and good luck.

Click here when we speak for a little bit with Pottle on her retirement and where shes worked to help her community.

First you’ll hear a tune by the Flummies and also on the end of the interview.

The 2020 Cain’s Quest Snowmobile Endurance Race will be beginning this weekend for 50 racers who will be going around Labrador.

Sarah Halliday is the Director of Marketing & Communications with the Cain’s Quest Racing Company.

She says there are four different countries that will be participating in the race which are Canada, United States, Finland and Switzerland.

Halliday adds the race for 2020 will be going the opposite direction from 2018.

Stay tuned to AtjiKangitut today when Halliday gives you more information about the upcoming 2020 Cain’s Quest race.

The work at the Mine Site at Voisey’s Bay has been a busy schedule for the contractors and employees on site over 2019 to 2020.

Joao Vanon is the Product Director for Vale NL.

He says the work in mining, the concentrator, Long Harbour processing plant and winter shipping operations are going well.

Vanon added they are also happy about the safety of the employees where no one had an accident, only minor incidents.

Click here to hear the interview with Vanon giving us an update on how the operations are going in Voisey’s Bay.

There are five people charged with breaches of court orders in connection with the protests at the Muskrat Falls site in October of 2016.

And their charges have either been acquitted or had their charges withdrawn.

Defence lawyer Mark Gruchy says that means the five members of the Labrador Land Protectors are now free of the court process.

The charges were laid after Nalcor sought a court injunction to prevent people from entering or blocking the construction site.

Gruchy says the case hits a nerve, and he was first drawn into the issue following the detention of Beatrice Hunter.

He noted that the use of court injunctions in resource development disputes was effectively rolling back the clock on reconciliation.

Story courtesy of the VOCM.

The Labrador Aboriginal Training Partnership would like to inform clients that the LATP Camp Attendant Training is scheduled to another date.

Due to a communication error, they are not sure what the new date will be.

Keith Jacque is the Executive Director with LATP.

He says there was a communication error about the start dates for the training.

Jacque adds that they would like to inform their clients that there is no date set yet, but he is hopeful it will be happening soon.

Right now they have 11 people accepted into the Camp Attendant training; clients are from Nain and some from Hopedale and Rigolet.

Dates are yet to be determined.

If you have any questions you can contact the Nunatsiavut Career Counsellor Ocean Lane at the Makkovik office at 1-709-923-2313 or by email at: olane@latp.ca.

Jacque would like to add that Janelle Barbour will be returning to work soon from her Maternity Leave, there is no date set yet.