The Nain Inuit Community Government and the Nain RCMP detachment are working together to inform residents about silencers not permitted within town limits.

We spoke with Sergeant Ed Nugent with the Nain RCMP.

He says this bylaw was put in place from the Nain Inuit Community Government.

This bylaw states that silencers are not permitted in town limits and anyone using a silencer on their snowmobile within town limits can get a fine.

We also spoke with our AngajukKâk Joe Dicker about this concern.

He says this bylaw has been in place now for many years.

And the NICG and Nain RCMP have been receiving complaints from the community about this issue.

If you are caught using a silencer in town, you will get a convicted fine of $500.

Dicker adds that the NICG office has also been getting calls and complaints about this bylaw.

A written letter will be mailed from the NICG office as a warning.

The NICG office will be keeping paper trail of each incidence.

If you have any concerns about this bylaw, you can call the Town Office at 922-2842 if you don’t get a response back then, you can contact the Nain RCMP detachment at 922-2842.

The Northern Lights Business and Cultural Showcase is taking place in Ottawa, Ontario.

The Northern Lights event will showcase Eastern Arctic and North Business, industry history, and culture.

With more than 1,200 participants and 200 Exhibits expected, this four day event has emerged as Canada’s # 1 Arctic and North event.

The dynamic conference program will offer participants an understanding of what makes Canada’s North unique by tackling issues and highlighting projects relating to northern transportation, infrastructure, northern international relations, climate change, reconciliation, indigenous business, education and training, mining and mineral exploration, tourism and much more.

In addition to conference and trade show, the event offers a world-class Arts and Cultural Pavilion at which artists display their northern creations and performers demonstrate their talents. It is the premier event for up and coming and established artists craftspeople and performers from the regions of Nunavut, Nunavik and Labrador/Nunatsiavut.

Whether you operate a small business, large corporation, non- profit organization or a member of the general public, the Northern lights Business and Cultural Showcase offers significant opportunity for you to connect with leaders and innovators from across Canada’s eastern Arctic and North and abroad.

The Conference is taking place today, Wednesday, February 5th to the 8th at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.

The Nain Family Resource Centre is offering programs for community members.

This Thursday, February 13th, there will be a Valentine’s Day Party for families with have children between the ages of 0 to 6 years of age starting at 1:30 pm.

They are also offering skating for families with children ages 0-6 years of age every Thursday afternoons from 1:30-3 pm.

All children must be accompanied by parent or caregiver at all times.

If you have any questions, please call the Family Resource Centre at 922-2003 during regular hours.

The Nigivik Centre just recently put out their monthly schedule for activities for this month in February.

And we have their calendar, here is the Nigivik Centres planned activities for this week activities for today, tomorrow and Friday.

Started at 1 pm until 4 pm today is Senior’s Day making Mediterranean Roasted Chicken and Veggies.

Tomorrow, Thursday will be Adult Baking making Blueberry Muffin Bread from 1-4 pm.

And on Friday, from 4:30-7 pm will be Family Cooking making Bacon Cheeseburger.

The OK Radio will have more of the activities for February 10 week.

The 2020 Winter Sports Meet will be held in Postville this year.

The sports meet will begin tomorrow, Thursday, February 6th and ends Saturday night.

Students will travel tomorrow and return on Sunday.

The students will play Badminton in the B.L Morrison gym from 8:30 am to 12 pm.

The opening ceremonies will start at 6 pm to 6:30 pm, followed by five games of ball hockey.

On Friday Cross Country Skiing will go ahead for male and female at 9 am.

At 11:30 will be snow shoe races meeting in front of the school until 12 pm.

From 1-5 pm, they will be finishing the hockey schedule and maybe soccer.

At 6:30 pm will be the native games in the school gym and will finish at 9 pm.

The Labrathon starts on Saturday starting at 10 am, and from 12:30 to 4:30, they will begin soccer at the Community Recreation Centre.

The closing banquet will be open to the public and will start at 6:30 pm, presentation of awards.

The 17th Annual Inuktitut Speak-off turned out to be a success and the students did great last evening.

Students participated from Nain, Makkovik, Hopedale, Rigolet and Postville in this year’s speak-off.

The event took place at Jens Haven Memorial School gym at 7 pm last evening in Nain.

The commentators commented on the students way of speaking.

Click here to hear each of the students with their speeches.

Air Borealis is holding another Photo Contest for their customers.

This photo contest opened on January 6th and will end on February 29th, 2020.

The title of the photo contest is, “The view at home”. Tell them your story of Labrador through your pictures.

So customers can have a chance to send in their pictures till February 29th, 2020 and have a chance to win one of two round trips for two anywhere Air Borealis flies.

The rules to enter this contest include:

1. Choose a photo of Labrador taken by you in the last 12 months
2. Tell us your story and send it to photo@airborealis.ca
3. Entries must have the following information:

Full name of the entrant, phone number and a short description of the photo.

Winners will be selected by a panel of judges prior to March 8th, 2020.

The winner will be notified by email or telephone and announced on Air Borealis’ website, Facebook and Twitter pages.

For more information check out the Air Borealis website at www.airborealis.ca/en/

The 19th Annual Bernard and Jeffrey Webb Memorial hockey tournament will go ahead this year at the Nain Husky Centre

We spoke with Lisa Ivany who is the Recreation Director with the Nain Inuit Community Government.

Ivany says the tournament will be from February 21st to February 23rd, 2020.

The maximum players for both adult and children teams is 13 players.

Registration fee for the adult division will be $30 while students who are attending school pay the $20 registration fee.

The deadline to apply is February 14th.

For more information you can contact Lisa Ivany at 922-2690 or 2691.

The Nunatsiavut Government intends to develop an Entrepreneurship Support Program in relation to the Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve.

Proposals are to be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on February 24th, 2020 at the Nunatsiavut Government offices in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut. Summary of Scope of Work: The Nunatsiavut currently manages an Inuit Business Registry with approximately 120 companies in relation to procurement, business designation and professional development opportunities.

The establishment of a neighboring national park requires the completion of business needs assessment and development of entrepreneurship training program.

Proponents may submit a proposal for the work for both areas of work (needs assessment and program development) collectively.

Before submitting proposals, interested proponents are required to obtain the full detailed scope of work, instructions and requirements for proposals, and any further information on the project from the Nunatsiavut Government offices in Rigolet:

Attn: Kristy Sheppard
Telephone: (709) 947–3568
Fax: (709)947-3543
Mail: P.O. Box 47
Rigolet, NL
A0P 1P0
Email: kristy.sheppard@nunatsiavut.com
Proposals may be submitted by email or mail and must be clearly marked “ENTREPRENUERSHIP SUPPORT PROGRAM”.

The lowest-cost or any proposal may not necessarily be accepted and the Nunatsiavut Government reserves the right to cancel this RFP.

Proposals will be evaluated on the principles of value for money, which include an evaluation of the Inuit Content Factor pursuant to the Procurement Act.

The Jens Haven Memorial Huskies will be attending the winter meet that will take place in Postville.

Julie Dicker is the coach for the JHMS Huskies.

Dicker says they will be ready to go from Thursday, February 6th to the 8th, 2020.

Three boys and three girls will be going to represent the JHMS Huskies.

She says the communities that are participating in the Winter Sportsmeet are Nain, Makkovik, Hopedale, Postville and Rigolet.

They’ll be playing ball hockey, badminton, outdoor soccer, cross-country skiing, native games and the Labrathon.

Be sure to wish the Huskies good luck before going to the winter sports meet.