The 2 men who were aboard the Provincial Airlines flight 922 on yesterdays flight from Happy Valley Goose Bay to St. Johns are now banned from Nalcor.

According to the CBC Newfoundland and Labrador website, it states that the two men are now banned from their workplace with Nalcor Energy, for making racist remarks on that plane.

The two men are already banned from PAL Airlines, over comments made to Indigenous passengers on that flight.

Crown Corporation Nalcor has revoked access to Churchill Falls in Labrador to two men who made racist and disparaging comments toward Indigenous people on a recent flight to St. John’s.

The town of Churchill Falls is managed and operated by the Crown Corporation.

PAL Airlines confirms an incident on flight 922 on December 10th, 2019 involving two passengers making hurtful and derogatory remarks towards others onboard our aircraft.

PAL Airlines has taken immediate action to indefinitely ban the two passengers from any of our future flights.

PAL Airlines is deeply troubled by the nature of these remarks and saddened that their valued customers were exposed to this behaviour.

Comments such as these have no place in our society and will not be tolerated by our Company.

They commend our flight crew for addressing the offending passengers and appreciate the restraint shown by other customers onboard.

PAL Airlines is committed to promoting diversity and understanding across our organization.

They have a proud history of partnership with Indigenous groups in Labrador and will work closely with our partners and communities to ensure our flights remain a welcoming environment for all our customers.

Posts circulating on Facebook about the conduct of two male passengers aboard Provincial Airlines flight 922 from Happy Valley-Goose Bay to St. John’s Monday evening are troubling and disturbing, says Nunatsiavut President, Johannes Lampe.

“The posts reported the men made several racist remarks towards Inuit and that at least one showed lack of respect for a female flight attendant by making lewd jesters towards her.” notes President Lampe.

“To refer to Inuit as ‘Eskimos’ and suggesting some passengers were carrying their “Kamutik” aboard the flight is degrading, and treating women with such disregard is totally unacceptable.”

President Lampe commends Provincial Airlines for dealing with the matter swiftly by issuing an apology and banning the two men indefinitely from all flights.

The MHA, Lela Evans has been busy in meetings/teleconferences to address the issues along the Labrador coast.

She says she’s been delayed in her travels to the coast due to bad weather.

One of Evans issues that she’s been dealing with is the Children, Senior’s and Social Development (CSSD).

Click here to hear Evans tell you more on what she is dealing for her district.

The Students on Ice (SOI) has extended their deadline for the full scholarship for youth in Nain for the 2020 Arctic Expedition.

The extended deadline is in four days; on December 14th, 2019.

Next year in 2020, the Students on Ice will be celebrating their 20th anniversary.

Youth from Nunatsiavut can apply for this full funded scholarship.

Youth between the ages of 14 to 24 can apply.

In this 2020 expedition, youth from all over the world will have the opportunity to travel on this expedition.

They will travel from St. John’s to Iqaluit, Nunavut, and some parts of the coast of Labrador.

This expedition will be from July 5th, 2020 to July 20th, 2020.

To get more information or to apply, you can go on their website at www.studentsonice.com.

The Department of Health and Social Development are busy with their Christmas events this year.

Lorraine Allen is the Community Health Worker for Rigolet.

She says there will be a Christmas Kitchen on December 15th for ages 19 and up starting at 1:30 pm.

There are ten seats available for the Adult Paint Night on December 16th at 6:30 pm.

A Christmas Community Supper will take place at the Community Hall at 5 pm on December 17th.

A dinner for the Residential school survivors will be at 12 pm on December 20th.

Juliana Winters is the Community Health Worker in Hopedale.

She says on December 16th, there will be a Diabetes Bingo for ages 18-49 and 50 years and up.

There will be a Christmas party soon for ages six to 12.

Jane Merkuratsuk is the Community Health Worker for Nain.

Merkuratsuk says the Power Hour will be themed for Christmas.

The Honouring Abstinence Group will be having their Christmas Supper on December 17th.

Christmas is just around the corner and the OK Radio will be on for the following days:

Today, the OK Radio will be on air for regular Hours from 1 pm to 4 pm.

We will be on the air until December 23rd, 2019 and will be closed from December 24th – 26th but will be airing the church services.

Here are the following dates and times for the church services:

On Tuesday, Christmas Eve, December 24th, we will only be airing the Candle light service at 4 pm.

On Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25th, 2019, we’ll only be airing 10 am and 5 pm church services.

On Boxing Day, Thursday, December 26th, we’ll be airing the 5 pm and 7 pm church services.

The next regular show will be on December 27th.

On Children’s Day, December 28th, we will only be airing the 5 pm Closing Service.

On Monday, December 30th, 2019, the OK Radio will only be on the air from 1-3 pm, and will be closing again to ring in the New Year.

On Tuesday, December 31st, the OK Radio will air the New Year’s Eve Memorabilia at 7 pm.

Wednesday, January 1st, 2020, New Year’s Day, we’ll be airing the 10 am and 5 pm church services.

Monday, January 6th, on Old Christmas Day, the OK Radio will air the 10 am and 5 pm church services.

We would also like to notify the public that we are now accepting Christmas Greetings.

OK Radio would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Santa Claus will once again be on OKâlaKatiget Society Radio.

Because the Christmas Concerts are being held on Wednesday, December 18th, 2019, OKâlaKatiget Radio has rescheduled the Santa on air to the next day on Thursday, December 19th, 2019.

Santa Claus himself will be on the radio from 2 to 4 pm speaking to children ages 12 years and under.

Children in town who wish to talk to Santa with their Wish List can call our Radio station at 922-2955.

Children out of town can call on our toll free number at 1-855-922-2955.

Santa and his Elves are very busy at this time of the year, so, children get your Wish List ready to tell Santa what you would like to get for Christmas.

A reminder to parents or guardians that children are asked to keep it short as possible so that other children get a chance to talk to Santa.

Once again, Santa will be on OKâlaKatiget Radio on Thursday, December 19th, 2019 from 2 to 4 pm.

And please remember to TURN DOWN YOUR RADIO when calling in.

The Atsanik Inn hotel is now offering a takeout service for residents in Nain.

They began their first takeout service last Friday, December 6th, 2019.

Stephanie Macintosh is the Manager for the Atsanik Inn.

She says right now there is a limited menu but they plan to have the takeout services 7 days a week with extended hours.

Right now, they are still in the process of training kitchen staff and are hoping to have their new kitchen equipment installed.

For anyone who would like to order takeout at the Atsanik Inn, here are the times and pickups:

Right now, they are taking lunch pre-orders until 11:30 am and pick up orders are between 11:50 am and 1:30 pm.

The supper pre-orders are until 4:30 pm and pick-ups for your pre-orders are from 4:50 pm until 6:30 pm.

You must provide your telephone number and your name when placing your pre-orders.

The menu for Pre-orders at the Atsanik Inn are:

Plain burger/fries $8.99
Cheese burger/fries $9.99
Deluxe burger/fries $11.99
Double patty burger/fries $14.99
2 piece chicken/fries $10.99
3 piece chicken/fries $13.99
Add $2.00 for poutine and $1.00 for gravy.

These prices do not include HST.

And please note that they are offering pickups only and will not be delivering.

The Department of Health and Social Development in Nain are holding Craft Nights every Friday evening.

Lisa Dicker is the Community Health Worker with DHSD.

She says this Craft Night started in June of this year and is held every Friday evening from 7-9 pm at the DHSD multipurpose room.

We had one of our radio producers to attend the Craft Night to see what her participants are making.

Click here to hear more from Lisa’s Craft Night at the Nain DHSD.