The 2nd Annual William Tuglavina Volleyball Tournament was a big success over the weekend in Hopedale.

We spoke with Mackenzie Frieda, on of the organizers.

She says 10 teams were registered this year.

Frieda says the Women’s standings this year were:

Team Willa came in first place. Team Fusion cam in second place, and Team Hope came in third this year.

In the Men’s division, Team Strikers came first, Holy Moly team came in second and Good Enuff team came in third.

She adds that the Most Sportsmanlike Player went to Ashley Abel and Tristan Denniston.

The Best Servers were Cindy Aggek and Gustav Barbour.

The Best Blockers were awarded to Curtis Dicker and Syska Mark Snow, the Best Spikers were Hanson Jacque and Michelle Nochasak.

The Best Defenses were Emma Ford and Michael Mitsuk, and the Most Valuable Players were awarded to Michelle Nochasak and Curtis Dicker.

For the broze medal games and finals there were quite a bit of people watching during the 2nd Annual William Volleyball tournament.

Congratulations to all the players and winners of this year’s tournament!

There is a recall on 2 different kinds of Alasko Brand IQF frozen fruit raspberries.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued this recall, due to reports of illnesses linked to the fruit, and the CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products.

The raspberries have a best before date of August 1, 2023 and the Antioxidant Blend’s best before date calls for October 11, 2023.

The frozen fruits were distributed to Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.

The agency notes that people with Norovirus illness usually develop symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, and stomach cramps withing 24 hours to 48 hours, but possibly as early as 12 hours.

Karen Andersen is Makkovik’s new Community Health Worker who filled the position in May 2023.

We spoke with her briefly on what events are happening in Makkovik, and some events that will are yet to come.

Andersen says that they work as a team to make all events possible. Some organizations that they partner with are NG, Public Health, RCMP, NLESD and Makkovik Recreation.

Makkovik has a weekly craft night, adult paint night and home visits to whoever is in need, directed to senior’s, single parents and people with chronic illness who are limited to getting things done.

Andersen mentioned a few activities they hold includes wellness for women, meals on wheels for men, taste testers, teen night, diabetes meal, senior’s dinners, kids club during school months and they also have a theme for each month.

This month’s theme for June is Child Development, they host a radio show every Wednesday and Thursday related to the theme of the month.

These are just some activities planned, not all are included.

If you would like more information, you can call Karen Andersen at (709)923-2340.

Lisa Palliser-Bennett is one of 2 local Community Health Workers based out of Rigolet.

Palliser says it’s a bit of a struggle trying to get back to normal living, how it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, but still tries to hold at least one or two community events each month.

But each month she offers programs such as Community Kitchen, healthy recess for school children from grades K-12, high school cooking, events for women, and men. She holds a School Connections program, a diabetes event along with senior’s events like bingo and meals.

She tries to hold weekly events that include food demos, fitness challenges, what would include a vegetable giveaway.

Once a year Palliser offers a bottling workshop for food preservation. Lisa, along with her coworker, partners with the RCMP once a year to hold a bike rodeo.

Palliser also mentioned that there will be a Nutritionist visiting Rigolet tomorrow, June 13, 2023, and she will be holding a community event.

For more information, you can call Lisa Palliser-Bennett at the Rigolet DHSD building at 947-3328.

The House of Assembly advises that a meeting of the Management Commission is scheduled for Wednesday, June 14 at 9 am.

The meeting will be broadcast live via the House of Assembly television channel and stream the House of Assembly website www.assembly.nl.ca. An in-camera session will follow the televised portion of the meeting.

Briefing materials for the meeting will be available on the website at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14.

Newfoundland and Labrador Housing says they are on track with renovations to 9 housing units on Labrador’s north coast.

Lela Evans, Torngat Mountains District MHA, raised this issue in the House of Assembly during the spring sitting. Noting that she had been advocating for the units to be repaired for a couple of years.

NG Housing says that 2 of the vacant units in Nain, Nunatsiavut have already been completed with tenants already moved in, and others in the process of moving into the second.

Work is still underway on the other 5 units in Nain, Nunatsiavut and is expected to be completed soon.

There are 2 units in Hopedale, Nunatsiavut awaiting repairs as well. The NLHC says they are in the process of tendering 3 new units for the town, and part of that contract will be repairs to the existing apartments. That work is expected to be completed by the fall.

A new pilot project is underway with the Nunatsiavut Government in Nain.

Called the Tupik Project, this is held by the Department of Language, Culture and Tourism.

We spoke with Shirley Jararuse and the Tupik Program Manager Maria Merkuratsuk for more information regarding this project.

Today Merkuratsuk will be having their first Senior’s Social from 1-3 at the ball field.

Stay tuned to our AtjiKangitut show today to find out more about this new pilot project.

The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs played their third challenge last evening.

The last two teams are the Vegas Golden Knights and the Florida Panthers.

During the first two games played, the Vegas Golden Knights won both of those by a score of 7-2 las Monday and again last Thursday with a score of 3-2.

Last evening was a bit different. The Florida Panthers beat the Vegas Golden Knights by a score of 3-2.

There are seven rounds in the championship game and there are 4 games to be played yet.

On Saturday, June 10, it will be the 4th game and Tuesday, June 13 will be their 5th game.

From there, the games are to be announced for Friday, June 16 and also for the 7th game on Tuesday, June 19.

Ronald McDonald House has officially opened their new Family Time Park.

It is made of prayers and miracles. That’s how RMMC Development and Communications Director, Christina Morgan chose to open the event marking the official opening of the park.

Fundraising for the park began in 2021 after they had come up with a design, and the construction team “nailed” it.

The park has many features including a playground, hockey and basketball court, a greenhouse, and a pavilion.

For Morgan, it’s about looking at sick kids who aren’t sick when they’re playing in the park.

That sentiment was evident throughout the afternoon with many children running, laughing, playing and enjoying the brand new area—the strain of the courageous battles they’re fighting nowhere to be seen.

One of those children was four-year-old Ryder, who is one year into his battle with leukemia. His mom, Ashley Renouf, says seeing the playground open is an unbelievable feeling and having the new space is “the best thing that could ever happen to Ronald McDonald House.”

Story courtesy of VOCM.

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services brings together four regional health authorities (RHAs) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) to continue to provide quality health care to all residents of the province, regardless of where they live.

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services just launched a new website.

This website will help transition to one health authority that will bring us closer to realizing the vision put forward by Health Accord NL to reshape our health-care system.

Transition work is ongoing in all areas of the organization in support of improving the health and health outcomes for people in Newfoundland and Labrador.

To find out more about this new website, you can visit www.nlhealthservices.ca.