The Nain Recreation Department will be holding a Music Festival this weekend, yesterday we announced day 1 of the schedule here is day 2.

Lisa Ivany is the Recreation Director for Nain Inuit Community Government.

On Saturday, August 24, the Music Festival will end off with an Open Mic for any local performers.

On Sunday, August 25, starting at 2pm will begin off with the Nain Brass Band, and from 2:15-4:15 will be local performers playing.

At 4:15pm, The Flummies Band will play, and at 5:30pm, there will be a Step Dance Competition with a prize of $50.

From 5:45-8pm, local performers will be performing followed by Saali Keelan and his band at 8pm.

At 9:15pm they will hold a Community Cha Cha Slide, you will get extra tickets for a better chance to win the door prize.

And at 9:25pm they will do the Door Prize for the Ipad Mini, you must be present to win.

At 9:40, they will have a closing for the Tusannituk Music Festival along with the Nain Brass Band.

There will also be a Photo Contest with a prize of $200 during the Festival, and the contest will be for Capturing Moments during this 2 day Music Festival.

Entries can be emailed to recreationnain@nf.aibn.com, there will also be a Door Prize and you must be present to win yourself an Ipad Mini.

And ending off at 11pm, there will be Fireworks sponsored by the NICG Recreation Department and the Nain Volunteer Fire Dept.

Please note that the seniors van will also be available for ages 55 years and up from 8am-10am and 5:30-10pm to the JS only, and on Sunday from 2-5pm and 6-10pm, any senior’s needing a ride can call 2690/2691.

Big thanks to the NICG Recreation Department, Ulapitsaijet, and the Nain Volunteer Fire Dept. for sponsoring for this Music Festival.

MHA Lela Evans has been travelling to the North Coast Communities to work on the issues with her constituents.

She says she travelled to Goose Bay, Makkovik, and is making her way to Hopedale and Postville.

Evans says people are worried about the shipping with the new vessel, Kamutik W, where there have been many delays due to weather conditions.

She also speaks about people’s concerns with the Muskrat Falls Flooding.

Stay tuned to Sunday’s Program on Sunday, August 25th to hear what Evans has to say about the issues she’s been working on.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) will be travelling to the Nunatsiavut communities in September.

Kevin Kablutsiak is the Senior Executive Training Coordinator with ITK.

He says that everyone is still in the planning process but the date is set to be in Nain on September 8, 2019.

They are still looking to rent for 4 beds to rent in Nain because accommodations and hotel space is limited.

If you are able to help with billeting, please call 1-866-262-8181 ext 242 or email: kablutsiak@itk.ca.

Click here to hear more about the Arctic Tour.

Oceania Canada will be travelling to Hebron, Saglek, Okak, and the Nain Bay area to do many researches.

Bob Rangeley is the Director of Science with Oceania Canada.

He says that they will travel with researchers from the Nunatsiavut Government staff, along with their Oceania staff researchers who will travel to Hebron and meet the Hebron Project from there.

They will be learning about what sorts of things are important to the local communities in terms of nature and the connection with the community.

When they are finished with their travel for doing their research, they will have an Open House on Tuesday evening August 27, 6PM located at the Community Centre.

To hear more from Rangeley speak about the Oceania Research click here.

Thanks to the sponsors of NICG Recreation Department, Ulapitsaijet, and the NVFD, the community of Nain will hold a Music Festival this weekend.

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

Today they announced the winner of the New Name Contest for this Music Festival, and Katie Emelia Winters won herself $250, naming the Festival “Tusannituk, Nice to Listen To”.

Tusannituk Music Festival will begin Saturday, August 24 located at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre with a community breakfast from 8am-9:30am.

From 10am-5pm they will hold a fishing contest with prizes of most fish, heaviest fish, and longest fish all prizes of $100. You can fish anywhere, all fish must be caught by rod, and you must be at the wharf by 5pm for judging by Edward Harris.

There will be a Children’s Movie from 12 noon-1:30pm playing “Secret Life of Pets 2”.

And from 3-4PM they will have a Team Band Trivia, and teams can consist of a maximum of 6 players, and prizes for the winners will win $200.

6PM will be the opening ceremony for the Music Festival, with introduction, along with the Nain Brass Band.

6:30-7:30PM will be local players, and starting 7:45PM David Hart and his band will play, than 9PM it will be an Open Mic for any locals.

There will also be a Photo Contest during the Festival, and the contest will be for Capturing Moments during this 2 day Music Festival. Prizes will get $200, and entries can be emailed to recreationnain@nf.aibn.com, and there will also be a Door Prize and you must be present to win yourself an Ipad Mini.

The seniors van will be available for rides ages 55 years and up, to the JS only from 8am-10am and 5:30-10pm, and on Sunday from 2-5pm and 6-10pm, so call 2690/2691 for rides.

Okalakatiget Radio will have more of the Music Festival tomorrow.

The Nain fish plant is still busy with Char.

Deidi Kohlmeister is the Office Supervisor for the plant.

She says there are 20 employees working at char and 3 fishermen fishing.

Kohlmeister says 24,221lbs of char has been landed to date.

She adds that there are crab claws for $10.00 a pack, crab legs are $22.00 for 2 pounds, shrimp for $6.00 a bag, cod fillets for $35.00 for 5 pound and smoke char for sale if anyone is interested.

OK Radio will have an update from the Makkovik fish plant once it becomes available.

There is a small break at the pumps this week.

The regulated price of gas is down by just over half a cent per litre (0.6). Diesel, however, will increase by over one cent (1.3) per litre.

As for furnace and stove oils, they are each up by a little over one cent (1.06).

Propane will decrease by one cent per litre (1.0).

Story courtesy of VOCM.

The Happy Valley Goose-Bay SPCA is in need of more fostering homes due to lack of space.

Bonnie Learning is the volunteering vice president of the HVGB SPCA, located on the Winnipeg Street on the Canadian side of Goose-Bay.

They have at least 4 animals from the north coast to be sent to them yet but right now they have no space for them to be sent to HVGB.

The SPCA is in need of more foster homes because they have maxed out in space at their shelter, and they have only so much foster homes already in care. They’ve also maxed out at the boarding kennel for the project business.

Foster homes are always needed especially when it comes to animals with medical problems, animals that can’t get along with other animals, and many other reasons, so it is a lot more difficult to get foster homes.

If you are an interested person to become a foster for animals you can go onto their website at www.hvgbspca.com, you can email bonnielearning@gmail.com, or contact Bonnie at 709-897-5661. You can also touch base with Bonnie through Facebook.

Foster applications are available through the Facebook group page HVGB SPCA.

Learning adds that when you foster animals they provide everything for the fostering such as; food, bedding, collars, leashes, etc.

There will be a 1st Annual Tom Jararuse Dart Tournament in Hopedale on August 31st, 2019.

We contacted Hannah Winters in Hopedale.

She says there are 8 teams registered so far and are still looking for more teams if anyone is interested.

Each teams will consist of 4, 2 men and 2 women.

There will also be people from Natuashish and Goose Bay to join in this event.

Winters says she received funding from the kamatsiatet Committee for the cash prizes and a small donation from Patty Dicker.

The prizes for this tournament will consist of T-shirts and $2,000 for 1st place, $900 for 2nd place, and $400 for 3rd.

If more teams register then the cash prizes will go higher.

Winters adds that she also has 50/50 tickets to raise money for the t-shirts at the Nanuk Centre.

The fee for the tournament is $25 per player, $100 per teams and will go towards the prizes.

Anyone interested in registering can contact Hannah Winters at 933-3365 or message her on Facebook.

Winters would like to thank everyone for all the support and good luck.

The OKâlaKatiget Society has a job opening for a Television Producer.

This position is a full time permanent position with the Society.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Identifying story ideas and conducting research
• Operating camera, lighting and audio equipment
• Planning and conducting interviews and sources
• Outlining and writing scripts for editing
• Transcribing
• Digitally editing film on Avid software

The closing date is Wednesday, September 4, 2019 and resumes should be forwarded before 4pm.

Preferences will be given to Beneficiaries of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement.

Applicants are preferred to be bilingual in Inuktitut and English as well.

You can send in your resumes to our Executive Director Arlene Ikkusek by email at: arlene.ikkusek@oksociety.com or to Senior Television Producer Sarah Abel by email: sarah.abel@oksociety.com

For more information, you can contact the OK Society office at (709) 922-2955.