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 04, 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.

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

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

The IlinniaKatigennik Show will be starting again end of this month.

The Nunatsiavut Culture, Recreation and Tourism are looking for Inuttitut speakers that are interested in telling stories, singing songs, and reading books.

They will be travelling along the coast this August to gather recordings.

If you are interested, please contact Melanie Angnatok at 922-2942 ext. 266 or email her at melanie.angnatok@nunatsiavut.com

We would also like to inform our listeners that the IlinniaKatigennik Show will be back on the air starting August 27, 2019.

The Nigivik Centre is looking for 4 youth ages 18-30 to attend a land based program.

Shelly Dicker is the community food worker for the Nigivik Centre.

She says that they have a Boat Charter all ready for this trip with Edward Sillitt and William Ikkusek.

They will go off on the land to go berry picking, Bake Apple picking, or fishing once all the names are filled, along with 2 workers.

Depending on the weather, if they don’t go this week, next week they will look for 5 youth ages 18-30, along with 1 worker to follow.

If you are interested please call Shelly Dicker at the Nigivik Centre at 922-2968.

Raytheon Canada and Vale are travelling to the North coast communities to inform people about business opportunities.

Melva Williams is the Business Development Manager with the Nunatsiavut Government.

She says that this will be the second attempt to tour the communities; hopefully the weather will be nice for them to make it everywhere next week.

The first stop is Rigolet, Monday August 26, 2019 from 2-4pm and 6-8 pm at the Hall.

Next stop will be Postville on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 from 10-12 noon and 1pm-3pm at the Kaipkok community Centre and in the evening from 6-9pm will be held in Makkovik at the Arena.

On Wednesday, August 28th, from 1-3 pm and 6-8 pm the information sessions will be held in Hopedale at the Nanuk centre.

The last stop will be in Nain on Thursday, August 29th, 1-4pm and 6-8 pm at the Pulapavik room.

The First Light Friendship Centre in St. John’s had funding of 3 million 49 thousand dollars for a new building.

Danny Pottle is the Executive Director for the centre.

He says they have a couple of places and they are looking at the Caledonia, which is an old St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Pottle says the Caledonia building has 8 or 9 offices and has been renovated.

Click here to hear more from Pottle later on today.

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 04, 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.

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

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

It has been 100 years since the Spanish Flu Tragedy, 206 of 263 people died from the Spanish Flu in Okak.

On September 24-27, the Nunatsiavut Government will be holding an event bringing descendants back to Okak for the 100-year anniversary to provide an opportunity for families to connect, heal, acknowledge, and celebrate the history of the community of Okak.

At this event, there will be:
• Art as healing workshop
• Hunting Trips
• The Brass Band
• Day Trip to nearby traditions camps
• Etc.

They will travel to Okak on ling liners and speed boats.

If you want to apply, you can go to Nunatsiavut Government for an application or you can go on the Nunatsiavut Government’s website. If you need help filling out the application, you can ask your local CLO’s.

The deadline to apply for this wonderful opportunity is on Sunday, August 18, 2019.

The deadline to apply to College of North Atlantic for CAS Trades has been extended to Aug 23, 2019.

Ocean Lane is the NG Career Counsellor for Labrador Aboriginal Training Partnership.

The LATP is also accepting funding applications for this program until Aug 23.

CAS Trades provides hand on exposure to Welding, Carpentry, Electrical and Millwright trades as well as academic upgrading to the equivalent of Grade 10.

Please contact your LATP Career Counsellor immediately if you are interested in this program that starts on Sept 30th.

For more information about this or how to apply you can contact Ocean Lane by email at: olane@latp.ca.

The Nunatsiavut Government will be having consultations on a Potential Inuit-Led management strategy for the Torngat Mountain Caribou.

We spoke with Jason Dicker who is the Wildlife Manager for Nunatsiavut Government.

They are seeking input from beneficiaries regarding a potential Inuit-Led management approach for the Torngat Mountain caribou.

It will be located at the Nunatsiavut Government boardroom, on Monday August 19, 2019 starting at 6:30pm.

For more information you can contact; Jason Dicker who is the Wildlife Manager with Nunatsiavut Government at 922-2942 or; Joseph Townley who is the Wildlife Stewardship Facilitator at 896-8582.

We received some updates on the Plane Crash located at the Mistastin Lake from the RCMP.

Following weeks of searching at Mistastin Lake, the site of a float plane crash on July 15 with seven occupants on board, the RCMP has now suspended water searches of the lake. At present, there are no new findings or information that could define further search areas of the massive body of water situated in a very remote area of Labrador.

Three occupants of the plane remain missing; as well, the plane’s fuselage has not been located, despite extensive efforts by the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team and the Fleet Dive Unit (Atlantic).

RCMP aircraft will continue to do flyovers of the area as possible, subject to availability and weather conditions. Any new information or sightings will be investigated.