The IlinniaKatigennik Show will be starting again this August.

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 Nunatsiavut Government Department of Culture, Recreation and tourism is holding an OkKak 100 year Commemoration in September and are looking for the following:

• Bear guards
• Speed boat drivers
• Cooks/Cooks helper
• Cleaners
• Drivers for in town
• Billeting
• Interpreters/Translators
• Recorder/Minute taker
• Long liners

If you are interested in any of the following, please contact Brenda Jararuse at 922-2942 ext. 239 or email her at brenda.jararuse@nunatsiavut.com

The deadline to hand in your applications is on Friday, August 23, 2019.

The TaKuaKautik is a food bank ran by volunteers at the Nigivik Centre here in Nain.

Brenda Jararuse is the Chair of the volunteer group for the TaKuaKautik.

She says that they accepts any donations from the community for anybody who is able to donate any food to the food bank, also from anybody else outside of Nain.

Jararuse would like to remind the public that they are open every last Thursday of the month from 6-8pm at the Nigivik Centre here in Nain.

Stay tuned to our Sunday Show on Sunday to hear the update we had with Jararuse on the TaKuaKautik.

There will be a Young Girls Empowerment & Personal Development for Young Girls here in Nain from August 12-16, 2019.

This will be for girls aged 13-18 from the communities of HVGB, NWR, Nain, Rigolet, Makkovik, Postville, Hopedale Nain and 1 person from the Canadian Constituency.

The intent of the program is to educate and promote healthy lifestyles through informal discussions and interactions that will empower young girls with confidence, pride and self-esteem throughout Inuit traditions and cultural practices.

Door prizes will be drawn for the purpose to encourage, promote, empower, educate and engage all young girls.

If interested please contact the Regional Youth Administrator, Heather Angnatok
at the DHSD here in Nain at 922-2126 extension 241.

Or you can email her at heather.angnatok@nunatsiavut.com
The deadline to apply is today Friday, August 2, 2019 at 4pm.

The Dept. of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism is offering a Master-Apprentice Program for ONE fluent speaker and ONE apprentice, each from Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, Postville & Rigolet.

Shirley Jararuse is the Language Program Coordinator for Nunatsiavut Government.

She says the goal is to have a non-fluent speaker learn Inuttitut from a Master.
You will engage in daily activities with each other from Monday-Friday for 10-20 hours/ week for 6 months.

If you feel that you will be fully committed to this program and is eager to learn or teach Inuttitut,

Please apply in writing to:

Shirley Jararuse
Nunatsiavut Government
P.O.Box 70
Nain, NL A0P 1L0
Email: Shirley.jararuse@nunatsiavut.com
Tel: (709) 922-2942, ext. 262
Fax: (709) 922-2863

DEADLINE: August 30th @ 4:00pm!!!

On July 31, 2019 at approximately 6:30 p.m., Nain RCMP received a report of a stolen all-terrain vehicle (ATV) that occurred sometime overnight.

Police conducted patrols through the community and located a man driving the ATV in the community.

A traffic stop was conducted and the driver, 34-year-old David J. Tuglavina, was arrested for being in possession of stolen property. In addition, he was found to be impaired by alcohol and in breach of his probation order for consuming alcohol.

Tuglavina was held in custody and attends court yesterday. He has been charged with possession of stolen property over $5000, impaired operation, and breach of probation.

There was a presentation held here in Nain on some archeology work at Okak on the evening of July 24, 2019.

Peter Whitridge is a professor in the department of Archeology at Memorial University.

He also says he directed a small field crew who did some environmental sampling and some drone mapping in the Okak area.

He says at his presentation, although there weren’t very many people who attended went very well and had great questions.

Click here to hear more of what the Professor has to say about his Okak Archeology presentation.

There will be a Young Girls Empowerment & Personal Development for Young Girls here in Nain from August 12-16, 2019.

This will be for girls aged 13-18 from the communities of HVGB, NWR, Nain, Rigolet, Makkovik, Postville, Hopedale Nain and 1 person from the Canadian Constituency.

The intent of the program is to educate and promote healthy lifestyles through informal discussions and interactions that will empower young girls with confidence, pride and self-esteem throughout Inuit traditions and cultural practices.

Door prizes will be drawn for the purpose to encourage, promote, empower, educate and engage all young girls.

If interested please contact the Regional Youth Administrator, Heather Angnatok
at the DHSD here in Nain at (709) 922-2126 extension 241.

Or you can email her at heather.angnatok@nunatsiavut.com
The deadline to apply is Friday, August 2, 2019 at 4pm.

The officially regulated price of fuel is up almost across the board today, and gas is slightly higher than predicted by the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices yesterday.

Gas increases by over 2 1/2 cents per litre, while diesel is up over a cent.

Furnace and stove oil are up over one cent, while residential propane saw the only decrease with half a cent.

The Nunatsiavut Government Department of Culture, Recreation and tourism is holding an OkKak 100 Year Commemoration in September and are looking for the following:

• Bear guards
• Speed drivers
• Cooks/Cooks Helper
• Cleaners
• Drivers for in town
• Billeting
• Interpreters/Translators
• Recorder/Minute taker
• Long liners

If you are interested in any of the following, please contact Brenda Jararuse at 922-2942 ext. 239 or email her at brenda.jararuse@nunatsiavut.com.

And the deadline to hand in your applications is on August 23, 2019.