The Archeology Department is ready for their trip for Hebron for the summer.

Michelle Davies is the Archeologist Assistant with the Nunatsiavut Government.

Yesterday the Hebron Selection Committee reviewed all applications for the Hebron Family Archaeology project and voted on participants.

Davies is happy to announce that they have selected Andrew Piercy and Wayne Piercy from Hopedale to participate in the project this year.

Great big thanks to the selection committee and to everyone who submitted their name for consideration.

They will travel to Hebron from August 14 to the 21st and present their results to the communities when they return.

Effective today August 1, 2019 the Hopedale Community Clinic will no longer dispense medication in their community clinic.

Dr.Woolam is the Family Physician in Happy Valley Goose Bay and the Vice President of Medical Services for Labrador.

He says the Newfoundland and Labrador Pharmacy board as well as the Standards of the Practise of the association of registered nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador had to make some changes around how they dispense medication to their community clinics on the north coast.

Labrador Grenfell health will terminate the practise of dispensing chronic medication in the Hopedale clinic.

Click here to find out more about the changes to the prescription of dispensing at the Hopedale Community Clinic.

Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe says he was saddened to learn of the tragic boating accident in Rigolet on Tuesday evening, July 30th that claimed the lives of two young adults from the community.

“On behalf of the Nunatsiavut Government and Beneficiaries of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement, I want to offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased,” stated President Lampe. “As the devastating news settles in the community and throughout Nunatsiavut and Labrador, we send thoughts and prayers to all those affected by this tremendous loss.”

President Lampe also thanked those that responded to the tragedy and rescued the two children who were found clinging to the capsized boat some 40 kilometers from the community.

“This could have been even more tragic if not for the prompt action of those who responded. I hope they find comfort in knowing that they did everything they could during what must have been a very trying time.”

The 22nd Annual Salmon Festival will be held from August 7th to the 10th in Rigolet.

The festival will start with Opening Ceremonies at the Community Hall following the parade.

There will be games such as Cardboard boat race, 3 vs. 3 volleyball tournament, salmon cooking contest, outdoor kids’ races, some entertainment, and many more.

The OKâlaKatiget Radio will have more of the Salmon Festival Schedule once it starts.

The IliniaKatigennik Show will be starting again in 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 in 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 on August 27, 2019.

The Nain Inuit Community Government would like to advise the public that the seniors van will now be on the roads during the days and evenings.

Beni Ittulak is the Town Manager for the Nain Inuit Community Government.

Yesterday the NICG hired on Edward Lidd as a second seniors van driver.

Hours of operation for the evenings are from 5-8pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and on Thursday it is from 5-8:30pm.

Richard Ikkusek is the seniors van driver during the day and the operating hours are from 8:30am-12pm and again from 1-5pm.

They have no finishing date for the Seniors Van Operation, it will depend weather conditions once the season changes.

If any senior would like a ride they can call the office at 922-2944, if there is no answer please leave a message on the answering machine.

A new vessel was built to serve the Torngat Fish Producers Incorporated in Nain.

We spoke to Peter Windsor who is the co- owner of the Mid Island Marine of Fabrication of Triton.

He says this new boat was built in Triton Newfoundland.

Windsor says this is boat number 2 which will be shipped to Nain next week.

We also spoke to John Ikkusek, the Fish Plant Manager in Nain.

He says that this new vessel will be operating for the Nain fish plant.

The new Vessel’s name is “Torngat 1” and is in memory of Richard Rich.

Click here to hear more from Windsor on the new fishing vessel for Nain.

The federal government will be sending in assistance in the ongoing effort to recover the victims of an Air Saguenay aircraft that crashed in Labrador two weeks ago.

Four of the seven people on board – including the two Newfoundlanders – have been recovered.

The Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Ralph Goodale, says they have accepted a request from the provincial government for help.

The Canadian Armed Forces will send in equipment and personnel to help recover remains and other items from Mistastin Lake.

A spokesperson for the Department of National Defence says the recovery effort is still being led by the RCMP, but the Armed Forces’ underwater search team has some unique capabilities to lend to the effort.

The Joint Task Force Atlantic will begin the underwater search this week.

The DND says six members of its Fleet Diving Unit will be sent from Halifax with special equipment to help find items under water consistent with the depths of Mistastin Lake.)

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OK Radio will have updates once they become available.

The English River fish count in Postville has started their operations.

Todd Broomfield is the Director of Renewable Resources with the Nunatsiavut Government.

He says the counting fence was delayed with installing the vents because the river level was quite high, and they had to wait until the water level to drop to put the fence in.

But on July 15 the counting fence was installed at the English River Fish count.

Broomfield says normally they would be operating the fence in the first week of July but due to the ongoing rain and with the spring, the snow run off and the snow and rain combined are keeping the water level high in the river.

He says they have 6 crew members employed at the 15 minute boat ride which is east of Postville.

The English River Fish Count is in operated 7 days a week for 17 weeks.

Broomfield says the latest information they received was from yesterday July 28, 2019.

They counted 10 small salmon, 2 large salmon, 5 small char, 42 large char and 1 Brooke trout.

The char is returning to the rivers, basically every fish that enters the trap at the counting fence is counted by crew and released to the river.

The English fish count now has been in operation now since 1999.

The prices of gasoline, stove oil and diesel oil are now unfrozen in Northern Labrador communities.

The price of gas has lifted for customers since July 4, 2019.

According to the Newfoundland and Labrador board of commissioners they released their weekly adjustment of the maximum prices of regulated petroleum from the Public Utilities board on Thursday July 25.

The Public Utilities Board set maximum prices for all regulated petroleum products in all areas of the province.

The changes to maximum fuel prices are as follows: all types of gasoline motor fuel will decrease by up to 5.7 cents per litre (cpl);
Diesel motor fuel on the Island will decrease by up to 3.0 cpl;
Diesel motor fuel in Labrador will decrease by up to 1.1 cpl;
Furnace oil heating fuel will decrease by 2.59 cpl;
Stove oil heating fuel will decrease by 2.59 cpl; and,
Propane heating fuel will see no change.

The next scheduled price change is Thursday, August 1, 2019.