Notice is hereby given by the Inuit community Government of Nain that Nominations will be accepted for positions of Councillor for the upcoming by-election to be held on 20th of June, 2019 at the NICG office.

Nominations will be accepted beginning on Thursday, the 23rd of May, 2019 between the hours of 9am and 4pm and will close on Thursday, the 30th of mAy, 2019.

If you would like to nominate a candidate for councillor, you have till today 4 pm, Thursday, May 30,2019 to nominate.

Criminal charges have been withdrawn against 14 people who were involved in protests at the Muskrat Falls project site more than two years ago.

The Crown said because the same set of circumstances were dealt with through civil proceedings in Supreme Court, trying them again as criminal charges would violate the legal principle that person can’t be tried twice for the same charges, known as “double jeopardy.”

For the most part, the 14 people who had their charges dropped were facing one charge of mischief and one charge of disobeying an order of the court each. In one case a charge of taking a motor vehicle or vessel without consent was also dropped.

Civil contempt proceedings concluded last week, and the judge is expected to rule on those matters sometime this summer.

Other individuals facing criminal charges for their alleged actions at the Muskrat Falls site had their court matters set over to mid-June.

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

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 today, June, 5, 2018, and resumes should be forwarded before 4:00 pm.

So get those resumes in today.

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.

The next TaKuaKautik food giveaway will be tomorrow, Thursday, May 30th from 6-8pm at the Nigivik Centre.

The TaKuaKautik would also like to remind the community that they will be handing out food once a month only.

It will be on the one day a month that is designated and advertised.

If people miss this date, you will have to wait until the next month to pick up food.

Please make sure to put extra effort into making an order and picking up a bag on that one day of the giveaway.

The TaKuaKautik food bank is ran completely by volunteers and due to the amount of work put into the food bank, this is what we are able to provide for the community until further notice.

Also please note that the Nigivik is not a part of the TaKuaKautik food bank. It is just space we use once a month for the give always.

The Nigivik Staff are not food bank staff.

If you have already filled out a registration form, you do not need to fill another. You just need to leave your name and the number of people in your household.

The Nigivik Centre would also like for the bags to be returned before the next giveaway.

If you have any questions, please call toll free 1-709-700-4739 to place your order before 12pm on Wednesday.

It is always good to hear from Elders, when they take about their community and what they used to do in them days.
Nellie Winters was born in OkKak and now lives in Makkovik.
She says one year, there were four women who made kamiks and they would sell their kamiks to the stores for $1.00 a pair.
Winters adds she herself used to make dried cod fish to sell to the store as well and they were 10 cents for one.
Stay tuned to PiusituKavut to hear more from Winters today.

Building on the success of past seasons, Air Borealis and the Nunatsiavut Group of Companies (NGC), contracted by the Nunatsiavut Government, will act as base camp operators for the world-renowned Torngat Mountains Base Camp and Research Station (TMBC) until at least 2023.

The first TMBC guests for the 2019 season will arrive on July 20th, with operations running through to the end of August.

Guests will have the option of either arriving at TMBC on direct Air Borealis flights from the Goose Bay Airport to the Saglek airstrip or of making an additional visit the Inuit community of Nain in Nunatsiavut while enroute.

For their time at TMBC, guests will be able to choose from 3, 4 and 7 night packages which will include breathtaking excursions and inspiring hikes.

Packages for the 2019 season are still available and can be booked through www.thetorngats.com or by e-mailing thetorngats@airborealis.ca

For the next five years, all aspects of TMBC operations will be executed under the experienced management of Air Borealis and the Nunatsiavut Group of Companies.

This will include the implementation of a year round booking system, enhancements to the current TMBC experience marketing, upgrades and operation of facilities at site and the development of visitor experience and tour packages that will continue to exceed guest expectations.

OK Radio will have more information, once it becomes available.

The Department of Health and Social Development holds craft nights in Nain.
Lisa Dicker is the Community Health Worker with DHSD.
She says they get together on Friday evenings at 7pm at the DHSD office.
Dicker says they have some materials to use, if anyone is interested in joining.
Stay tuned to AtjiKangitut to hear more of Dicker on Craft Nights in Nain.

The Recreation Department in Nain has a Town Clean up and Property clean up for the whole town with prizes to be won.

The property clean up started as of yesterday May 28, 2019.

Call 922-2842 to enter your property, properties that have already cleaned up also can enter.

Truck/Car/Ski-doo removal is available.

There are three prizes to be won and they are:

Grocery Hamper valued at $500
Free water and Sewer for a Year: valued at $200
$50 Northern Card

The town clean up with be Sunday June 2, 2019 starting at 2pm until 5pm.

Everyone is asked to meet at the Town dump.

Garbage Bags and Rubber Gloves will be provided.

The prizes to be won for the Town clean up are:

2 draws for Grocery Hampers valued at $250 each
Gift Package of three Bingo cards (2 Recreation and 1 fire department)
Children’s Bike for participants ages 12 and under

Sponsored by: NICG, CYN, NICG Recreation Department, and NICG Fire Department

For more Information you can contact the recreation Department or CYN Fieldworker Bradley Lampe at the JSCC 922-2690/922-2691

The registration for the Summer Recreation Program will soon be taking place starting on June 5, 2019 at 6pm at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre.

The registration is on a first come first serve basis and only parents or guardians can sign children up for this program.

For children ages four years old, the registration limit will be 10 paces, 2 days per week, and the 5-7 and 8-12 yrs old registration space limit will be of 15.

After this number has been reached, all other children will be wait-listed and parents will be notified start date of the program.

For this year’s Summer Program fee will be a cost of $30.

Please note that they have not been approved any funding for students yet, and acceptance into this year’s program will depend on the number of students funded.

For more information, you can contact the Recreation Director Lisa Ivany or the recreation Assistants Mary Maggo or Edward Harris at 922-2690 or 922-2691.

The Canadian Ice Service with the Nunatsiavut Government will be holding a community open house this evening.

Paul McCarney is the Research Manager with Nunatsiavut Government.

He says that him and Adrienne Tivy who is with the Canadian Ice Service will be doing a presentation on sea ice research and monitoring in Nunatsiavut.

This will be held at the NG Boardroom here in Nain this evening starting at 7pm.

Tea and snacks will be provided.