It is good hear stories from young people when they talk about what instruments they can play.
Eva Obed is from Nain.
She says she learned how to play the accordion while in Ottawa.
Obed says she can also play the trumpet and the keyboard.
Click here to hear more from Obed this afternoon.
The Department of Health and Social Development in Postville are busy running and preparing programs and events for their community.
Vyann Andersen-Goudie is the Mental Health & Addictions Worker with DSHD.
She says Mental Health Week is from May 6-12, 2019.
DHSD Postville has a busy week of planned events for the whole community.
Mom, toddlers and Babies will meet at DHSD today and drive to the Rapid for a boil up.
On Wednesday, May 8th starting at 3 pm there will be a Youth Cooking Class at DHSD. For more information, contact Candy at 479-9878.
Postville will be doing a Hope Walk on Thursday, May 9, starting at 6 pm.
This walk is a walk for life, Participants will walk to the nearby Rapid and back.
There will be drivers along the route for those that cannot complete the walk.
Walkers will receive a back pack, water bottle, toque and sunglasses.
On Friday, May 10th, there will be a Movie Night for Moms starting at 8 p.m. at the DHSD Building. Snacks will be provided.
For more information you can contact 709-479-9878, ext. 2013
The HOPE Walk went ahead this past weekend here in Nain.
Rutie Lampe is the Mental Health & Addictions Worker for DHSD.
She says there were eight HOPE Walkers including herself this year that walked to the Iggiak Camp near Nain.
They spent 3 days at the camp and had some planned activities.
Click here Lampe give you more about the Nain HOPE Walk.
TRHA has a housing committee put in place for Nain who will serve for a 2 year term.
Viona Hynes the Accountant for Torngat Regional Housing Association.
She says nominations were closed on March 28, 2019.
The committee members are: Jerry Hapgood, Margret Fox, Rod Pilgrim, Dwayne Metcalfe and Roxanne Andersen.
The Nain Inuit Community Government will be holding a meeting to reappoint the newly official NICG Representative during their meeting.
She adds that the other communities will be having newly appointed local housing committee put in place for the north coast.
The deadline date for the other communities is set for May 24.
OK Radio will have more information once available.
Yesterday OK radio got in contact with Nain, Hopedale and Postville about the trail markers in their town.
Today we spoke with Chelsea Shiwak who is the Town Clerk from Rigolet.
She say’s the trail markers were taken down on the 16th of March.
Barry Andersen is the AngajukKâk from Makkovik.
Andersen says there are still Markers up yet towards Drunken Harbour, towards Iggiak Neck, and some up to the Makkovik Bay.
He says they will get the rest later this week once the Weather clears and warms up, as some trail markers are still froze solid.
Ok Radio contacted each of the North Coast communities to see what they have planned for Mother’s Day.
Linda Pottle is the Team Leader from Makkovik DHSD.
Pottle says there will be a Mother’s Day Dinner on Friday, May 10.
The dinner will be held at the Community Hall at 12 noon.
Barb Edmunds is the Team Leader with DHSD in Postville.
She says on Friday, May 10, they will be having a Mom’s night out at 8pm.
They will be watching a movie called “Steel Magnolias” and snacks will be provided.
The DHSD in Nain are holding a mother day’s lunch this Friday May 10.
Lunch will be held from 2:30-4:30pm at the DHSD multipurpose room.
There will be a door prize draw and a flower handed to each mother.
For more information you can contact Alice Okkuatsiak, Lisa Dicker or Jane Merkuratsuk at the DHSD office 922-2126.
OK Radio will have Hopedale and Rigolet’s Mother’s Day activities once they become available.
Inuktitut speaking patients who travel for medical reasons have to have an Escort.
Jennifer Best is the NIHB Manager for Nunatsiavut.
She says if a patient is in need of a translator to go to St. John’s they would need to have an escort.
And the escort could get compensated.
Click here to hear more from Best on the Escorts that travel to St. John’s.
There is a marked trail from Nain to Happy Valley- Goose bay for travelling snowmobilers.
Melanie Gear is the Town Clerk from Postville Inuit Community Government.
Gear say’s the trail markers are up yet.
They will be removing the Trail Markers once the weather clears.
The trail makers from Natuashish to Nain will be taken off the ice today.
Joe Dicker is the AngajukKâk for Nain Inuit Community Government.
He says there are two people right now, but they need at least three or four more people.
Dicker says people that are going to be taking off the trail makers will be working at least for two days.
He adds this will be an on-going to every spring.
OK Radio will have more from the other communities once it becomes available.
A Local Resident of Nain found an easy way to show travellers the weather picture of Nain from the Air strip.
Josh Pamak is the resident from Nain.
Just before he came home for the Easter holidays, he made a Weather Network called, Nain Weather Bot.
He came up with the idea because he seen a lot of people who were travelling from Goose Bay to Nain requesting pictures of Nain while they were on weather hold.
He says he figured it would be easier for them to have that automatically done for them.
The Bot is built by using a Raspberry Pi Zero (a tiny single board computer) with a camera attached to it.
There is a simple program that takes a picture and uploads it to Twitter every 20 minutes between 6am and 6pm.
Pamak says anyone can use the Weather Bot on Twitter @NainWxPXBot and may also make it available on Facebook in the near future.
If you would like to go onto the Weather Bot Website you can do so by, www.twitter.com/NainWxPxBot
Pamak also has a small business selling clothing.
He started his own business selling T-Shirts early in 2018 but only got serious about it in the fall of 2018.
He sells a lot of different clothing products like T-Shirts, Hoodies, and Leggings.
Recently he has been selling Dresses, Skirts, Fitted Tang Tops, Phone Cases, and Underwear.
There is a lot of interest from Labrador but he also gets orders from other Inuit Regions, in different parts of Canada and he even made a few sales in the United States.
People can buy his products with Credit Card, Pay Pal or you can order with email transfer at pamaknco@gmail.com or contact him on Facebook.
You can visit the website page at www.pamak.co
The Nunatsiavut Governments Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism are in the process of developing a Nunatsiavut Arts Strategy and they are looking for beneficiaries who are interested in being a part of the Voluntary Steering Committee.
To become a committee member you must have the following:
1. Detail on your connection to Art and or craft in Nunatsiavut.
2. Why you would like to be a member
3. Your full name, the best way to contact you if you are a successful candidate.
They are seeking committee members to represent the following: One representative beneficiary from each Nunatsiavut community of Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, Postville and Rigolet and one representative beneficiary for Upper Lake Melville area and one art/craft partner organization.
If you are interested you must submit the following information by May 15, 2019 to be considered.
Please contact Chantelle Evans, by email at chantelle.evans@nuantsiavut.com or by calling her a (709) 923-2365. Ext: 234.