Brenda Jararuse who is with the Nunatsiavut government, department of culture, recreation and tourism is looking for several individuals to make Savitsuat, snow knives.

These positions are open to anyone in Nunatsiavut.

50 Savitsuat are required to be made by March 4 2019 and can be made by multiple crafts people.

Deadline to complete the Savitsuat is by march 6 2019 and the Deadline to apply is today February 27, 2019.

Interested candidates please contact Brenda Jararuse at 922-2942 ext. 239 or email at Brenda.jararuse@nunatsiavut.com.

The 3rd annual Grace Jararuse Flowers Memorial Ice Hockey Tournament was a huge success this year.

Congratulations to the Minor hockey division who are the Champions and the Goal went to the “Galore team” who won the exciting shootout game 4-3 final.

And the Men’s division Champions were the Nain Midget team.

Big thanks to Lisa Ivany, the Zamboni workers, to Edward Harris the Recreation assistant, also to Michael and Gwen Dyson who helped a lot throughout the weekend.

And huge thanks to all the volunteers who helped with this tournament by either reffing the games, being a Dj and or score keepers.

The community is invited to attend the annual Heritage Fair at Jens Haven Memorial School tomorrow afternoon.

Kristine Nolan is one of the Intermediate Teacher at JHMS.

Nolan says this year the grades 8 students will be showcasing at the Heritage Fair.

The Heritage Fair will begin at 1 and end at 3pm, and is located at the 4-12 gym.

The theme this year will be “Heroes and Villains from Newfoundland and Labrador’s past”.

Everyone is invited to attend the fair to see the students’ projects.

And you are asked to enter the door facing Joe Webb’s house.

Come out and show your support to the grade 8 students.

The Chief of our Fire Department, Rod Pilgrim donated a used snowmobile to the Nain Minor Hockey last Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Huge thanks to Rod, the Minor hockey will be selling tickets on a Arctic Cat 1998, 550 liquid cooled Bear Cat in mint condition with only 260 miles driven.

The tickets are $5 for one and three for $10, and will be drawn on April 15, 2019 .

Edward Flowers, who is the Coordinator for Minor Hockey, has started selling tickets on Thursday, Feb.21st, and says all monies will go to our Nain Midget team that is heading to Provincials in April.

And again, a big thank you to Rod for your generous donation.

There will be a youth symposium held in Hopedale for this year on March 7-11 2019. There will be two days taking place at the DHSD healing lodge.

There is space for five youth from each of the north coast communities, North West River and HV-GB, plus one from the Canadian constituency.

The deadline to apply is tomorrow, Wednesday February 27 2019.

If you have any questions please contact Cassie Jararuse at cassie.jararuse@nunatsiavut.com, Heather Angnatok at heather.angnatok@nunatsiavut.com or Jessica Winters at Jessica.winters@nunatsiavut.com

The TaKuaKautik is a Volunteer Based Community Lead Food Bank that are working on creating here in Nain Nunatsiavut.

They have been working together since January 2018. And to date, they now have a Board of Directors, thanks to Nunatsiavut Government DHSD, they have a location and storage, and a group of volunteers.

The Chair is Brenda Jararuse, Treasurer Kailey Webb, Secretary Kristeen McTavish, and their General Volunteer is Michelle Davies.

Their Facebook group, TaKuaKautik Food Bank will be used mainly to advertise any events going on and to keep the community updated with the TaKuaKautik.

They says that the next giveaway will be at the Nigivik Centre on Thursday, February 28, from 6-8pm, which will include food such as cereals and cereal bars, flour, sugar, soups, etc.

To place an order, you can call toll free number at 709-700-4739 and leave a message and state how many people in your family you are looking for food assistance for.

They would like to remind everyone that every last Thursday of the month will be food distribution days, unless stated otherwise. They are also asking those who placed an order to bring your bags back for the next giveaway.

Please keep an eye out for updates, fundraisers, and volunteer opportunities.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact any of the board of directors by email at takuakautik@gmail.com.

And their mailing address is:
TaKuaKautik
P.O. Box 359
Nain, NL
A0P 1L0

The Nain safe house held a contest for the residents of Nain to come up with a new name for their new building located on 9 AlakKatik road.

The deadline for submissions was yesterday, February 25, 2019.

The winner will be announced on March 25 2019 and the winner will receive $250.

After twenty-four years as a Radio producer with the OKâlaKatiget Society, Joanna Dicker is retiring.

Joanna was hired by Frances Williams, then Executive Director on Jan. 11, 1995.

Joanna soon became Senior Radio Producer and responsible for the daily running of the radio program and four other radio producers.

Her interest in Labrador issues, especially the Inuit of Northern Labrador, found her seeking out many issues affecting Labrador Inuit, their language, culture and way of life.

With recorder in hand, you’d see her at many community meetings, recording issues such as health, social issues, wildlife, fisheries, government officials, be it local, provincial or federal.

Her love and knowledge of music and involvement in the Moravian church choir made her a major asset in many music festivals and Projects surrounding the importance of music to Nunatsiavummiut and preserving it for generations to come.

She has been a mentor and teacher to many young producers starting out as well as journalists and Executive Directors, from away, who have come to OKalaKatiget to work over the years.

Thank-you Joanna, for sharing our Culture and Way of Life in Nunatsiavut in our own language and by bringing it into our homes and providing entertainment to our Elders and youth alike.

We will all certainly miss you!

To hear the interview we had with Joanna Dicker followed by our 3 o’clock show this afternoon to hear a tribute we made dedicated to her for all her hard work, click here.

The OKalâKatiget Society would like to advise our audience that we now have all our working phone lines in operation.

The OK Society did not have operation phones since December 2018.

The Bell Aliant technician made his way into our building this morning to complete the new phone system.

Thank you to all our listeners for your patience.

Them Days Magazine Inc. in Happy Valley Goose Bay had an Award recently.

Aimee Chaulk is the Editor.

She says this award was a Heritage award from the Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society.

Chaulk says Lieutenant Governor, Judy Foote presented the award.

She says it was for 44 years of service to the Labrador History.

She adds they were very happy to receive this award.