There will be a Fourth Annual Wing-bee here in Nain on today & tomorrow, Feb. 12 & 13. Both events will be held at the Nunatsiavut Boardroom.

This helps gather data on migratory birds that are harvested in Nunatsiavut.

Today, Feb. 12th, from 1-4pm, they will be having a hands-on training session where you can learn how to identify and age different types of birds such as turr, tinker, pigeons, ducks, and geese. This will also be a good chance to learn why this information is important.

And tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 13th , from 10-12, there will be the actual 2019 Wing Bee where you can help sort wing samples and identify the species, age, and/or sex of the turr, tinker, bully bird, pigeon, and duck wings. Also identifying the age of the geese by the tail feathers and measuring the heads.

Please join in this event and get a chance to win a door prize.

For more information you can contact Inuit Research Advisor, Carla Pamak at 709 922 2380 or email her at carla_pamak@nunatsiavut.com.

The Students on Ice Expedition are looking for youth in Nunatsiavut to take part in their 19th annual expedition this summer.

This expedition is the Arctic 2019 Expedition.

We spoke with Shirley Manh who is one of the Expedition Managers with Students on ice.

And the deadline is fast approaching; the deadline to submit your application for the Arctic 2019 is Sunday, February 17, 2019.

She says students will be traveling to Greenland from Ottawa.

Manh says students from Nunatsiavut can get full scholarships if they apply.

This summer students will have the opportunity to be on the land, learn something different about having a healthy sustainable environment.

And this year there will be 8 scholarships for Nunatsiavut students.

This expedition is for Youth ages 14 to 18 who are either students or post secondary students.

If you want to apply for this 2019 arctic expedition or to find out on how to apply please, click here.

The Hopedale RCMP Volleyball Tournament will be taking place in April this year.

This year marks the 35th annual tournament.

RCMP Volley ball Tournament will be held on April 5th and 6th 2019.

The Deadline to register your teams will be April 3rd.

All teams must pay the registration fee of $20 per player to participate before the first game.

No exceptions, and 5 players minimum and 7 players maximum.

This year marks the 18th Annual Bernard and Jeffrey Webb Memorial Ice Hockey Tournament that will be held in Nain.

We spoke with Lisa Ivany who is the Nain’s Recreation Director.

She says this year the tournament will be held on Friday March 1st to the 3rd.

There is a registration fee for both adult and youth divisions, this fee must be paid before the tournament.

Fee for the adult division will be $30 and for youth who are not in school also pay the $30 registration fee, while students who are attending school pay the $20 registration fee.

Ivany says teams will include a Maximum of 13 players for both adult and children teams.

Deadline to register your teams is February 27.

For more information please contact Lisa Ivany at the JC at 922-2691.

The 28 th annual Billy Quak Memorial Ball Hockey Tournament is scheduled for this weekend in Makkovik.

And this year it will be final Billy Quak Memorial Ball Hockey Tournament.

The registration fee is $10 per player and the deadline to register is this coming Wednesday, February 13.

The tournament will consist of 9 players of 4 females and 4 males and one goalie.

This will also be the last chance to win a Billy Quak T-shirt or a hoodie, you can submit your teams to John Andersen, Recreation Director at 1-709-923- 2202 or 923-2262.

The 28th annual and final Billy Quak Memorial Ball Hockey Tournament will take place at the J.C. Erhardt Memorial School Gym on Friday, February 15 and Saturday, February 16, 2019.

Is it a memorable event to watch a NHL hockey game in person.

We spoke with Christa Angnatok from Nain, and she had the opportunity to do so.

Angnatok says she travelled to Montreal Quebec to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs and Habs game in the Bell Centre on Saturday evening at 7pm.

The Toronto Maple Leafs won in overtime 4-3 against the Montreal Canadians.

She says earlier that day, February 9 at 2pm, she also went to watch the CWHL hockey game, it’s a Canadian women’s hockey league at the “centre Étienne desmarteau” arena.

The teams that were playing were the Montreal women’s team, Les Canadiennes, and the women’s Toronto team, Toronto Furies.

There are women from Team Canada and Team USA that play in this league, so she was pretty excited to get a chance to watch them play.

Especially some of her favourites, Marie-Philip Poulin who is the captain of team Canada, Natalie Spooner, Jill Saulnier, Hilary Knight and so on.

Angnatok says she had the chance to get a picture with her favourite team the Les Canadiennes and some autographs from both teams.

Angnatok says it was such an amazing trip and said ” I would do it all over again”.

The Hebron Family Archeology meeting went ahead last Thursday in Nain.

Michelle Davies is an Archeology Assistant with Nunatsiavut Government.

And we spoke with her last Friday.

She says they discussed last summer’s project up Hebron.

They introduced some upcoming meetings for this week in Nain, and Hopedale the following week, in Makkovik and Goose Bay as well.

To hear Davies give more details about the meeting that was held, click here.

A power outage occurred in Nain yesterday, and residents were left with no explanation on what happened, this outage affected the whole town of Nain.

According to the NL Hydro website, the report states that they still have an outage right now; this outage is being experienced in Nain located on Nanuk Road.

They also say as a result of the outage in Nain this is yet to be determined by Hydro crew members, and they have to send in crew members to restore the issue.

A Facebook message from a Nain resident said last evening Feb 10, that from NL Hydro that almost all customers were restored with the exception of about 40 residents who will need to remain off overnight, hydro crew will be out at first light if the weather improves.

Also today for now due to bad weather on the north coast, it is uncertain if the crew will come into Nain.

In the meantime, we also spoke with Lisa Ivany who is a resident on Nanuk Street.

She says she opened the Jeremias Sillett Community Center this morning at 8:30am for her fellow Inuit who are struggling with the power outage on her street and facing the cold temperatures and who may not have the ability to cook up warm meals.

Ivany made some panitsiak and boiled water for tea or Coffee to those who are in need.

There is also internet at the JC and a TV to watch, and board games, if anyone is in need of any help please call the JC at JS 922-2691.

There will be a Fourth Annual Wing-bee here in Nain on Tuesday & Wednesday, Feb. 12 & 13. Both events will be held at the Nunatsiavut Boardroom.

This helps gather data on migratory birds that are harvested in Nunatsiavut.

On Tuesday, Feb. 12th, from 10-12 & 1-4pm, they will be having a hands-on training session where you can learn how to identify and age different types of birds such as turr, tinker, pigeons, ducks, and geese. This will also be a good chance to learn why this information is important.

On Wednesday, Feb. 13th , from 10-12, there will be the actual 2019 Wing Bee where you can help sort wing samples and identify the species, age, and/or sex of the turr, tinker, bully bird, pigeon, and duck wings. Also identifying the age of the geese by the tail feathers and measuring the heads.

Please join in this event and get a chance to win a door prize.

For more information you can contact Inuit Research Advisor, Carla Pamak at 709 922 2380 or email her at carla_pamak@nunatsiavut.com.

Theo Fleury is a former famous hockey player and he was in Labrador, he got to visit some coastal communities.

The former famous hockey player had the opportunity to meet people in Happy Valley Goose Bay, Makkovik, Postville and Hopedale.

Fleury did not make it to Nain due to poor weather forecast conditions for this week.

So he will be flying back to Goose Bay today from Hopedale.

But he will be coming back to Labrador in the summer.

Fleury is scheduled to be in Nain on July 8, 2019.