The Department of Health and Social Development in Postville will be holding their Halloween activities this week.

Barbara Edmunds the Team Leader with the DHSD in Postville.

She says that the Family Halloween Cake Decorating will be held this Saturday Oct 27 at the Rec Hall starting at 6:30pm.

Today is the last day to RVSP for their annual Adult Halloween party that is scheduled for this Monday October 29th, 2018.

This is for ages 19 to 54 hosted by DHSD’s Mental Health Worker and the Recreation Department.

Edmunds says they will hold a Halloween costume contest, play some games and have snacks.

The Halloween costume party for seniors 55 years and older will be hosted by the DHSD and the Recreation this year.

The seniors costume party will be hosted at the Community Center this Friday October 26, from 7-9 pm at the community center.

Snacks games and prices will be available.

And the Daycare Halloween Party is scheduled for the afternoon on October 31st.

The Nain Department of Health and Social Development will be holding their Halloween activities this week.

We spoke with Alice Okkuatsiak who is the Community Health Worker.

She says this evening at the DHSD they will be holding a Ghost story telling for ages 16 years and older starting at 6pm.

Okkuatsiak says for those who come out to the ghost story telling their will is a door prize followed by treats for those who attend.

The pumpkin carving is rescheduled for Saturday October 27, 2018 with all the seats filled, door prize and treats will be available.

She says the seniors will have a merchandise bingo Tuesday October 30th at 1:30 pm.

Seniors can come up dressed up, and three prizes will be drawn for dress up and a door prize.

And the Window decorating contest will be judged on October 30th starting at 6:30 pm.

Prizes for the window decorating contest follows: first prize is a $100 gift card, second prize is $75 and third is a $50 gift card.

Consumers are enjoying a price drop at the pumps today.

The regulated price of gas is down by just over 2 cents a liter (2.2) and diesel is down by just over a cent (1.2).

Furnace & stove oil are also down, by just under a cent while residential propane is up by a cent.

The construction of new homes on the north coast is going quite well in some communities, for the exception of early snowfalls this year.

Most of the outside of the new homes are covered and sidings put on and shingled.

William Lucy is the Coordinator of Torngat Regional Housing Association.

He says they are waiting on cabinets and more repair program materials to be shipped up north.

These materials are still in Lewisporte dock as we speak.

Lucy says its early too early to say, within some cases theres major repairs to do, but it might come out to do those repairs in May.

To hear Lucy talk more about the construction of the new homes and repairs and where they’re at this time of the year, click HERE.

OKâlaKatiget Society is celebrating its 36th Anniversary today.

There have been a lot of changes in radio and television work, staff and equipment in 36 years.

The OKâlaKatiget Society had many different addresses over the years until they moved into their new building in 2008.

Starting out as trainees in the basement of the Paivitsiak daycare to eventually, buying a section of the old school for the TV dept., while Radio was stationed in the old Boarding School.

When the old school burnt in 2005 television and administration moved into the already cramped quarters of the old boarding school with Radio.

Where they spent the next two and a half years while working on the construction of their new building.

On August 2014 the OKâlaKatiget Society radio station was no longer being broadcast on AM station and in ULM the AM transmitter was officially turned off in July of 2016.

OK Society is available live web streaming since December 2014 at www.oksocietyradio.com.

To learn more about the OK Society you can check out the website at www.oksociety.com.

The Inuit Art Foundation acquired the rights to the iconic Igloo Tag Trademark in 2017.

The Igloo tag consultations are still going ahead in Nunatsiavut.

We spoke with Bryan Winters the Igloo Tag Program Coordinator.

He says last evening they held their consultation in Postville at the Rec Hall.

Here is the scheduled agenda for the consultations for the following communities.

Another community consultation will take place in Makkovik tonight at 6pm at the Arena in the multipurpose room.

Thursday October 25, 2018 the consultation will be held in Rigolet at the Strathcona House at 6pm.

Northwest River and Happy Valley Goose bay will be held on Saturday October 27, 2018.

Winters adds that they did not get the opportunity to head to Nain on Sunday October 21 due to the weather, but they will reschedule for this Monday October 29, 2018 at the Pulâpvik Room at 6pm then it will continue into Hopedale the following day on October 30th.

Winters says that there is also a Facebook event page called “Igloo Tag Consultations in Nunatsiavut” if anyone would like to get more information regarding the Igloo Tag.

The Enhancement program has gotten underway for people in Nain who need more hours to qualify for their Employment Insurance Benefits for the winter.

Beni Ittulak is the Town Manager.

She says seven people are on the program and are on their second week of work, from out of those one person has already finished for the hours needed.

Ittulak says the work included, enlarging the wheelchair ramp down to the Moravian Church and cleaned up inside, repaired the Brook Bridge, make new dog pound, a new wall will also be put up at the Nain Fire Hall.

She says the council received $24, 000 from the Provincial Government for the program, and they hope to get more funds for people who are on wait list and are need of more hours for EI benefits.

The Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices says it is being cautious, but spokesman George Murphy says consumers should expect some drop in fuel prices this week.

According to Murphy’s forecast, at the pumps, gas will go down by about 3 (3.3) cents a litre and diesel by a cent (1.1).

Turning to heating and stove oil prices, Murphy says they prices should be down by about a cent a litre as well.

Are you a youth between the ages of 15 to 18 and would like the opportunity to travel to different destinations?

Tony Tibbo is the Junior and High school teacher at the Jens Haven Memorial School.

He says this is an educational tour that is organized by the Education First Company.

The company Education First (EF) organizes these educational tours and organizes the travel.

There are three main purposes for this trip- Cultural Experiences, Language and academics.

Tibbo says they had funding and sponsors from many different sponsors before; such as substantial commitment financially from families, Ulapitsaijet, air borealis, the Atsanik lodge the Nain Recreation Department and Nain Fire Department.

If you haven’t sign up for the 2020 Amsterdam trip, but you are interested, drop by to the 4-12 school this evening at the library at 7:30 tonight for info.

To hear Tibbo give you more information on planning 2020 Amsterdam trip, click HERE.

There will be another TB screening in Nain this coming Wednesday, October 23rd.

Joe Dicker is the AngajukKâk for Nain.

He says there were 600 people screened and they are looking at another 500 more Nain residents to get tested.

Dicker says if anyone would like to get screened, they can call the Department of Health and Social Development and have their name listed.

To hear more of the Screening in Nain, click HERE.