Election Day for Angajukkât is coming up on September 11, 2018.

OK Radio contacted all the nominated candidates to see what they had to say about being nominated.

Nominated Candidates are:

Nain:
Julius (Joe) Dicker (acclaimed)

Hopedale:
Marjorie Flowers
Jim Tuttauk
Charlotte Lucy-Piercy

Makkovik:
Herbert R.Jacque
Barry Andersen

Postville:
Diane Gear
Glen Sheppard
Angela Michelin

Rigolet:
Darryl Shiwak
Charlotte Wolfrey
Richard Rich
Oz Allen

To hear Andersen and Sheppard discuss their platforms for the AngajukKâk for Makkovik and Postville, click HERE.

Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe says he was saddened to hear of the passing of Carol Brice- Bennett, who was instrumental in gathering much of the data that helped pave the way for the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement.

“Carol was a well-respected anthropologist and researcher who devoted much of her life documenting Labrador Inuit history”, says President Lampe. “ On behalf of the Nunatsiavut Government and Beneficiaries of the Labrador Land Claims Agreement, I extend my condolences to Carol’s family and friends.”

Ms. Brice-Bennett passed away on Sunday, surrounded by family, in Montreal where she was born and retired in 2015.

After graduating in anthropology at McGill University and Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ms. Brice-Bennett contributed to early research on Inuit land claims. Best known for the study “Our Footprints are Everywhere: Inuit land use and occupancy in Labrador”(1977), she also authored four additional books on Labrador Inuit history and culture, and completed the text on a reference book for use by secondary schools in the Labrador School Board. She also served as chair of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Ratification Committee, leading up to the final vote that established Nunatsiavut.

The Board of Directors of the 2019 Labrador Winter Games is pleased to announce the event will open at Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Sunday, March 17, 2019 and close on Saturday, March 23, 2019.

The Labrador Winter Games is supported with an allocation of $500,000 from the Provincial Government.

The Board of Directors is also pleased to announce the hiring of Paul Motty as Games Director.

The selection was made by the Board following a review of candidates who applied for the position.

Since its formation, the Board of Directors has held a series of planning meetings to lay the groundwork for the 2019 Labrador Winter Games.

As part of the preparations, the Board is presently considering recommendations from the Games’ Technical Committee aimed at improving competition and participation in some sports.

OK Radio contacted the Nain and Makkovik Fish Plants for updates on how the char and Turbot fishery is going.

John Ikkusek is the Fish Plant manager in Nain.

He says that there are 5 fishermen, and 17 employees.

46,000 lbs of fish has been landed to date.

Junior Andersen is the Production Manager in Makkovik.

He says that there are 22,300 lbs of Turbot landed to date.

Andersen added there are about 30 employees working and 4 Turbot boat fishing.

Brace yourselves.

Gas is predicted to take a leap at the pumps this week.

Gas is expected to go up by almost 3 cents (2.9) while diesel is up even more (3.2 cents).

Heating and stove oils aren’t spared the hit, increasing by 3.6 cents a litre.

This is in the wake of the Irving takeover of many Ultramar locations in the province, which George Murphy of the Consumer Group for fair gas prices calls a step backwards for competition in the province.

Election Day for Angajukkât is coming up on September 11, 2018.

OK Radio is in the process of contacting all the nominated candidates.

Nominated Candidates are:

Nain:
Julius (Joe) Dicker (acclaimed)

Hopedale:
Marjorie Flowers
Jim Tuttauk
Charlotte Lucy-Piercy

Makkovik:
Herbert R.Jacque
Barry Andersen

Postville:
Diane Gear
Glen Sheppard
Angela Michelin

Rigolet:
Darryl Shiwak
Charlotte Wolfrey
Richard Rich
Oz Allen

To hear Jacque and Flowers discuss their platforms for the AngajukKâk for Makkovik and Hopedale, click HERE.

The OKâlaKatiget Society has obtained funding for two youth positions.

One Radio Producer Assistant and one Television Intern.

This position will be for a period of approximately 29 weeks.
Applicants must be:

• Youth and be between the ages of 18 to 30 years old.
• Unemployed and out of school.
• The period of employment starts September 6, 2018.
• The closing date to apply is today, August 29, 2018.

For more information contact, the OK Society at 922-2955.

The Department of Health and Social Development in Nain is inviting the whole community for a Pride breakfast.

The public is welcome to join them for Love is Love, Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning (LLGBTQ) for the breakfast event.

The Breakfast is tomorrow morning, Wednesday, August 29 2018 at the DHSD multipurpose room, starting at 8am.

The Nigivik Center is looking for individuals who are interested in Bake apple picking.

Shelley Dicker is the Community Food Coordinator for the Nigivik Center.

She says it’s for any men and women from the ages of 30-50 that don’t get the chance to go bake apple picking.

The place is to be determined and they are also looking for drivers and people who are interested in renting their boats.

The names will be picked with a random draw on Wednesday September 5, 2018.

For the picked individuals that are chosen will be going bake apple picking on Thursday, September 6, 2018

If you’re between the ages 30-50 and are interested, you can contest Dicker at the Nigivik Center at 922-2968 or comment on the Nain Bulletin Board face book page.

OK radio will have more information on this once when it becomes available.

The following message is to the residents of Nain from Nain CARE.

After a recent meeting, our committee looked over the guidelines regarding the assistance of people in our community.

As a committee, we made a decision on our future spending with the remaining limited funds we have.

In our meeting, it was decided that we won’t be able to assist people who have moved away from Nain, mainly regarding travel. We are very sorry for this inconvenience.

We will continue to do our best to assist people in our community with emergencies as we have done so in the past.

Because of the low funds, we are kindly asking the community of Nain, whether it be groups or individuals to fundraise in order for us to continue with Nain Care endeavours.

Thanks in advance for understanding.