Gas prices are expected to take a slight dip at the pumps this week but diesel will see no change come tomorrow.
The Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices, George Murphy, says gas is expected to drop by just under a cent (0.9) per litre.
However, heating and stove oils are expected to increase by about the same amount (0.8).
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:
For more information contact, the OK Society at 922-2955.
AGM and Election will be live-streamed; 2018 ITK Awards, including Inuit Cultural Repatriation Award, presented to Inuit recipients
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami will hold its Annual General Meeting and presidential election in Inuvik this week. For the first time, ITK will live-stream the AGM and election proceedings. Simultaneous translation will be available at the meeting; the live-stream of the meeting will be in the language spoken by delegates at the table.
Each year, the ITK AGM is held in one of the four Inuit regions, this year, in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. ITK would like to thank the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) for being gracious hosts for the 2018 AGM.
Today, August 14, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami will present the ITK Awards during a community feast in Inuvik. ITK worked with the IRC to recognize Inuit who are contributing to their communities with the following award categories: Advancement of Culture and Language, Community Volunteer, Advancement of Youth, and Advancement of Elders. The 2018 Inuit Cultural Repatriation Award will be presented to recognize the repatriation of local Inuit culture and history. The award was given for the first time in 2017 to the Nunatsiavut Government and the Field Museum in Chicago together for their work to repatriate the remains of 22 Inuit stolen from their graves in 1927 by a curator working on behalf of the museum.
On August 15, ITK will begin its Annual General Meeting at the Inuvik Community Corporation boardroom. The event will be livestreamed starting at 9 a.m. MDT. The link will be shared on ITK’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/inuittapiriitkanatami. The proposed agenda includes discussions on children in care and the development of federal child and family services legislation; the interim process and development of an Inuit-specific equivalent to Jordan’s Principle known as the Child First Initiative; and ITK’s election rules and procedures. ITK’s 2018 annual report, including financial statements, will be also presented at this meeting.
On August 16, the AGM will continue to be live streamed. The final item on the AGM agenda is the ITK presidential election, which will begin at 1 p.m. MDT.
Media attending in person are required to register by contacting media@itk.ca
Nain Inuit Community Government has issues a public notice on the nominations for AngajukKâk.
Notice is hereby given by the Inuit Community Government of Nain that nominations will be accepted for the position of AngajukKâk for the upcoming Election to be held on the 11th day of September, 2018 at the NICG office/meeting room.
Nominations will be accepted beginning on Tuesday, the 14th day of August, 2018 between the hours of 9am and 4 pm and will close on Tuesday, the 21st of August, 2018. During the aforesaid dates with the exception of the days Saturday and Sunday.
OKâlaKatiget Society is looking for a short-term Radio Relief Worker.
This will be during the period of August 16, 2018 to September 28, 2018 with the possibility of extension.
Inuktitut would definitely be an asset but not required.
Work hours would be from Monday- Friday 9am-4m.
If interested, call Senior Radio Producer Joanna Dicker here at the office: 922-2955.
A group of Archaeologists went to Kivallek an old Inuit village not far from Okak.
Peter Whitridge is an Archaeologist.
He says that he had been near Okak at an archaeological site called Kivalek which is basically the Inuit village where people were living before the Moravian mission was established nearby and then people gradually relocated.
Whitridge says that his team dug up very small test pits and discovered mittens, animal bone, charcoal, ground slate and chert.
Susan Haye and Jonathan Lidd were the two students who had gone with him from Nain.
After Whitridge and his team came back from Kivallek, he held an open house at the NICG.
To hear Whitridge discuss his trip to Kivallek, click HERE.
The English River Fish Count in Postville started their operations on July13th, 2018.
Todd Broomfield is the Wild Life Manager.
He says they installed the fence on July 13th of this year.
Broomfield says from July 29th-August 5th, they counted 246 salmon so far.
To hear more of the English River Fish Count in Postville, click HERE.
The Nunatsiavut Government’s Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism are in the process of developing an “Okak 1918 Commemoration Committee” in partnership with the Tradition and Transition Partnership are looking for Beneficiaries that would be interested in being a part of the Voluntary Committee.
They are asking interested Beneficiaries to submit the following:
Detail on your connection to Okak, why you would like to become a member, and your full name, and best way to contact you if you are a successful candidate.
Seeking Committee Members to represent the following:
One representative Beneficiary per Nunatsiavut Community (Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, Postville, and Rigolet) and one representative Beneficiary for Upper Lake Melville and North West River.
If you are interested, please have the above information submitted by August 20, 2018 to be considered.
Please contact Shirley Jararuse, phone: 709-922-2942, ext. 262 or by email: shirley.jararuse@nunatsiavut.com .
Nunatsiavut Marine wishes to advise customers that the Lewisporte office is closed today, Monday August 13 in support of the Lewisporte Day civic holiday.
All other ports remain open as usual.
For more information check out the website at labradorferry.ca.
There will be a giant give away this evening at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre starting at 6pm.
Ray and Juanita Whalen of Shining Light Ministries are doing the giveaway.
Items include:
Please bring your own bags.
There will be no deliveries.
Everything is Free, Free, Free.