Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro wish to advise its customers of a Planned Power Interruption (weather permitting) on Thursday, August 9, 2018 from 12 Midnight to 6 am affecting the community of Nain.
The reason for the outage is to complete planned maintenance to the Diesel Plant.
NL Hydro apologizes to its customers for any inconveniences caused due to this interruption in service.
The 21st Annual Salmon Festival in Rigolet will be starting today and running until August 11, 2018.
The Festival will start at 6pm with Opening Ceremonies.
Followed by that there will be a parade and Karaoke/Fire Pit at the Net Loft.
Tomorrow events will start at 1pm with Elders afternoon for ages 55+ with Merchandise Bingo and 120 card game.
Tune in to OK Radio tomorrow to hear what’s in store for Wednesday schedule of events.
Gas is expected to drop this week, according to the Consumer Group for Fair Gas Prices.
The regulated price is forecast to go down by close to 2 (1.9) cents per litre.
Diesel could drop by about a cent (0.9).
And heating and stove oils are projected to decrease by close to a cent and a half (1.3).
There are quite a lot of projects on the go up north in Hebron.
One of which was the Hebron Family project where the people left Nain on Monday, July 23 and returned on Monday, July 30, 2018.
John Jararuse is a senior of Nain.
He is happy to have been an invited guest once again and stay at his former hometown this summer.
Jararuse has been going back for quite a few years, and has accompanied the archeologists on the work they’re doing each summer.
He says they saw a lot of polar bears, black bears, and the char is plentiful, but there were no signs of seals around at that time.
To hear Jararuse talk about his stay for a week in Hebron, click HERE.
The 28th Annual Trout Festival in Makkovik started yesterday August 7, 2018 and runs until Saturday, August 11, 2018.
Day 2 of the Festival started at 1:30pm with Family and Friends Sad Sculpture Contest with a trophy for Best Sculpture with a theme of food.
2pm there will be a mug-up at the community Hall with a presentation on Cultural Plants by Carrie cannon.
This evening at 6pm there will be a DSHD Bingo.
Also at 6pm there will be a dance for ages up 5 years old.
To end off the day there will be a formal dance for ages 6-12, Dads and Daughters and sons and Mothers.
Tomorrow’s events start at 10am with a Trout Festival Treasure hunt for ages up to 6.
11am – 2 pm there will be water mania for all different categorized ages.
Other events for tomorrow include: community BBQ, Trout festival bingo and men’s soccer.
Tune in to OK Radio tomorrow to hear what’s in store for Wednesday schedule of events.
The Aqpik Jam Music Festival will start on August 13, 2018 in Kuujjuaq, Quebec.
It will run until August 16, 2018.
Here is the list of performers:
Agaartok, Angava, Cowbells, Daniel Qinuajuak, David Serkoak, Ethan Gordon, Ittuvik and Ida Saviadjuk, Jimmy Johannes, Joshua Haulli, Jusi Kakayuk, Kamaalukutaak, Kathy Aputiarjuk, Kaith and Louise Woodrow, Kuujjuaq Youth Group, Lazarus Qattalik, Local Drum Dancers, Lucien Taliriktok, Lucy Johannes and the Kuujjuaq Band, Magic Ben, Maten, Mattia Pironti, Nanook, Nazareth, Neevee Snowball, Nick Orbaek, Nina, Peter Nassak, Saali Keelan, Salluit Band, Searson’s, Searson’s Workshop, and lastly Siquaq and Tommy Cain Jr.
OK Radio will have more information on the 2018 Aqpik Jam Music Festival when it becomes available.
For two weeks in July and August a team from Memorial University and Nain mapped the sod house village at Kivallek with drones and conducted small archaeological tests, producing a much improved map and aerial document of the most of the most important winter village in the region before the mission community was established at nearby Okak.
A community open house will be held in the town council boardroom today, August 7, 2018 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm to discuss the results of the project.
OK Radio will have more information about this research when it becomes available.
The 21st Salmon Festival in Rigolet will start tomorrow at 6pm.
Dinah Wolfrey is the Recreation Assistant.
She says there will be an opening ceremony and the parade starts after that.
Wolfrey says there will be entertainment and square dancing as well.
To hear more of the Salmon Festival in Rigolet, click HERE.
Nunatsiavut Marine wishes to advise customers that the cut-off dates for the 2018 shipping season are as follows:
Oct 15, 2018 – Commercial Contractor Equipment and Materials
Oct 31, 2018 – All Other Residential Freight and Household Goods
Please note that Nunatsiavut Marine will continue to accept freight for shipping to the North Coast based on available space and routing as long as conditions allow.
However, delivery of items received after the deadline cannot be guaranteed.
The Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism is offering a Master-Apprentice Program for one fluent speaker and one apprentice, each from Nain, Hopedale, Makkovik, Postville, and Rigolet.
The goal of this program is set to get a non-fluent speaker learn Inuttitut from the Master.
You will engage in daily activities with each other from Monday to Friday for 10 to 15 hours per week, for seven months.
This program will begin September 10, 2018 and run until March 2019.
If you feel that you will be fully committed to this program and is eager to learn or learn or teach Inuttitut, please apply in writing to:
Shirley Jararuse, Dept. of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Nunatsiavut Government, P.O. Box 70, Nain, NL, A0P 1L0.
Email: shirley.jararuse@nunatsiavut.com or call: (709)-922-2942, ext 262 or by fax (709)-922-2863.
Deadline to apply is August 31, 2018 at 4 pm.