The Department of Health and Social Development in Nain will be holding a Cancer theme Community Health Fair on Wednesday, April 26 starting at 12 noon until 3pm at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre.

There will be informative information on cancer and other health topics, and what types of services are available within the community.

They will have draw door prizes, which will include 3 food boxes, 2 food vouchers, and 1 fishing kit, all individual draws.

They will also be serving sandwiches and smoothies through lunch hour, and advise people to come one, come all.

Vale’s Job Readiness Training Program (JRTP) in our Voisey’s Bay Operations is designed to give valuable experience to Nunatsiavut Beneficiaries and Innu Nation members in our Mill and Surface Mine departments.

This starts with a 4-day Career Exposure in Voisey’s Bay that provides a realistic preview and introduction to our industrial environment. Come join one of our open house events to learn more.

Please bring your resume as you’ll have the opportunity to talk to members of our Vale team to learn more about the program and upcoming Career Exposures.

There will also be some good food and Vale swag.

They will be in Hopedale on April 24th at the Assembly Building Boardroom from 1-4:30pm, and again from 7-9pm.

They will also be in Nain on Tuesday, April 25th at the Pulâpvik from 1-4:30 pm, 7-9 pm.

Vale will also be hosting information sessions within Makkovik, Rigolet, Postville and Natuashish later this year.

If you cannot attend the upcoming sessions and you are interested in the program, please submit your resume to VBAboriginalAffairs@vale.com.

Every year, licenses are available to beneficiaries along the coast for the moose and polar bear hunt.

Todd Broomfield is the Director of Renewable Resources worker for Nunatsiavut Government.

We had the privilege to speak with Todd for an update on the Polar Bear and Moose License for Nunatsiavut.

He says 12 of the 14 polar bear license’s have been filled, with hopes of fulfilling the remaining 2, before the deadline is up in June.

Click here to hear more on the English version of the interview with Broomfield.

Gary B’s Hostel is up and running for business once again; it’s well known along the coast as “The friendship centre”.

We spoke with Executive Director Jennifer Helfer-Elson on what’s new in the hostel.

She mentioned that they have a new retro look in their Friendship Diner, and a colours theme to represent ingenious medicine for first nations.

Click here to hear the new and improved upgrades on the Gary B’s Hostel in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

The Department of Health and Social Development in Nain will be holding a Cancer theme Community Health Fair on Wednesday, April 26 starting at 12 noon until 3pm at the Jeremias Sillitt Community Centre.

There will be informative information on cancer and other health topics, and what types of services are available within the community.

They will have draw door prizes, which will include 3 food boxes, 2 food vouchers, and 1 fishing kit, all individual draws.

They will also be serving sandwiches and smoothies through lunch hour, and advise people to come one, come all.

Nain DHSD will be offering an overnight on the land/fishing retreat for women who find it hard to get a chance to go off on the land.

This will be taking place tomorrow April 21st-22nd, spending the night at Maria E. Merkuratsuk’s cabin at Itillialuk and Tom’s Pond.

This overnight trip will only be for women ages 30 and up and won’t be able to have any children attend this trip.

There will be a maximum of 7 women chosen, but if there are more than 7 women interested, they will do a live draw using the wheel of names to do selections of who gets to attend.

They may have to plan future programming if families would like to do something similar for later dates.

Please contact Tracy Denniston at DHSD at 922-2126 ext. 239 if you are interested in attending, and the deadline for names is tomorrow Friday, April 21st at 12 noon.

Another day of job action as Canada’s largest federal public service union and Ottawa remain at the bargaining table.

Federal workers hit picket lines yesterday after the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the government failed to reach a deal on a new collective agreement.

Many services are affected by the strike.

There will be reduced capacity for fisheries enforcement, aquaculture and invasive species work under DFO; passport processing will be limited to emergency and humanitarian situations; RCMP services will be reduced not at the street level but to some of the other operations provided by civilian employees; some Indigenous services may be delayed.

The strike includes about 35,000 employees of the Canada Revenue Agency but the tax filing deadline will not be pushed back.

Tax returns, especially if filed by regular mail, could be delayed, and the child benefits will continue to be paid and other benefits will be paid depending on priority.

Many government departments will experience delays in services where payments are involved, such as Veterans Affairs.

Kate and Zach are researchers from Halifax and a student from MUN University; they study the creatures on the seabed floor, with different equipment.

We spoke with Kate and Zach about their research and announced that they will be having an open house today April 20 in Nain at the Illusuak building from 6-8pm.

They will be showing some pictures, along with videos of what they have collected so far.

Snacks will also be provided, as well as some door prizes.

Click here to hear more from Kate and Zach.

George Lane Memorial Dart Tournament will be going ahead next weekend from April 28th and 29th of this year.

The fee to participate is $20 per player, $80 per team, and teams must consist of 2 male/2 female players per team.

The prizes will consist of $2000 for 1st place, 2nd place $1000, and $500 for 3rd.

They will also have prizes for Most tons, Most finishes, and High score.

Registrations can be sent to Jill Nitsman at nitsmanjill@yahoo.ca; she will be accepting cash and EMT.

The Nunatsiavut Language and Culture Division is holding a Virtual Language Contest for all Nunatsiavut Beneficiaries residing in the land claims area.

This contest is for ages 3-11 and 12 and up.

You can send a video of yourself or your child/ren singing or saying your-their favourite song/phrase in Inuktitut for a chance to win awesome promo prizes.

You video must include the English translation at the end of the song/phrase.

Submissions must be in by Tuesday, April 25th at 4pm, and can be sent to Natalie Lane, Language Program Community Worker for Hopedale.

Her phone number is 709-933-3894 ext. 240, or you can send it by email at natalie.lane@nunatsiavut.com.