Labrador Winter Games points as of March 17, 2023 is as follows:
Makkovik- 150
Labrador City- 144
Cartwright – 123
Nain- 109
Sheshashui- 104
Wabush- 99
Rigolet- 86
Postville- 83
Hopedale- 80
North West River- 79
Port Hope Simpson- 75
Charlotte Town- 55
St. Lewis – 49
Pinsent Arm- 47
Natuashish – 43
Saint West Modeste -43
Pinware – 40
Mud Lake – 18
CONGRATULATIONS to All the Athletes, who are all great winners!!
The Nain Department of Health and Social Development will be holding a Residential School Survivor’s Supper end of this month.
This will take place on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 5pm.
Caribou is on the menu for this Residential School Survivors supper, that was sent by their Coordinator Emiliann Gear from the DHSD in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
There will also be door prizes, sharing circle, and maybe a few games.
There will be no deliveries for the Residential school survivor supper, and you must be present for the meal.
The Nunatsiavut Government is seeking one member from each of the 5 Nunatsiavut Communities of Upper Lake Melville and Canadian Constituency to sit on a Nomination Committee for the Inuttitut and Cultural Preservation Recognition Awards.
To sit on the committee, the individuals must be Nunatsiavut Beneficiary, have a great knowledge of the Labrador Inuit culture and the 5 Nunatsiavut communities.
The deadline to apply is March 28 of this year at 4pm.
If you are interested, please call Robyn at 922-2051, or by email at robyn.martin@nuntsiavut.com. Or Shirley at 922-2052, or by email at shirley.jararuse@nuntsiavut.com.
The NG Assembly Sitting was delayed earlier this past week due to weather but but got under way on Tuesday.
Minister of Language, Culture and Tourism Roxanne Barbour attended the sitting in Hopedale and gave an update on her department.
She also attended the Inuktitut Terminology Workshop that was held in Nain last month.
Click here to hear more from Barbour at the Assembly Sitting.
The Nain Department of Health and Social Development is holding two virtual events, which will give you or a senior/elder a chance to win a Frank’s $350 grocery PO.
This is for anyone ages 16 and up, this virtual event ends today, Thursday, March 16th at 3:30 pm.
They will be finding winners by using the wheel of names.
Virtual #1 question is: Where would you go and what would you do to help your mental health on beautiful days like today?
And there will be a Paint Night hosted by the Journey Project and Public Legal information association of NL.
This will take place on March 23, at 6pm at the Illusuak Cultural Center.
Refreshments and paint supplies will be provided.
To sign up or to register, you can call or text message Martina at 1-709-217-6824 or by email at labador@journeyprojectnl.com.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Labrador said it was overwhelming to see the support during the opening ceremonies of the 40th Labrador Winter Games.
She said that support helping her treatment in St. John’s, Jones was diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time in October 2022.
40 years after attending her first LWG as an athlete, Jones was once again at the opening ceremonies last Sunday night.
But, this time, the Labrador MP honored with flowers and a standing ovation from the crowd amid her battle with breast cancer.
“She’s a fighter,” Sheshatshiu Innu Nation Chief, Eugene Hart told the crowded arena.
The standing ovation from the arena with an estimated 1,300 athletes volunteer and spectators was “pretty overwhelming, but it was energizing for me as well,” Jones told CBC Monday night.
“The fact that they’ve supported me in this battle with breast cancer and they’ve continued to hold me up with their prayers, hold me up to their energy, like they did last night in the arena is going to help me beat this and get to the end with it,” Jones said, “and for that I’m forever thankful.”
She had beaten cancer 12 years ago, but it returned in October, she said in November.
“I’m am heading back to St. John’s to continue my medical treatment .. and I really appreciate the energy and support and the prayers that people of Labrador and the people in NF have given me, she added.
As a 14-year-old in 1983, it was an experience for her coming from the village of Mary’s Harbor in a Twin Otter to a large town in HV-GB, that had a swimming pool and theater.
“You did not have that interaction with sports meets and communities to commute back and forth, and added Labrathon was her favorite sport, it starts on March 18 this year.
In consultation with all community coordinators, the 2023 Labrador Winter Games Board of Directors has unanimously voted to cancel the Labrathon.
Based on the recommendation of the Committee Chair, who states that due to unprecedented weather conditions, it is not possible to safely conduct the Labrathon within the regulations outlined in the technical package.
The Board of Directors agreed with the community coordinators that a modification to the Labrathon could provide an unfair advantage/disadvantage to the athletes and communities, whom have not been provided with a modified technical package in advance of the event.
There will be a community consultation for all North Coast communities next week with Norlogics Owner/Principal Consultant, Matthew Pike.
These consultations will be an opportunity to provide your thoughts, opinions, concerns and/or any information related to the potential construction of a road to Northern Labrador.
Please note these sessions will be audio recorded, and the schedule will be updated frequently should there be any weather delays or cancellations.
They will be in Rigolet on Tuesday, March 21st
Postville – Wednesday, March 22nd, location to be confirmed
Hopedale – Thursday, March 23rd in the Youth Room at the Nanuk Centre
Nain – Monday, March 27th and Tuesday, March 28th, location to be confirmed
Makkovik – Thursday, March 30 at the Community Hall
Upper Lake Melville schedule to follow.
Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting 7 new deaths and 19 new hospitalizations due to COVID-19.
The current numbers being reported are for the period of February 26 to March 11; of those in hospital, 4 are in critical care.
The highest number in confirmed cases reported on a given day was 26, while the lowest was 5.
This comes as the province marks a significant milestone in life with COVID.
It was March 14, 2020, 3 years ago that Public Health announced its first presumptive positive case, which was detected in a patient that had recently returned from a Caribbean trip.
The number of Lab confirmed cases of influenza in Newfoundland and Labrador bottomed out the end of February.
The provincial government’s weekly influenza report shows no-new Lab confirmed cases of the flu in the 4 weeks leading up to February 25.
Much of what was seen in Australia over the summer, Newfoundland and Labrador saw an early peak in flu cases followed by a steep drop.
Up to Feb 25, there had been a total of 906 Lab confirmed flu cases reported in the province so far this flu season, with 29 deaths, 225 hospitalized, and 28 ICU admissions.
More than half the cases were in people aged 45 and under. Meanwhile, other respiratory illnesses are continuing to circulate in community, including RSV, entero and rhinovirus and adenovirus.
Inuit Tapariit Kanadami (ITK) will be coming to all Nunatsiavut communities next week.
We spoke with Mitchell White the Senior Communications Advisor for the Executive Training Program.
White says this program began 20 years ago, and they are pleased to announce that they will be offering this program twice a year instead of once a year.
White says ITK, Senior Federal Executives from the Federal Government will be partnering with the Nunatsiavut Government.
Click here to find out more about this ITK trip to Nunatsiavut.