The Nain and Makkovik Fish Plants are just about finished for the season.
Diedi Kolhmeister is the Supervisor for the Nain Fish Plant.
This is their last week at the plant and all they have left to sell is fresh fillets.
Angel Chaulk is the Clerk for Makkovik’s Fish Plant.
Chaulk says they are getting prepared to close the doors for another season with 7 employees left working.
Moose Licences have now been distributed to each 5 Inuit Communities.
There are a total of 7 licences for Nain, 1 dedicated for the community freezer, and 6 dedicated to local hunters.
For Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik and Rigolet, there is a total of 2 licences per each community, and 1 of those licences are dedicated to the community’s local community freezers.
Residents of Nain can go to Conservation Officer, Emma-Rose Murphy, or call 709 922 2942 ext 283.
Residents of Hopedale can go to Conservation Officer, Ian Winters, or call 709 933 3782
Residents of Makkovik can go to Conservation Officer, Errol Andersen, or call 709 923 2365
Residents of Postville can go to Conservation Officer, Samantha Jacque, or call 709 497 9880
Residents of Rigolet can go to Conservation Officers, David Wolfrey, or Tony Wolfrey, or call 709 947 3383 ext 202
If you need any further information.
The OKâlaKatiget Society contacted the coastal DHSD’s for any updates for the remainder of September.
Rutie Lampe is Nain’s Mental Health and Addictions Worker for DHSD.
Lampe says there are a handful of events happening for Nain for the end of September that includes;
Residential School Survivor’s Supper held at the DHSD building on September 20th. There will be a Take Back The Night March on September 22nd, starting at the RCMP Station. Rutie will be helping hands for the ITK programs the week of the 25th, preparing food. And to end off the month of September, there will be a National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Rutie adds that there will be a walk, with great food, and awesome door prizes along with promo items for children and adults.
Gemma Pottle is Makkovik’s Mental Health and Addictions Worker, and she is currently busy planning for the Elders gathering that is taking place September 24th to the 29th, and will give an update for October’s schedule once the planning process is finished.
We will be giving updates from the other communities once they’re available to speak to us.
Darryl Shiwak is the Deputy Minister for Nunatsiavut Affairs. Nunatsiavut Affairs is responsible for housing for Nunatsiavut Government.
The 2023 program, for the general program which is that the applications tender in December, Darryl says they have 34 homes approved.
There are 9 in Hopedale, 3 in Makkovik,11 in Nain, 8 in Postville, and 3 in Rigolet,
The program Is currently underway, the contract started in July 31st 2023
Click here to hear more.
The 2023 Terry Fox Run for Happy Valley Goose Bay will be on Sunday, September 17th2023.
The run will begin at Building 560 – Hurricane Lane (Sodexo mess hall) at5 Wing Goose Bay and offers three distances – 3k, 5k, 10k
In person registration is at 1:00 pm September 17th
Check out the Facebook Group “Goose Bay Terry Fox Run” for further details.
You can also contact Deanna Lushmanat deannalushman@gmail.com or via Facebook for further details.
The Nunatsiavut Government Education Division had an Art Contest for all students in Nunatsiavut from grades K-12.
Yesterday they announced the winners for the Art Contest.
Entries for the contest winners will be used in a student planner development by the education division, and the prizes for each winner got $150.
Students who won we’re Quinn Hunter, Kindergarten student in Hopedale, Paige Evans Rice Grade 2 in Makkovik, Isabelle Lucy Grade 4 in Hopedale, Curtis Winters Grade 5 in Hopedale, Nikita Frieda Grade 6 in Hopedale, and Jamie Pijogge Grade 9 in Hopedale.
Parents/Guardians of these children, please reach out to the Nunatsiavut Government Education Division by emailing amalia.mcneil@nunatsiavut.com, or education@nunatsiavut.com.
Special thanks to Ms. Doris Dicker for encouraging the majority of the entries.
The Torngat Wildlife Plants and Fisheries Secretariat is hosting the Annual photo contest for the 2024 Nunatsiavut Stewardship Calendar.
Photo contest guidelines should include;
– To focus on photos that represent being a good steward of fish, wildlife, or plants in Nunatsiavut.
– Avoid submitting photos in black and white, or of any communities, recognizable people or specific buildings.
– Only high quality, high resolution photos that are in landscape (horizontal) orientation are eligible.
– Include a short caption and location for each photograph
Submit your photos for a chance to win $100 per photo.
You can email your submissions to ola.andersen@torngat.com by September 30th 2023 to enter.
The Nunatsiavut Assembly will be sitting from Tuesday September 19 – Thursday September 21, 2023. (Next week)
During this sitting, Members of the Assembly will receive a presentation from a company called “Torngat Metals”.
This company was previously known as Quest Minerals, working on the Strange Lake deposit on the Quebec side, near the Labrador boarder.
Torngat Metals plan to mine the rare earth minerals at Strange Lake, and construct a road from Strange Lake to the port at Voisey’s Bay Mine Site. This is to export the rare earth minerals.
Barbour is looking for input from Nainimiut before they leave for Hopedale on Monday September 18, 2023.
Please contact Roxanne Barbour at 922-2942 ext. 224
Or 709 899 1149
email: roxanne.barbour@nunatsiavut.com
fax: 922-1040
or drop by her office at the Nain Admin. Building.
You can also send a Facebook message to the Nain Constituency Office of the Nunatsiavut Assembly Facebook Page.
The Arctic Inspiration Prize is the largest annual prize in Canada, it is a prize that supports projects and programs that are created by Northerns.
Every year they award up to 3.7 million dollars to projects created by people either from the North or in the North that aim to benefit communities.
Jessica Winters is the Regional Manager for the Nunatsiavut Region, for the Arctic Inspiration Prize.
We spoke with Winters on the Arctic Inspiration Prize for this year, Winters explains how to apply for this program, steps on what you need to do for this program, and that there is a deadline to submit your application.
Click here to hear Winters speak more on this.
In Their Own Words, the Healing and Commemoration planned a travel exhibition, to tour a total of nine communities throughout Labrador and Newfoundland.
Aimee Chaulk is the Editor for Them Days in Goose-Bay.
The exhibition was developed from the Healing and Commemoration sessions held in several communities in 2018, following the 2017 apology to the former students of the NFLD and Labrador residential schools.
The launch was first set to begin in Nain July 17, 2023 but due to the incident at Illusuak, it didn’t happen.
Chaulk says that Alyssa Chaulk and Andrew Cabot, their administrative assistant and summer student, went to Nain last month and picked up the exhibition pieces from Illusuak.
Alyssa has been going through every piece and testing electronics. She and Ida Suarak have been cleaning everything that can be saved.
The banners are being cleaned in Toronto right now and some things that need to be replaced have been ordered and they are just waiting for them to come back. Chaulk says when we are ready; we will be launching the exhibition again. We would like to thank everyone in Nain who helped us out during this time.
Them Days is also in a need of a new roof before the snow falls. They are hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, September 16th from 11:30-2:30pm in their yard. There will be music, food, and a silent auction, including fresh made pies made by Judy Voisey. There is also 50/50 tickets for sale and will do the draw at the fundraiser.
If anyone on the North Coast would like to buy tickets, they can call the office at 709-896-8531 or message through Facebook.