The Provincial court circuit arrived in Rigolet this morning and will hold session til tomorrow.

Corporal Roy Chaulk is the Team Leader for the Rigolet Detachment.

Chaulk says Judge John Joy is presiding and Defence Lawyer is Mr. White and Crown Prosecutor is Phyllis Harris.

He says there are 10 cases to be dealt with in this session.

Chaulk says the charges range from break and enter, theft, mischief and assault.

He adds that the next court circuit will be in June.

Nain hosted an Atom/Peewee Hockey tournament this past weekend at the Nain Husky Centre.

Four teams participated, one from Sheshashiu, one from Natuashish and two local teams; Nain Junior Icebergs and Ford's Construction.

The tournament started Friday evening and ended Saturday evening.

Each team won medals and towels.

Natuashish's team placed 4th, while the Nain Junior Icebergs placed 3rd. In 2nd place was Ford's Construction, and in 1st place was Sheshashiu.

Each team had a male and female MVP.

For Sheshashiu MVP awards went to Donovan Rich & Claudia Nui; Ford's Construction-Ocean Wyatt & Chesley Dicker; MVP's for Nain Junior Icebergs were Gustav Barbour(Jerry's) & Christa Angnatok and for Natuashish, the honors went to David Nui & Shaquille Jack.

The Top Scorer award went to Gustav Barbour of Nain and the Top Goalie trophy went to Curtis Summers of Sheshashiu.

There are new faces within the Nunatsiavut Government offices.

Kim Saunders is Human Resources Manager with Nunatsiavut Goverment.

Saunders says the successful applicant for the Computer Support Specialist based in Goose Bay is Lori Colbourne.

And Kim Campbell-McLean is the new Team Leader in North West River and starts work on March 3rd.

As for the Archaeologist position, Saunders says NG has sent out an offer and is waiting for a reply.

And interviews for Licensing Clerk were conducted Thursday, February 21st, a decision should be made by next week.

Saunders adds that they are currently seeking jobs for a Daycare Operator in Makkovik, as well as Filing Clerk for Nain.

Carolyn Janes is Director of Human Resources for Nunatsiavut Government.

Janes says the position for Communications Director is closed, and they are not doing any interviews.

She adds that NG has received only one applicant for Filing Clerk yet, the deadline to apply is Friday, February 29th.

The Board Members for Torngat Regional Housing Association met in Goose Bay couple weeks ago.

William Lucy is the Co-ordinator of Torngat Regional Housing Association.

He says the Association received its annual Capital Budget Funds of $1,383,000 from Nunatsiavut Government.

There are 4 new homes allocated for Nain for the upcoming construction season, 2 for Hopedale, and 1 each for the Towns of Makkovik and Rigolet.

He adds Postville has $41,000 for the repair program, Makkovik $25,000 and Rigolet $21,000, and Nain and Hopedale did not.

Lucy says Nain was the Town which applied for most houses and the repair program.

He says one major topic discussed and needs further discussion is the situation of land lots in Nain.