by MBC News | Jul 18, 2015
A news conference was held today at the Village of Air Ronge office to update the media on the fire situation in the region. Residents of more northern communities are being allowed to return home today. The Northern Administration District says the Resource District...
by MBC News | Jul 18, 2015
The fancy word is repatriation, but most people would simply say, “We’re coming home!”Following the lifting of the evacuation order for La Ronge, Air Ronge and local Lac La Ronge Indian Band, vehicles began sifting back into the communities at 1 p.m. today.More will...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2015
The government expects thousands of people to start returning home today following the announcement that the evacuation order has been lifted for the La Ronge area. Emergency Social Services spokesperson Karri Kempf says there are still close to 9000 people receiving...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2015
Saskatchewan’s Premier says we should be proud and not ashamed of our rich wealth in energy resources. He made the comments at the close of the Premiers conference where a new deal for a Canadian Energy Strategy was signed. The deal has been four years in the making...
by MBC News | Jul 17, 2015
Friday July 17, 2015. 9: 30a.m. Up-Date Mandatory evacuation order lifted Lac La Ronge Indian Band (La Ronge), Air Ronge and Town of La Ronge. Road will open at 1p.m. today. Arrangements are being made for buses to bring back people who need travel assistance....
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
Local authorities are now putting in place the final concrete steps towards bringing people home, now that the immediate fire threat is contained near La Ronge, Air Ronge and Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Following their meeting at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, local...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
According to the provincial government’s community risk assessment profiles the conditions were ripe for the province’s northern wildfire disaster. Many of the communities directly threatened and forced to evacuate because of fires were rated as high risk, very high...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
There is some good news today on the forest fire front. There is rain in the forecast for the La Ronge area and more evacuees are getting the all clear to return home. The most significant impact on the fires could be delivered by mother nature, not soldiers. There...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
Highway 102 north of Sucker River will be open for general traffic, starting Thursday, July 16. Road access north of Lac La Ronge is not currently under immediate threat by fire, and so travel on Highway 102 will be open for residents, businesses and visitors....
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
Fire experts say the immediate threat still exists to the communities of Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Air Ronge, and La Ronge. And that means that the evacuation order remains in place. Today’s weather brought sun and clear skies for flying, but it also brought the...
