by MBC News | Jul 13, 2015
Residents in the area of Wapawekka Lake should be aware that the Carey fire is a serious nearby threat, and they are advised to leave. Members of the Canadian Rangers were in the area on Sunday, advising people to leave. The fire has grown a lot in the last two days,...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2015
Security patrols have been vigilant, but have seen very little crime in the evacuation zone at La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Patrols are conducted by dozens of members of RCMP, Lac La Ronge Indian Band Security, and citizens on patrol. RCMP...
by MBC News | Jul 13, 2015
July 12 8:30 pm East winds helped some firefighting efforts near La Ronge, but they also stirred things up in some locations. The Lynx fire, which has closed Highway 915 off and on for days, picked up heat today and moved southwest, much closer to Highway 102. It...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2015
From the Emergency Operations Centre – La Ronge Due to the Serious Forest Fire Situation, more specifically, the Lynx Fire — Threatening Highway 102 — near the Stanley Mission Road (highway 915)…this is putting the Planned Convoy for today in...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2015
Firefighters continued to hold the lines to the west and northeast of La Ronge, aided in part by east winds yesterday and today. But that good news is balanced by a report from Wildfire Management that a new arm has now extended southwestwards, from the tip of...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2015
From Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief Tammy Cook-Searson – July 12, 2015. Ministry of Highways and Infrustrature notice for permanent residents who are south from Stanley Mission, Grandmother’s Bay, Missinipe, Brabant Lake, Southend and the Athabasca Basin...
by MBC News | Jul 12, 2015
From the Emergency Operations Centre: As the fire situation in the Lac La Ronge area progresses, local authorities are examining the criteria they must meet in order to lift the evacuation order. There is still a threat to the three communities of La Ronge, Air Ronge...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2015
Local emergency officials are hoping to enable an escorted convoy northwards for permanent residents – and only residents – of these communities: Missinipe, Otter Rapids, Grandmother’s Bay, Stanley Mission, Brabant, Southend and The Athabasca Basin. These...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2015
From the La Ronge Emergency Operations Centre: A thick smoke blanketed the La Ronge area as firefighting crews continue to hold the Egg fire from getting much closer to La Ronge. But as one local leader noted, we’ve been going at it full out for three days, and...
by MBC News | Jul 11, 2015
UPDATE: Officials now say if the conditions hold, Stanley Mission residents will be able to join the convoy and go home tonight. That is only IF conditions hold into this evening. Local emergency officials are hoping to enable an escorted convoy northwards for...
