by MBC News | Aug 22, 2020 | Current News
There is a tornado watch in effect for much of northern Saskatchewan beginning Saturday afternoon. According to an Environment Canada statement, the watch includes Highway 165 between Highways 2 and 914 including Pinehouse Lake, La Ronge and Lac La Ronge Provincial...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2020 | Current News
RCMP says a 44-year-old woman, who was camping in a remote lake north of Buffalo Narrows was attacked and killed by a black bear Thursday evening. Police say the woman was camping with two children and a man near McKie Lake, approximately 150 kilometres north of that...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2020 | Current News
The Morin Lake Fire Department took third place at a recent Indigenous firefighters’ competition. The fire department also learned it had won the regional category of the Aboriginal Firefighters’ Association of Canada National Competition on Aug. 7. This is the first...
by MBC News | Aug 21, 2020 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
The Manitoba Junior Hockey League says it will kick off its season Oct. 9. The league says it has been working with various groups on a return-to-play plan since June. “On behalf of the MJHL Board of Governors and with the support of Sport Manitoba and approval by the...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2020 | Current News
Access Communications internet subscribers in La Ronge and Air Ronge received significant upgrades to their service this week. The company announced two new plans Thursday with internet speeds of up to 50 megabits per second download and five megabits per second...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2020 | Current News
RCMP report that the body of the missing man was recovered at approximately 11:30 Thursday morning. The name of the deceased is not being released. Mounties say a wave crashed the boat, carrying eight people. A woman was thrown overboard and a 23-year-old man...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2020 | Current News, MBC News, Sports
The Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race will have a different look in 2021. In the past, the event, which starts at Elk Ridge Resort and finishes in La Ronge, has featured a 12-dog race, eight-dog race and a six-dog race. The next edition of the event will have a 10-dog...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2020 | Current News
A group of people calling for justice for an Indigenous man recently killed in the La Ronge-area held a walk on Wednesday. Muhammad Venne died in an as of yet unsolved homicide on June 3. The walk, which went from Bell’s Point on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve...
by MBC News | Aug 20, 2020 | Current News
An Indigenous woman is accusing Prince Albert’s Victoria Hospital of gross mistreatment after she went to emergency with a broken ankle earlier this summer. Fifty-three-year-old Janette Sanderson of the James Smith Cree Nation says she went to the hospital on...
by MBC News | Aug 18, 2020 | Current News
Two women and a man have been arrested after an RCMP investigation into gang activity on the Onion Lake Cree Nation last week. On Saturday, Mounties were involved in a vehicle chase with a truck on Highway 17 where the suspects eventually abandoned the vehicle and...
