The La Ronge and District Chamber of Commerce saw overturn in a majority of its eight senior positions at its September annual general meeting (AGM), held at the Royal Canadian Legion. The meeting adhered to social distancing measures, and was attended by ten persons...
RCMP are investigating a drive-by shooting on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve early Wednesday morning. Police say they responded to a report of a 20-year-old male who was suffering from gunshot wounds at the apartment complex on Nunn Street in La Ronge around...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves are hard at work, practicing and getting set for the 2020-21 SJHL season. When the campaign starts is anyone’s guess right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league was hoping to begin regular season action Oct. 9, but that seems more like a...
Construction is underway for the new band office at Cumberland House Cree Nation. A sod-turning ceremony was held this week. The new facility will replace the previous band office, which was destroyed by fire last December. The new office will house the band’s...
The Montreal Lake Cree Nation has elected its first female chief. In an election Wednesday, Joyce Naytowhow-McLeod defeated incumbent chief Frank Roberts by 142 votes. Eldon Henerson was re-elected urban councillor over his next closest challenger Darren Bird by 27...
The Prince Albert Grand Council’s Women’s Commission will soon be set to install a monument along the banks of the Prince Albert River as a place for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to come and honour and pray. The idea for the monument...
Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty was in Prince Albert Wednesday for Orange Shirt Day. The day is held every Sept. 30 to bring greater awareness of the residential school system and its impacts on Indigenous Canadians. As part of this year’s event,...
The Saskatchewan NDP has committed to building a brand-new hospital and bridge in Prince Albert. Party leader Ryan Meili made the dual pledges during a campaign stop in the city Wednesday. He also said both projects while be built using provincial companies and labour...
