A proposal to move La Ronge’s homeless shelter to a new location was rejected by town council Wednesday night. The Kikinahk Friendship Centre, which oversees the Scattered Site Outreach Program, presented an application with the hopes of moving from the current rental...
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is calling out the RCMP after video emerged on social media earlier this week of an officer punching a window and yelling expletives while trying to gain access to a residence in Stanley Mission. The video is posted on the Facebook page of...
An Appeals Court has found the Onion Lake Cree Nation was not in contempt of an order to release its financials records publicly. In June 2017, the First Nation was compelled to show its financials after band member Charlene Stick requested them through the First...
Canoe enthusiasts will be out in full force this weekend in northern Saskatchewan. The 26th edition of the Eagle Point Classic kicks off Saturday in La Ronge at the Eagle Point Marina. “We were thinking about cancelling because of COVID, but we looked at all the rules...
Northern Saskatchewan provincial parks are part of an almost $7 million government investment in facility upgrades slated to take place over the next year. As part of the improvements, the Meadow Lake Provincial Park will see water systems and boat launch upgrades....
A PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan is close to finishing research on the woodland caribou in northern Saskatchewan. Max Pospisil has been conducting the research for the past two years, spending last summer in La Ronge and area interviewing local...
A four-month investigation by the Saskatchewan RCMP into drug trafficking at the Prince Albert Provincial Correctional Centre has resulted in charges against a 30-year-old woman. Tara Anita Bird of Prince Albert is charged with conspiracy to traffic controlled...
Former La Ronge Ice Wolf Zach Bannister has committed to play the 2020-21 hockey season at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, which is an NCAA Div. III program. The Grande Prairie, AB forward spent parts of three seasons with the Ice Wolves before he was moved to...
Canada’s first female First Nations senator has officially retired. Lillian Dyck has reached the age of 75 which is the mandatory age for retirement from the Canadian Senate. Dyck, a member of the George Gordon First Nation, was first appointed to the Upper Chamber as...
La Ronge’s Scattered Site Outreach Program is looking at relocating to a new building. According to a Town of La Ronge Facebook post, the proposed location is on La Ronge Avenue, right across from the Waterbase Inn and Suites. Community members who have been living in...
