The fire ban for the communities of La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band communities of La Ronge #156 and Kitsaski #156B has been lifted as of 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. According to a statement by the La Ronge Regional Fire Department, the rescinding of...
Pride month celebrations in the Lac La Ronge region rounded off this past weekend with a festival of sorts, a parade and back-to-back drag shows. While Pride month is in June, the final celebrations in La Ronge are usually held at the beginning of July. The final...
Regina Police said it continues to search for missing Tamra Keepness. The five-year-old from the White Bear First Nation, went missing from her Regina home on July 5, 2004. Each year the family would gather in a local park to raise awareness to her disappearance....
Workers at Cameco’s Cigar Lake mine are returning to the site, after a wildfire last week forced the evacuation of 230 non-essential personnel. The uranium producer said it plans to restart production later this week. After consultations with wildfire officials,...
A cooling station has been set up by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band as a result of the extreme heat in the area. The station will be set up at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre on the Band’s Kitsaki reserve. The cooling station opened at noon Friday and will...
A Napatak resident was woken up by a black bear trying to enter her home through her bedroom window Wednesday morning. Samantha Plunz, who has lived in the community just south of La Ronge since 2016, said she was sleeping with the windows open due to the heat when...
High temperatures, combined with little rain is intensifying wildfires in northern Saskatchewan. There are currently 17 active fires and 202 on the season. Two fires are being closely monitored by the Sask. Protective Services Agency. The Briggs fire is burning close...
By: By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The expression ‘home is where the heart is’ certainly applied to Fred Sasakamoose. He is remembered by many as a hockey star. He became the first player with treaty status to make it to the...
By: Nick Pearce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The StarPhoenix Little Pine First Nation Chief Wayne Semaganis remembers the sideways looks he got in the Battlefords as a teenager. “I know those hard times, those racist times. When coming to the City of...
