A Sask. First Nation is teaming with four Alberta First Nations to buy an equity stake in the Keystone XL pipeline. The consortium of the Maskwacis Nations in Alberta made up of the Erminskin Cree Nation, the Montana First Nation, Saddle Cree Nation and the Louis Bull...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves have plenty of French content on their roster this season. Narek Aleksanyan, Mathieu Bélanger and William Smith all hail from Quebec. Aleksanyan, an 18-year-old forward, spent the 2019-20 season in the WSHL with the Fresno Monsters and recorded...
Conservation officers in Northern Saskatchewan are investigating two poaching incidents in late September. Authorities in La Ronge allege that a moose was killed south of the junction along Highway 912, on the evening of September 20, on reports of shots fired....
The Piwapan Women’s Centre Sisters in Spirit Walk was held in La Ronge on Sunday. Organizer Jade Hartley says the walk is part of the effort to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women in the north. She says they started at the Lac La Ronge...
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...
