Antonio Di Paolo of the La Ronge Ice Wolves has been named SJHL defenceman of the week. In three games last week, the Saskatoon, SK product recorded five points. Through 28 games this season with the Ice Wolves, Di Paolo has 22 points. He has 10 points in his last 10...
Transwest Air gave Santa’s reindeer a break this weekend during their 18th Annual Santa Claus Run. Santa got to ride in style on a Transwest Beech 1900 to visit approximately 800 children in Fond-du-Lac, Black Lake, Stony Rapids and Wollaston Lake. The event took...
The La Ronge Ice Wolves were looking for their second straight win Friday night at home against the Battlefords North Stars, but it was the North Stars skating away with a 3-2 win in overtime. “Obviously, you don’t want to give up a 2-0 lead, but with a team like...
There were mixed emotions as the coroner’s inquest into the death of 22-year-old Brydon Whitstone drew to a close on Friday afternoon. The Onion Lake Cree Nation man was unarmed when he was shot and killed by an RCMP officer in October 2017. After being...
In spite of overseeing a small northern community of only 1,000 people, Mike Natomagan is one of the best paid mayors in Saskatchewan. Documents accessed under a freedom of information request show Natomagan earned a substantial wage of $91,000 in 2016. By comparison,...
A woman from the Onion Lake First Nation has been arrested for being unlawfully at large and a number of other charges. Members of the Onion Lake RCMP and the Crime Reduction Team were informed on Thursday afternoon that Tamarah Lee Dillon, who was wanted on a...
After five days and 16 witnesses, the six-member jury in the coroner’s inquest into the death of Brydon Whitstone has now been sequestered to reach a verdict. A jury cannot make decisions of criminal or civil guilt in an inquest but it can make non-binding...
A shortage of long-term care and respite beds has prompted a La Ronge man to travel to Regina this week to voice his displeasure with the government in not keeping its promise to build a new facility in that community. Gary Viteri cares for his wife, who has early...
(Mayor Mike Natomagan. Photo by Chelsea Laskowski.) A Saskatoon man says he can’t understand why the government continues to drag its feet on conducting a formal investigation into a small northern community for repeated non compliance with freedom of...
Scattered Site Outreach Program in La Ronge may be looking for a new facility. This comes after concerns were raised by the group that funds the program. The worry is that they have outgrown the facility. Scattered Site offers services to people in the tri-community...
