On Tuesday, federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair made sure to tread lightly in La Loche. His visit was intentionally chosen to coincide with the funerals for two teen brothers who were killed in a mass shooting. Mulcair said the suggestion came from former La Loche mayor...
The man accused of killing Karina Wolfe is one step closer to a potential trial. Jerry Constant is charged with second degree murder in the death of Karina Wolfe. Wolfe went missing in 2010, but her body was found a few months ago northwest of Saskatoon. It is alleged...
One of the speakers at the SUMA 2016 conference. Photo courtesy Ryan Bater, Twitter. “The next two years are going to be difficult,” La Ronge Mayor Thomas Sierzycki said at the annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association conference on Monday. “We...
A teen is no longer in cuffs after being arrested for an armed robbery in La Ronge last week. Police charged the 16-year-old Brabant Lake boy after two employees at a business on the 900-block of La Ronge Avenue were bear sprayed after 11 p.m. last Monday. A week...
One of the Canadian Challenge competitor’s sled dogs. Photo courtesy Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race, Facebook. A warm winter is wreaking havoc for the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race – the event has been cancelled this year due to poor trail conditions....
Kevin Goforth enters court on Monday morning. Photo by Manfred Joehnck EDITORS NOTE: This story contains graphic details that may disturb some readers. A Regina man says he remembers very little about his interviews with Regina police after the two little girls he was...
When the news cameras and microphones were put away on Saturday, the emotions of La Loche were laid bare. Tearful guests from all over – some from the northern village, and others who have traveled from Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and British Columbia...
On Friday, Justin Trudeau laid a wreath down at a makeshift memorial while a group of Dene drummers played in front of the high school where two educators in La Loche were shot dead. Following the song, which asked their ancestors to help heal, an Elder with the...
All of La Loche was invited into the room while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke on Friday. Trudeau landed in the area around noon to meet with the community. Trudeau says the whole country grieves with La Loche and the northern Saskatchewan community must not let...
Tammy and Kevin Goforth arrive at court in Regina this morning. Photo by Manfred Joehnck. It was a difficult day on the witness stand for Tammy Goforth. She is charged with starving a four-year-old girl to death, and causing serious harm to the girl’s...
