by Sam Campling | Oct 15, 2021 | Current News
An Indigenous lawyer is bring her unique perspective to the cases she works on. Diana Janzen, a crown prosecutor in La Ronge and a Lac La Ronge Indian Band member, grew up in Stanley Mission and moved to Saskatoon to complete her law degree at the University of...
by Sam Campling | Oct 13, 2021 | Current News
A La Ronge town councillor will have no further action taken against her after a complaint was made by a town employee. Abby Besharah was the subject of a lengthy report created by an integrity commissioner after a discussion involving her and a town employee about...
by Sam Campling, Dan Jones | Oct 12, 2021 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nation is dismissing allegations of wrongdoing in the nomination of candidates. Three men contesting for various leadership positions within the FSIN claim there were irregularities within the nomination process, which...
by Sam Campling | Sep 27, 2021 | Current News
A new youth Indigenous basketball league is hoping to teach the sport as well as life skills to its players once it begins in October. The Living Skies Indigenous Basketball League (LSIBL) will begin this year for youth aged 11 to 17 and is being supported by multiple...
by Sam Campling | Sep 22, 2021 | Current News
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has implemented a new policy that will require everyone entering certain Band facilities to show they are vaccinated against COVID-19. The Band issued a statement outlining the new mandate Sept. 20, which is when the policy took effect....
by MBC News, Sam Campling, Joel Willick | Sep 20, 2021 | Current News
UPDATE: Conservative Brad Redekopp defeats NDP Robert Doucette in Saskatoon West. Monday night’s federal election in Canada saw Justin Trudeau’s Liberals maintain their minority government in the country. Here in Saskatchewan, the province is looking at...
by Sam Campling | Sep 20, 2021 | Current News
Tri-community residents now have a store close to home to grab their pets some treats and get some help with training. Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Jayme Woodhouse-McKenzie, owner of Pawsitive Attitude Dog Training, held the grand opening for her new shop in La...
by Sam Campling | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
With less than a week to go on the federal election campaign trail, a man from Beauval is asking for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River voters’ support. Stephen King, a physical education teacher in the community, is running as an independent. He is in the works of...
by Sam Campling | Sep 15, 2021 | Current News
The town of La Ronge has called a byelection for November 30. This is to fill the spot of the late councillor Hugh Watt, who died in August. After a position on council becomes available, the town has six months to hold a byelection. Calling for a byelection is...
by Sam Campling | Sep 14, 2021 | Current News
The Green Party of Canada candidate in the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding said he would work with other parties to focus on issues facing the north. Nasser Dean Chalifoux, who lives on a mostly self-sustained homestead in the northeast of the province,...
