by Sam Campling | Mar 22, 2022 | Current News
An experienced Métis fiddle player has been teaching the next generation. Tristen Durocher, from Buffalo Narrows, has been travelling between Sucker River and Hall Lake after he was hired by the Lac La Ronge Indian Band to teach children how to play the fiddle in the...
by Sam Campling | Mar 21, 2022 | Current News
A Lac La Ronge Indian Band member made a rare find during his historical research into the region. Teron Roberts found videos with moving images of the Lac La Ronge All Saints Anglican Indian Residential School from the 1930s and 40s. Roberts has been researching the...
by Sam Campling | Mar 18, 2022 | Current News
An adult man in La Ronge was arrested Wednesday evening after entering the La Ronge Health Centre where he stated he had a firearm. La Ronge RCMP were called, confronted the man who then allegedly threatened to shoot the police, but he then ran away. Police then...
by Sam Campling | Mar 15, 2022 | Current News
The Northern Lights School Division will be using a provincial grant geared towards truth and reconciliation education for language preservation. Alexis McLeod, the school division’s First Nations and Métis education consultant, said she collaborated with her...
by Sam Campling | Mar 15, 2022 | Current News
First Nations who lived with drinking water advisories on their reserves for at least a year between 1995 and 2021 can now submit a claim as part of the First Nations Drinking Water Class Action. The settlement between Canada and certain First Nations and their...
by Sam Campling | Mar 10, 2022 | Current News
Métis Nation-Saskatchewan is partnering with researchers from a few of the province’s universities to develop cancer prevention programs rooted in Métis culture. Dr. Gary Groot, a University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine professor in the departments of Community...
by Sam Campling | Mar 10, 2022 | Current News
The Water Security Agency says the snowpack in central and northern Saskatchewan is above normal. The WSA released it’s spring water runoff forecast in a media release this morning. Even though the snowpack levels are higher than usual in these regions this year,...
by Sam Campling | Mar 8, 2022 | Current News
Sylvia McKenzie and Richard Charles took the top titles at the Lac La Ronge Winter Festival’s King and Queen Trapper competitions this past weekend.. Charles, who has been competing for about 30 years, said he was happy to win such a tight race. “It usually feels...
by Sam Campling | Mar 7, 2022 | Current News
The annual Saskaloppet ski event was held this weekend in La Ronge. Skiers from all over Saskatchewan came to participate in the event that saw different race lengths and age categories. Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty was one of the winners of the...
by Sam Campling | Mar 7, 2022 | Current News
Longtime La Ronge resident James Irvine has qualified to compete at the 2021 World Ironman Championship at St. George, Utah. The competition was to take place last year but COVID-19 restrictions caused a delay. Irvine recently found out he’d be competing at the...
