Mandatory Evacuation Order Lifted for La Ronge Area

Friday July 17, 2015. 9: 30a.m. Up-Date Mandatory evacuation order lifted Lac La Ronge Indian Band (La Ronge), Air Ronge and Town of La Ronge. Road will open at 1p.m. today. Arrangements are being made for buses to bring back people who need travel assistance....

La Ronge Area Residents Closer To Getting Back Home

Local authorities are now putting in place the final concrete steps towards bringing people home, now that the immediate fire threat is contained near La Ronge, Air Ronge and Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Following their meeting at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, local...

Perfect Conditions for Wildfire Disaster

According to the provincial government’s community risk assessment profiles the conditions were ripe for the province’s northern wildfire disaster. Many of the communities directly threatened and forced to evacuate because of fires were rated as high risk, very high...

Significant Rain Forecast Over Forest Fire Area

There is some good news today on the forest fire front. There is rain in the forecast for the La Ronge area and more evacuees are getting the all clear to return home. The most significant impact on the fires could be delivered by mother nature, not soldiers. There...

Highway 102 Open to General Traffic

Highway 102 north of Sucker River will be open for general traffic, starting Thursday, July 16. Road access north of Lac La Ronge is not currently under immediate threat by fire, and so travel on Highway 102 will be open for residents, businesses and visitors....

Wednesday Evening Fire Report – La Ronge

Fire experts say the immediate threat still exists to the communities of Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Air Ronge, and La Ronge. And that means that the evacuation order remains in place. Today’s weather brought sun and clear skies for flying, but it also brought the...