Two from La Ronge face charges after drug bust

Two from La Ronge face charges after drug bust

Two people from La Ronge are facing several drug and weapons related charges after a drug bust in the northern community this week. RCMP say officers seized guns and drugs following a raid at a home on Tuesday. Mounties say, during the raid, officers seized a loaded...
La Ronge charged with weapons offenses

La Ronge charged with weapons offenses

A La Ronge man appeared in provincial court Monday, charged with several weapons offenses. RCMP say officers raided a home in that community Saturday night seizing a sawed-off shotgun, a handgun, an imitation handgun, a semi-automatic shotgun with ammunition, and a...
22 bison reintroduced to Witchekan Lake First Nation

22 bison reintroduced to Witchekan Lake First Nation

Bison are now back on Witchekan Lake First Nation after a century and a half of absence. On Monday, 20 pregnant heifers and two bull bison made the journey to the First Nation from Carstairs, Alberta. Witchekan Lake First Nation Chief Raymon Harris said that the First...
La Loche woman charged with murder

La Loche woman charged with murder

A woman from La Loche is dead and another in custody, charged with second-degree murder. RCMP allege an altercation took place at a home in that northern community Thursday. The unidentified woman would be transported to Saskatoon hospital for medical treatment. She...
February is Indigenous storytelling month

February is Indigenous storytelling month

By: Carol Baldwin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Wakaw Recorder February is Indigenous Storytelling Month. During the winter months, the tradition of storytelling is an important tradition that is used to pass on knowledge from generation to generation,...