by MBC News | Dec 21, 2022
By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Before La Ronge had an overnight shelter, winters in the northern town were — invariably — deadly. “We used to have at least one person in La Ronge freeze to death every winter,” said Ron Woytowich, executive...
by MBC News | Dec 21, 2022
Ron Woytowich is the executive director of the Kikinahk Friendship Centre in La Ronge, Sask. Megan Heyhurst photography By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For more than 25 years, Ron Woytowich has been helping people in the La Ronge area get the...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2022
Lac La Ronge food bank chair Cheryl Norgaard stands with food hampers on November 9, 2022. Megan Heyhurst photography By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On a Wednesday afternoon, the Lac La Ronge food bank is busy — but quiet. A few years ago,...
by MBC News | Dec 20, 2022
Tina Johnson, extended hours program manager for the Scattered Sites Outreach Program, stands in the kitchen at Scattered Sites on Nov. 9, 2022. Megan Heyhurst photography By: Julia Peterson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Henry Dorion — ‘Moody,’ to his...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2022
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com The 14,000-barrel spill of crude oil from the Keystone pipeline into a creek in Kansas last week has Carry The Kettle Cega’kin Nakoda First Nation (Cega’kin) “gravely concerned” about...
by MBC News | Dec 19, 2022
By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) has launched a new teaching resource through the Indigenous Knowledge and Science program with the aid of Prince Albert high school students. The resource is...
