by MBC News | Jul 17, 2015
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....
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
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...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
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...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
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...
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
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....
by MBC News | Jul 16, 2015
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...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2015
It’s moving day for hundreds of evacuees as some received the green light to return home while others will move to locations closer to the north. The provincial government announced today evacuees from Pinehouse, Little Red, Sturgeon Lake, Red Earth and Wahpeton can...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2015
Premier Brad Wall spent some time at the nerve centre of forest fire control in the province this morning. He took part in the daily operations update at the emergency centre in downtown Regina. He has nothing but praise for the way things are being handled and how...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2015
For permanenet residents wanting to travel through La Ronge: Northern residents are advised that escorted travel through Air Ronge and La Ronge to communities north of Sucker River is available during daylight hours only. Travellers should gather at the south...
by MBC News | Jul 15, 2015
July 15, 2015 Mandatory Evacuation Order The Resort Subdivision of Wadin Bay and Subdivision of English Bay, Lamp Lake and Nemeiben are being advised that the very serious fire risk to the community and potential poor air quality in the region continues to exist. The...
