by MBC News | Jun 3, 2021
The former Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission said the federal government has known of possible unmarked graves at residential schools, but chose to ignore that. Murray Sinclair testified during an emergency House of Commons Committee on the TRC Final...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2021
Two women from the La Ronge area have been charged after a traffic stop and vehicle search was conducted by RCMP on Tuesday. 39-year-old Reena McCallum of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and 27-year-old Erica McKenzie of La Ronge were charged with possession of cocaine...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2021
A 13-year-old girl has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault in La Ronge. The charges are the result of an investigation into the assault of a six-year-old and eight-year-old that happened Saturday evening in Bells Point on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band...
by MBC News | Jun 3, 2021
The Clearwater River Dene Nation has established a checkpoint on Highway 955, as there has been an increase on uranium exploration. An area north of the community is rich in uranium deposits. The First Nation contents that the granting of exploration permits is being...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2021
By Michael Joel-Hansen The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) has offered their support to all those impacted by the events in Kamloops British Colombia. PAGC Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte said the discovery of 215 children in a mass grave on the site of the former...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2021
Two girls, aged six and eight, were injured in a weekend assault according to the RCMP. La Ronge RCMP say they received a call Saturday evening to help emergency medical services with the injured children at Bells Points on the Lac La Ronge Indian Band reserve. The...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2021
Two-hundred and fifteen birch bark rafts will be released on to Lac La Ronge on Friday during a ceremony. The rafts are being made this week on the site of the Lac La Ronge Residential School. Tom Roberts, a residential school support worker and counsellor who also...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2021
The Men of the North support group is initiating a community clean-up contest starting Friday and ending Sunday. The competition will have participants clean an area of La Ronge, Air Ronge or the Lac La Ronge Indian Band then send in before and after photos to be...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2021
(Photo: Justice for Our Stolen Children camp tipi.) The Saskatchewan Court of Appeals is reserving its decision on whether to dismiss an appeal by an Indigenous protest camp, which occupied Wascana Park for 197 days in 2018. The Justice for Our Stolen Children Camp,...
by MBC News | Jun 2, 2021
A northern literacy hub is being established in La Ronge for children in the area six-years-old and younger. The La Ronge and Area Family Literacy Hub is designed to give caregivers resources and spaces designed to facilitate their child’s early literacy development....
