

Crime
Woman arrested after trying to bear mace officers: RCMP
A woman from Stanley Mission is facing a list of charges after attempting to deploy bear spray at officers. The incident happened on May 18 shortly after 9:30 a.m. when RCMP officers in the community received word that a woman was in possession of a firearm at a residence. The firearm was not discharged, and the woman ...
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childcare
When daycare kids outgrow their room under $10-a-day child care, what happens next?
Questions over how Saskatchewan's $10-a-day childcare funding model handles children moving between age groups are raising concerns among daycare operators already struggling with long wait-lists.For Judy Schaffer, director of Playtime Co-Operative Childcare in Battleford, the concern comes down to a common daycare rea...
May 19, 2026
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Crime Watch
La Ronge RCMP kept busy with firearm discharge incident, robbery
A man who was found hiding in a crawl space after allegedly discharging a firearm towards a person in the community of Hall Lake was discovered by police shortly after the incident. Around 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 17, La Ronge RCMP received a report about the shooting. The person who was shot at was not physically inju...
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Licence renewal
Remediation to continue at former Gunnar uranium mine and mill
The federal nuclear regulator has renewed the Saskatchewan Research Council's licence to continue remediation work at the former Gunnar uranium mine and mill site in northern Saskatchewan for another five years.The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced Wednesday that the renewed licence is valid until May 31, 20...
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Crime
Woman arrested after trying to bear mace officers: RCMP
A woman from Stanley Mission is facing a list of charges after attempting to deploy bear spray at officers. The incident happened on May 18 shortly after 9:30 a.m. when RCMP officers in the community received word that a woman was in possession of a firearm at a residence. The firearm was not discharged, and the woman ...
4h ago
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flooding fallout
Mail delays, long detours plague northern Sask. communities after washouts
Floodwaters and road washouts in northern Saskatchewan continue to disrupt daily life for residents, delaying mail delivery, affecting access to emergency services, and forcing longer travel routes. Shana Hansen, administrator for the Northern Village of Pinehouse, said some washouts on Hwy 914, the only road offering ...
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Next Step: Head Coach
Beatty staying on as Ice Wolves GM
Legendary SJHL head coach and general manager Bob Beatty will be staying with the La Ronge Ice Wolves.Beatty, who coached in the SJHL for nearly 20 years, winning three league titles, two of which came in La Ronge, is now the club's full-time general manager."I've always had a soft spot for La Ronge, and they trea...
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education degrees
NSITEP celebrates seven new graduates
It was an exciting time on Friday as the Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NSITEP) in La Ronge celebrated its latest graduating class. The event occurred at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre and included five of the seven graduates. Due to snowy weather conditions, two of the gradua...
May 17, 2026
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Saskatchewan

Local response to addictions
Prince Albert adds 21 sober living spaces to support recovery after treatment
People leaving addiction treatment in Prince Albert now have 21 new sober living spaces available to help support their recovery journey after treatment ends.The spaces, spread across four single-detached homes in the city, were officially opened on Wednesday afternoon through a partnership involving the provincial min...
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Canada on the world stage
PBO says Canadian governments to spend $1 billion to host World Cup
The federal budget watchdog says Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer.That includes money from all levels of government, with the federal government contributing $473 million.The total averages to $82 million per game for the 13 games that will be played in Toronto and Vancouver.The ...
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childcare
When daycare kids outgrow their room under $10-a-day child care, what happens next?
Questions over how Saskatchewan's $10-a-day childcare funding model handles children moving between age groups are raising concerns among daycare operators already struggling with long wait-lists.For Judy Schaffer, director of Playtime Co-Operative Childcare in Battleford, the concern comes down to a common daycare rea...
May 19, 2026
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EAGLE FEATHER NEWS
Storied career of Donny Parenteau garners Sask. Order of Merit
For Donny Parenteau, there wasn't much of a learning curve when he first picked up the fiddle. Beginners typically take around six months to get the basics down. A young Parenteau, in high school, was getting the hang of things in the first evening."I could play half a fiddle tune that was in my head after one nig...
May 19, 2026
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SJHL DRAFT
SJHL draft to be held on June 9
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) has announced that the 11th annual draft will be held on June 9 at 1 p.m. The draft will involve two rounds of 2011-born player selections, and six rounds of 2010-born players. Teams will be able to protect two or three local U-15 ages players, forbidding other teams from se...
May 19, 2026
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final season
Federal defence minister says Snowbirds will be grounded as aging aircraft replaced
Canada's defence minister says 2026 will mark the final season for the Snowbirds before the air demonstration team's aging aircraft are replaced.David McGuinty made the announcement during a visit to 15 Wing Moose Jaw, the Snowbirds' home base, on Tuesday. The federal government says it will procure the propeller-drive...
May 19, 2026
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Licence renewal
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Woman arrested after trying to bear mace officers: RCMP
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Great reviews
Laughter for a cause: Bear Grease returns to Prince Albert
flooding fallout
Mail delays, long detours plague northern Sask. communities after washouts
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PBO says Canadian governments to spend $1 billion to host World Cup
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Local Sports

Next Step: Head Coach
Beatty staying on as Ice Wolves GM
Legendary SJHL head coach and general manager Bob Beatty will be staying with the La Ronge Ice Wolves.Beatty, who coached in the SJHL for nearly 20 years, winning three league titles, two of which came in La Ronge, is now the club's full-time general manager."I've always had a soft spot for La Ronge, and they trea...
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Football
Riders to meet Stampeders to kick off CFL pre-season
It's a chance for players to show what they can do when another team lines up across from them.The Saskatchewan Roughriders are in Calgary to take on the Stampeders in the first CFL pre-season game of 2026. Kickoff for the game is set for 1 p.m.While a number of starters aren't expected to play in the game, it is an im...
May 18, 2026
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Training camp
Sombach brothers to face off for first time in CFL pre-season game
Regina's Carson Sombach has come up with a lot of big interceptions over his football career - from registering the game-winning pick in the 87th Hardy Cup for the University of Regina Rams in 2024, to returning an interception 109 yards to the end zone for the longest play in school history.On Thursday, however, he se...
May 17, 2026
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Riders Camp
Six-fingered lineman J.J. Weaver is more than meets the eye at Riders' training camp
With an eye focused on developing quality people along with championship-caliber football players, Corey Mace has seen a few players grab his attention at Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp.Near the top of that list is defensive lineman J.J. Weaver.Mace said all the rookies arrived while the coaches were sitting ar...
May 16, 2026
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Riders camp
'I'm going to be a starter': Riders first-round pick Malcolm Bell arrives at camp
Over the past month, Malcolm Bell has needed to have a suitcase nearby, with doors to opportunity opening left and right for the star defensive back.This week, he got the call to hop on a plane and join the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Saskatoon for training camp."You just pack your stuff and get ready to go to Sas...
May 14, 2026
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Go riders go
'A great opportunity': Jack Coan pushing for backup quarterback role at Riders camp
Jack Coan has played under some of the brightest lights in the sport, but he's now facing one of the biggest tests of his career at Roughriders training camp.From throwing touchdowns at Notre Dame Stadium in front of over 80,000 of the most passionate college football fans on the planet to running out of the tunnel at ...
May 13, 2026
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La Ronge Profiles

Great reviews
Laughter for a cause: Bear Grease returns to Prince Albert
One of Canada's most successful and hilarious musicals is returning to Prince Albert and, in doing so, helping to raise money for a great cause.Bear Grease runs May 27 and May 28 at the EA Rawlinson Centre with evening shows at 7:30 p.m, as well as a matinee show on May 27th at 1 p.m.It was made possible by Prince Albe...
May 13, 2026
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Snowbird Aviation Services
Athabasca Basin News
Rooted in the North, Theresa Dufresne's Journey in Aviation Theresa Dufresne still remembers the call that changed her life. She just finished school in La Ronge when her cousin phoned from Stony Rapids. There was a job opening at West Wind Aviation, a predecessor of today's Rise Air. Could she be at the airport in 30 ...
Apr 21, 2026
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Bring the outdoors inside
Lakeland Log and Timber - Where Log Becomes Legacy
There's a moment many people dream about: morning light filtering through tall pines, the quiet ripple of water nearby, the warmth of natural wood surrounding you as you sip your coffee. It's not just a house-it's a feeling. A connection to nature. A place that slows life down while standing strong for generations. At ...
Feb 02, 2026
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Canada

CP NewsAlert: Alberta committee vote on separation hits bizarre roadblock
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's journey toward holding a fall referendum vote on separation took a bizarre turn Wednesday straight into a roadblock. It occurred when the governing United Conservative members of a bipartisan legislature committee ...
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Opposition, unions fear federal cuts could undermine food security
OTTAWA - New Democrats and several unions are warning that federal job cuts and research facility closures will put food safety and security at risk. The federal government's website says it's planning to cut more than 650 jobs at Agriculture and Agri-...
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Canadian steel companies pay millions after U.S says they didn't pay proper tariffs
WASHINGTON - Two Canadian steel companies have agreed to pay $19 million to resolve allegations they knowingly failed to pay proper duties on flat-rolled steel manufactured in Europe and Asia, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. From May 2019 t...
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Anand says joining SAFE defence borrowing pact will help Canadian firms compete
OTTAWA - The European Parliament formally welcomed Canada into the defence borrowing and procurement agreement known as SAFE on Wednesday - making it the only non-European country to join. The European Parliament passed a final vote Wednesday to greenl...
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Carney lays out pipeline conditions before talks with Eby on B.C.'s priorities
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney met with Eby in a closed-door meeting in Vancouver ...
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Conservative MP Michael Chong meets with Taiwan president as China dials up pressure
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong said his meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday was meant to assert Canadian sovereignty in the face of Beijing's warnings to Canadian lawmakers that such visits are inappropriate. "I thought it...
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World

3 dead in New Mexico and first responders treated for exposure to unknown substance, officials say
MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. (AP) - Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were quarantined and being treated Wednesday for exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, aut...
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US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advance to GOP runoff in Alabama for US Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advanced to a runoff on Wednesday for the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. Moore is a three-term congressman endorsed by Presiden...
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Arizona executes inmate who set a man on fire, killing him, in 2002 attack
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match was put to death Wednesday, the first of three executions planned this week around the U.S. Leroy Dean McGill, 63...
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US military boards Iranian-flagged oil tanker suspected of trying to breach blockade
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military said Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade. U.S. Central Command said on social media that ...
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US raises pressure on Cuba with indictment of former leader as island's president condemns charges
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the island's social...
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Sorry, Arsenal fans, but a public holiday for you in Botswana is fake news
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Arsenal soccer fans in the southern African country of Botswana thought they had another reason to rejoice: a public holiday to celebrate their team's first Premier League title in 22 years. Unfortunately for them, Botswa...
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