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La Ronge

Nasty weather
Alberta clipper creates dangerous travel conditions
Blizzard like conditions have resulted in some treacherous driving conditions across northern Saskatchewan.According to the Highway Hotline's update at 11p.m., travel was not being recommended on highway 2 from Elk Ridge to Weyakwin; and also from Candle Lake to Deschambault Lake.Most other roads across the region were...
Jan 17, 2025
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Sask Alert
Heavy snowfall expected in the Northern Sask.
Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.That's the advice from Environment Canada which is forecasting heavy snowfall amounts for the La Ronge area on Thursday. A warning was issued to say that 15 to 25 cm of snow will begin falling early Thursday morning and continue during the day. The snow w...
Jan 15, 2025
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post secondary
Four chosen as inaugural recipients of the Dr. Earl Cook Memorial Scholarship
The first recipients of the Dr. Earl Cook Memorial Scholarship have been announced. Those who were selected include Marsha Morin, Alyssa Cockle, Aimee Varga and Halle Collins, who have each received $1,000. They are all post-secondary Métis students who are studying with a goal of bettering the lives of citizens...
Jan 14, 2025
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out of this world
LLRIB musician selected to have work sent to the moon
Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Nigel Bell will be one of many musicians who will have their work sent to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis Program. The Artemis Program has a goal to land humans on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years and to establish a permanent base on the lunar surface. In advance, NAS...
Jan 14, 2025
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health
Concerns raised about medical detox program coming to Northwest Sask.
Northern mayors and health professionals have concerns about a new at-home detox program the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is preparing to role out through a private medical firm based in Eastern Canada. Approximately a dozen mayors met in Prince Albert last week, where they were presented with information about ...
Jan 13, 2025
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milestone
New art gallery in La Ronge following three decades at Mistasinihk Place
The La Ronge Arts Council has completed a new gallery space at the Alex Robertson Public Library. "We noticed the La Ronge Arts Council was feeling unsupported and kind of unwelcomed in Mistasinihk Place pretty much for the last year," said visual arts lead Deanna Belhumeur. "Come September, I met with t...
Jan 11, 2025
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Saskatchewan

Frigid Temperatures
Extreme wind chills bring cold warnings to much of Saskatchewan
After a brief reprieve from cold weather earlier in the week, it has returned with a vengeance, with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) saying people in Saskatchewan can expect a multi-day episode of very cold wind chills.ECCC issued weather warnings for much of the province on Saturday, saying wind chill val...
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Pumping the brakes
Federated Co-op to pause canola crush and renewable diesel facilities
On Friday, Federated Co-Operatives Ltd. (FCL) announced it would be pausing work on two huge projects announced three years ago - a canola crush facility and a renewable diesel plant - both of which would have been located in a proposed Integrated Agriculture Complex in Regina."We've been working through this and ...
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BODY-WORN CAMERAS
RCMP body cameras aim to build trust, but expert says can be "problematic"
Police promote body-worn cameras as a way to gather evidence and improve public trust and transparency; however, a police studies expert believes that their use could be "problematic.""Subsequent studies have shown that despite body-worn cameras in the U.S., it hasn't significantly reduced the misbehavio...
Jan 17, 2025
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Ready to Respond
Canada prepares counter-tariffs; Sask NDP says threat emphasizes need to focus on northern economy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is ready to retaliate if US president-elect Donald Trump slaps Canada with devastating new tariffsTrudeau says his government "will respond'' and "not hesitate to act'' if it faces a 25 per cent across-the-board tariff on imports from Canada when Trump returns to the ...
Jan 17, 2025
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Dangerous driving
Air Ronge woman receives six month sentence after stealing and crashing delivery driver's car
A woman who, after stealing a vehicle left running outside a Prince Albert restaurant was involved in a crash, has received six months jail and a two-year driving prohibition.Verna Ross, 28, was sentenced on Jan. 13 at Prince Albert Provincial Court. Guilty pleas were entered to vehicle theft, dangerous driving, and fa...
Jan 17, 2025
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Court proceedings
Timber Bay man charged after serious assault on Christmas Day
RCMP say a serious incident on Christmas morning involved a man being threatened with a gun and then assaulted.It happened in Timber Bay, which is a small community north of Prince Albert.The victim's injuries were fortunately not life threatening.Roderick Lavallee has been charged with aggravated assault and pointing ...
Jan 17, 2025
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Local Sports

home turf
Riders release schedule, opening and closing 2025 CFL season at home
The wait is over - the Saskatchewan Roughriders have released their schedule for the upcoming 2025 CFL season.The Green and White will play its first preseason game in Winnipeg on May 24, taking on Saskatchewan's arch rivals, the Blue Bombers, with a 2 p.m. start. The second preseason match - also against Winnipeg - wi...
Jan 16, 2025
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Riderville
Quarterback Jake Maier excited to join Riders, reunite with coaches
Jake Maier is excited to be a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and reunite with some familiar faces.Maier's rights were traded from the Calgary Stampeders to the Green and White last month. The team announced the 27-year-old quarterback had signed a one-year contract extension to keep him in Saskatchewan for 2025...
Jan 11, 2025
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Done deals
Recap: over 15 moves made during SJHL trade deadline day
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) trade deadline was 5 p.m. Friday and there were 15+ moves made around the league. One of the biggest moves around the league was between the Flin Flon Bombers and Notre Dame Hounds. Flin Flon picked up Notre Dame Hounds captain Liam Hunks, a 2004-born defenceman who had eigh...
Jan 10, 2025
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Postponed to a later date
Mustangs, Ice Wolves game postponed due to bus issues
There will be no SJHL game between the La Ronge Ice Wolves and the Melfort Mustangs Friday night at the Northern Lights Palace.The La Ronge Ice Wolves were scheduled to travel to Melfort, however, there were problems with the team's bus which prevented them from making the trip down.This is the second Mustangs' game th...
Jan 10, 2025
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Maier deal
Jake Maier, Riders reach agreement on one-year deal
Jake Maier is set to be a Saskatchewan Roughrider for 2025.After the quarterback's negotiation rights were traded from the Calgary Stampeders to the Riders, the CFL club announced a one-year extension with the 27-year-old.The Green Zone's CFL insider, Dave Naylor, reported the deal is for $165,000 and includes performa...
Jan 10, 2025
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Eyes on the prize
P.A.'s Zablocki and team finish group stage perfect at U18 women's hockey worlds
Prince Albert's Stryker Zablocki scored twice and Marilou Grenier made 20 saves as Canada blanked Czechia 5-0 Tuesday at the world women's under-18 hockey championship. Canada finished the preliminary round in the top spot in Group B with nine points from three regulation wins and will face Japan in Thursday's quarterf...
Jan 08, 2025
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Canada

Judge agrees to expedite legal challenge of Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament
OTTAWA - A court has agreed to expedite its hearing of a legal challenge of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament. In a ruling late today, Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton says the court's usual rules on timelines will not apply, setting the stage for a hearing Feb. 13 and 14 in Ottawa. I...
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Eggs in Alberta, B.C., Ont., Man., Sask., recalled over salmonella concerns
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall due to a possible salmonella contamination of certain brands of eggs in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and other possible provinces. The agency says the recall covers Compliments, Foremost, Golden Valley Eggs, IGA, no name and Western F...
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Politics
Liberal leadership race crystallizes as candidates make opening pitches
The experienced hand who can fix the economy. The tough negotiator who can take on a Donald Trump White House. The millennial long-hauler who can rebuild the party. That's how candidates competing for Justin Trudeau's job as Liberal leader are attempting to define themselves to stand out from the pack.The race heated u...
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Chrystia Freeland says Pierre Poilievre will 'sell' Canada out to Donald Trump
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland is billing herself as the best person to lead Canada's fight against Donald Trump. In her first campaign ad since joining the Liberal leadership race Friday Freeland claims Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre would sell Canada out to Trump. The ad was launched in a vi...
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Extreme cold warnings in effect across Prairies, parts of Ontario and Quebec
Environment Canada issued extreme cold warnings for much of the Prairies and parts of Ontario and Quebec on Saturday morning as arctic air poured south. The national weather agency said the cold snap has sent the wind chill plummeting below -40 C in some parts of the country, including northeastern Alberta and most of ...
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'She has lost someone dear': Professor hopes orca's 'grief swim' spurs ethics rethink
As the female orca known as Tahlequah once again carries the body of a dead calf through waters near Vancouver Island, for the second time in seven years, researcher Barbara J. King says there's no mistaking the nature of the phenomenon. King said she's "more convinced than ever that animals, many animals, are exp...
10h ago
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World

Trump arrives in Washington for inaugural celebrations to mark his return to power
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump arrived in Washington Saturday evening to celebrate with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration, a triumphant return for the Republican four years after he departed the city under the shadow of an attack by his supporters on the Capitol. Trump's celebrati...
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Middle east conflict
Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to begin Sunday
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect in less than 24 hours, said Qatar's foreign ministry on Saturday.In a post on X, Qatar's foreign minister Majid al-Ansari, said the ceasefire will start at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. He advised people to exercise caution when the agreement goes into effect and wait for ...
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Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran's capital tied to 1988 mass executions, state media reports
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Saturday in a rare attack targeting the judiciary, state media reported, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass execution of dissidents in 1988. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the fatal shooting...
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Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran's capital, state media reports
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A man fatally shot two prominent hard-line judges in Iran's capital Saturday in a rare attack targeting the judiciary, state media reported. The judges, clerics Mohammad Mogheiseh and Ali Razini, both died in the shooting, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. A bodyguard for one o...
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Qatar says ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday
CAIRO (AP) - The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel will go into effect in less than 24 hours, said Qatar's foreign ministry on Saturday. In a post on X, Qatar's foreign minister Majid al-Ansari, said the ceasefire will go into effect at 8:30 a.m. (0630 GMT) Sunday. He advised people to exercise caution when the agreem...
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Bolivian judge orders the arrest of former President Morales in sex abuse case
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A Bolivian judge on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of former President Evo Morales after he failed to appear in court over a case alleging that he sexually abused a minor. Morales, 65, is alleged to have had a child with a teenage girl in 2016 - a sexual relationship that would have const...
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