Learning
Dean of College of Medicine visits P.A. to weigh expansion opportunity
With the continual demand for more doctors and other health care practitioners in Saskatchewan, the head of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan was in Prince Albert to meet people and explore options. Dr. Sarah Fogie has been dean of the College for about eight months and made her first visit to t...
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McLurg wins 4th straight 3a women's title
Wrestling provincials recap
After regional competitions the week before determined the top four wrestlers in each weight class in Carrot River, those wrestlers traveled to Regina over the weekend to compete in provincials to compete against the top four wrestlers from Regina and the top four from Saskatoon to crown provincial champions. Covered i...
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Leaked emails
Opposition criticizes government after breast cancer patients cannot afford care
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infrastructure
La Ronge council approves Water Treatment Plant automation funding
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infrastructure
La Ronge council approves Water Treatment Plant automation funding
La Ronge council approved $26,250 to the Lac La Ronge Regional Water Corporation as their portion to fund Water Treatment Plant automation upgrades. The decision to do so was made at a regular meeting on Monday. According to documents submitted by the corporation, the upgrade will amalgamate four separate systems into ...
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police work
La Ronge RCMP seize eight ounces of crack cocaine
Two people are facing charges after a drug bust on Monday.According to an RCMP media release, just after midnight on March 10, an officer observed a running vehicle parked in the Bigstone Landing area. There were two individuals inside the vehicle and police approached them to check their well-being. They observed open...
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celebration
Close to $50K awarded during Lac La Ronge Winter Festival
Organizers are proud of the work done during the last 10 days to make the Lac La Ronge Winter Festival a success. There were many highlights of the winter festival, which included Gerald McKenzie and Sylvia McKenzie winning the titles of King and Queen Trapper (both won $1,500). Richard Charles took second and Norman M...
Mar 10, 2025
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community
LLRIB to host Healing Round Dance annually for next four years
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) hosted its first-ever Healing Round Dance on March 1. The event, organized in partnership with leadership, Woodland Wellness Centre and LLRIB Education, marked the first time the band has held a round dance. The gathering was well attended and featured guidance from Elders and knowl...
Mar 10, 2025
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report sightings
Northern Chief concerned about wild pig discovery in Northern Sask.
The Chief of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is concerned about a wild pig recently being discovered in traditional territory. Last weekend, a land user near Weyakwin shot and killed a wild pig while he was out checking his traps. Since then, northern residents, including Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, have been expres...
Mar 08, 2025
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sleeping beauty
'Emotion and awe': Professional ballet dancers perform show in La Ronge
Ballet Jörgen, a professional dance company based out of Toronto, entertained a sold out crowd in La Ronge on Tuesday. Ballet Jörgen was brought to town through a partnership between the Tri-Community Dance Club and the La Ronge Arts Council. They performed a two-hour show called Sleeping Beauty in front of a...
Mar 05, 2025
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Saskatchewan
Learning
Dean of College of Medicine visits P.A. to weigh expansion opportunity
With the continual demand for more doctors and other health care practitioners in Saskatchewan, the head of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan was in Prince Albert to meet people and explore options. Dr. Sarah Fogie has been dean of the College for about eight months and made her first visit to t...
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Ford says Trump dropping plan to double steel, aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON - Premier Doug Ford says U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick committed to dropping U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff on Canadian aluminum and steel back to 25 per cent after Ontario agreed to pause a surcharge on electricity exports to the United States.Earlier Tuesday, Trump posted on social media tha...
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McLurg wins 4th straight 3a women's title
Wrestling provincials recap
After regional competitions the week before determined the top four wrestlers in each weight class in Carrot River, those wrestlers traveled to Regina over the weekend to compete in provincials to compete against the top four wrestlers from Regina and the top four from Saskatoon to crown provincial champions. Covered i...
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Leaked emails
Opposition criticizes government after breast cancer patients cannot afford care
The NDP has released obtained emails which says patients are forgoing mammograms out of province due to the cost. "Saskatchewan women urgently needing diagnostic care like mammograms are being referred to Calgary clinics - clinics owned by Sask. Party donors," said Meara Conway, Saskatchewan NDP shadow minist...
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Market uncertainty
Wealth management specialist weighs in on tariffs and investments
A wealth management specialist says he's had an uptick in the number of people concerned about their investments in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, but the old adage of 'buy and hold' doesn't work the way it used to. Cole Kachur with the Kachur Wealth Management Group, acknowledged the recent plunge ...
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Ontario pulls back electricity surcharge on U.S. exports after Trump threat
WASHINGTON - Ontario has agreed to suspend a surcharge on electricity exports to the United States after President Donald Trump escalated his trade war Tuesday by vowing to double threatened tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports.Trump said 50 per cent tariffs would be placed on Canadian steel and aluminum on W...
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Local Sports
Warman Wolverines
New Warman SJHL team reveals name, logo and colours
The new Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) team in Warman has officially revealed its name, logo and coloursTeam Co-Founder, Jon Abrametz announced yesterday on the SJHL Weekly Show that the Notre Dame Hounds will be rebranded as the Warman Wolverines, sporting the colours of teal, red, dark blue and white. The l...
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Wrestlers from meadow lake all the way to humboldt
Sask. wrestlers shine at regional tournament in Carrot River
The wrestling season is nearly over with regionals finishing up this weekend. There are three regions in the province, Saskatoon, Regina, and the rest of the province gathers in a different location each year to settle their region. The top four wrestlers in each weight class secure a spot in provincials next weekend i...
Mar 04, 2025
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town council
La Ronge mayor reacts to Ice Wolves relocation
"We wish them all the best." Those are the words of La Ronge Mayor Joe Hordyski when asked for his reaction about the Ice Wolves relocating from the Mel Hegland Uniplex to the Lac La Ronge Indian Band's Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC) next season. "I know we haven't been able to promise a...
Feb 27, 2025
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junior hockey
SJHL's La Ronge Ice Wolves relocating to nearby First Nation next season
The La Ronge Ice Wolves are relocating to the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC). That's according to a media release issued Wednesday by the JRMCC, stating the team's board has approved the relocation of the team. The move takes the club less than ten minutes from La Ronge's Mel Hegland Uniplex to the nea...
Feb 27, 2025
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Ahtahkakoop Connection
Danika Dureau, Battlefords Sharks enjoying a stellar season
Danika Dureau has been one of the key pieces as the Battlefords Sharks have seen quite the turnaround in a few short seasons.The U18 Female AAA team leads the pack with a league-best 21-2-2-2 record this season - Dureau's second season on the team."The whole team, we're all kind of filled with the drive and passio...
Feb 25, 2025
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winner
American takes Canadian Challenge eight-dog race
Alaskan Sean de Wolski is the Canadian Challenge winner in the eight-dog, 160-kilometer (100 mile) race. The eight-dog race began Wednesday at noon and he crossed the finish line at approximately 2:20 p.m. on Thursday. The race was split in two with mushers spending the night in La Ronge on Wednesday, before heading ou...
Feb 20, 2025
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La Ronge Profiles
Record homicides
Sask. RCMP report record homicides in 2024
A record number of homicides were reported to Saskatchewan RCMP in 2024, over half in northern Saskatchewan and many of the people charged were on release conditions. Numbers released on January 28 show that the provincial force investigated 38 homicide cases with 40 victims, an increase of 27 per cent from 2023. The i...
Jan 28, 2025
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Agricultural Benefits Settlement
NOTICE OF RATIFICATION VOTE - Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation
December 16, 2024 TO: THE MEMBERS OF PETER BALLANTYNE CREE NATION TAKE NOTICE that a Ratification Vote of the Voters of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation pursuant to the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Treaty 6 Agricultural Benefits Settlement Agreement Voting Guidelines (the "Voting Guidelines") will be held t...
Jan 15, 2025
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Nursing education
New early admission option to help alleviate tight timeline for nursing students
You've decided you want to become a registered nurse? Exciting! Nursing has so many career paths, there's a place for everyone to find their passion. Plus, registered nurses are in high demand, so by choosing this career, you're setting yourself up for opportunity, stability, and the ability to work almost anywhere. Wh...
Nov 18, 2024
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Canada
In the news today: Trump tariffs in effect, Bank of Canada to cut interest today?
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum kick in The latest move in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to realign global trade came into force Wednesday as all countries, including Canada, were hit with 25 per cent tariffs on steel and al...
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Canadian pride surges in face of Trump's tariff, sovereignty threats: Leger poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians' sense of national pride has surged in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats against the country's sovereignty. The poll, conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies, says that the number of people saying they're proud to be Canadi...
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In America's 'most Canadian town,' Trump's trade war wounds wallets and hearts
The tiny community of Point Roberts is a little bit of America, firmly fixed to British Columbia. It's the result of a cartographic quirk, occupying the southern tip of the otherwise-Canadian Tsawwassen peninsula that is surrounded by water, but dangles south of the 49th parallel. The exclave gets water and electricity...
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Trump's tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum now in place
WASHINGTON - The latest move in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to realign global trade came into force Wednesday as all countries, including Canada, were hit with 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the United States. The president's executive order went into place at 12:01 a.m. ET. It removes th...
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Carney transition team met with PMO staff Tuesday, hope for PM swearing in by Friday
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney is hoping to be sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister by the end of the week but there are some logistical hurdles like security clearances for senior members of his transition team that must happen first. Carney won a landslide victory to take the helm of the Liberals from Justin...
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B.C. RCMP officer didn't apologize to insulted colleague as claimed, lawyer says
A British Columbia Mountie who made derogatory comments about a female colleague's weight testified this week that he apologized to her and they "laughed it off," but an RCMP lawyer said Tuesday that the officer "outright lied." Constables Ian Solven, Mersad Mesbah and Philip Dick, all stationed at ...
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World
Pakistani security forces battle to free about 300 hostages aboard a hijacked train
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani security forces exchanged gunfire on Wednesday with hundreds of separatist militants as they sought to free about 300 hostages aboard a train in the country's rugged southwest, officials said. Security forces were being cautious as officials said the hostages were surrounded by militan...
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Center-right party wins most votes in Greenland's parliamentary election as Trump seeks control
NUUK, Greenland (AP) - The right leaning Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland's parliamentary elections, a surprise result as the territory went to the polls in the shadow of President Donald Trump's stated goal of taking control of the island one way or another. Both Demokraatit - the Democrats - and the ...
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NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA's newest space telescope rocketed toward orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before - a sweeping look at hundreds of millions of galaxies and their shared cosmic glow since the beginning of time. SpaceX launched the Spherex observatory from California, putting it on course to fly over Earth's poles. Tag...
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Democrat David Gottfried wins Minnesota House special election, restoring a 67-67 power split
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama to control the chamber chose Democrat David Gottfried on Tuesday in a race that will leave control of the House tied and end a short-lived Republican majority. The Democratic victory will force the two parties to work tog...
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Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that's seen as a prelude to President Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the agency. Department officials announced the cuts Tuesday, raising questions about the agency's ability to continue...
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Federal judge halts Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution, state says it will appeal
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A federal judge halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving forward with the execution - which would have...
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