Northern Dogs
'Meeting people where they're at': Northern communities developing strategies in wake of public health issue
Communities in northern Saskatchewan are facing what seems to be an endemic public health issue. "The numbers of northern dog bites are so high, that the places with the highest dog bites exceed that of the rest of the province," said Dr. David Edward-Ooi Poon, a northern medical health officer with Saskatche...
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Overdose crisis
Province opens emergency centre to deal with drug crisis
Hundreds of overdoses in Saskatoon have prompted the government to activate the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC). The Sask. Public Safety Agency, the City, and the Ministry of Health will all work to manage the crisis, and have already increased the number of naloxone kits available. A week ago, Betty Nipp...
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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 ...
Mar 11, 2025
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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...
Mar 11, 2025
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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
Northern Dogs
'Meeting people where they're at': Northern communities developing strategies in wake of public health issue
Communities in northern Saskatchewan are facing what seems to be an endemic public health issue. "The numbers of northern dog bites are so high, that the places with the highest dog bites exceed that of the rest of the province," said Dr. David Edward-Ooi Poon, a northern medical health officer with Saskatche...
1h ago
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Overdose crisis
Province opens emergency centre to deal with drug crisis
Hundreds of overdoses in Saskatoon have prompted the government to activate the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC). The Sask. Public Safety Agency, the City, and the Ministry of Health will all work to manage the crisis, and have already increased the number of naloxone kits available. A week ago, Betty Nipp...
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cause for concern
Meteorologists say cuts to U.S. weather agency impacting Prairie weather data
A warning preparedness meteorologist from Environment and Climate Change Canada is among a growing number of Canadian meteorologists concerned about sweeping cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States.Natalie Hasell said the two organizations do share a lot of information ba...
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Economic unrest
Sask. snowbirds respond to tariffs and suggested travel regulations
The Saskatchewan snowbirds, who fly south for the winter, have found themselves caught in the middle of a trade war and could be facing increased regulations.On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested the preparation of a new travel rule that would force Canadians planning to stay in the U.S. for more than 30 da...
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compensation
Timber Bay Children's Home survivor hopeful settlement will be reached soon
A recent settlement that was reached between Île-à-la Crosse Residential School attendees and the federal government is giving survivors of the Timber Bay Children's Home hope for compensation for their claim."I really don't know why things are the way they are today regarding not being recognized,&qu...
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Canada pushes back on U.S. tariffs as G7 ministers gather in Quebec
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is welcoming her counterparts from some of the world's most powerful countries to Quebec this week, as Ottawa works to maintain unity between Washington and its Group of Seven partners and pushes back on U.S. tariffs."We all need to band together in the best wa...
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Local Sports
From Player to Coach
Jackson Allan: North Stars Captain turns setback into opportunity
In his final year on the team and with a championship under his belt, Battlefords North Stars captain, Jackson Allan, now has the opportunity to use his knowledge and skills to assist the North Stars in a different way to end the season. After battling a serious injury over the past few months, the team has officially ...
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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...
Mar 11, 2025
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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...
Mar 11, 2025
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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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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
Media outlets start receiving Google payments from Online News Act: journalism group
Money has started to flow to Canadian news outlets from the $100 million Google agreed to pay them in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act, the organization administering the fund said. The Canadian Journalism Collective announced Thursday that the first portion of cash sent to eligible news businesses am...
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'Get ready for a wild ride': Weather Network issues Canada's spring forecast
Canada's recent flirtation with balmy temperatures will give way to spring's characteristically volatile weather, the Weather Network's chief meteorologist said, with a new seasonal forecast suggesting winter may still deliver some parting punches. Spring may be slightly chillier in Western Canada but otherwise close t...
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In the news today: Tariff talks in Washington and G7 foreign ministers in Quebec
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ministers, premier to meet with Lutnick in D.C. Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today - days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its su...
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Canadian ministers, Ontario premier to meet with Lutnick as tariff fight continues
WASHINGTON - Canadian officials are set to meet with the U.S. commerce secretary in Washington today - days after a dust-up with U.S. President Donald Trump that ended with Ontario pausing its surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman...
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Mountain biking groups 'stretched thin' with trail work as popularity grows
VANCOUVER - The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of trails isn't reflected in the level of support they receive. Deanne Cote, executive director of the North Shore Mountain B...
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Trump family fortune began in a Canadian brothel-hotel
In one of history's little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump's annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped launch the U.S. president's family fortune more than 100 years ago. To find it, look west. Way west. On a quiet, remote trail in British C...
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World
Russia says it has retaken Kursk's biggest town from Ukraine as US awaits Putin's ceasefire response
Russian forces have driven the Ukrainian army out of the biggest town in Russia's Kursk border region, officials claimed Thursday, as U.S. officials sought the Kremlin's response to a proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year that Ukraine has endorsed. The Ukrainian army's seven-month foothold in Kursk has been under...
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Kuwait frees a group of jailed Americans, including contractors held on drug charges
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges, in a move seen as a gesture of goodwill between two allies, a representative for the detainees told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The release follows a recent v...
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Congo government and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on March 18, mediator Angola says
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Congo's government and the M23 rebel group will participate in peace talks on March 18, Angola said Wednesday. A statement from Angolan President João Lourenço's office said they would begin "direct peace negotiations" in the Angolan capital, Luanda. Angola has acted as a m...
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Vatican says a chest scan confirms improvements in the pope's condition
ROME (AP) - The Vatican says a chest scan has confirmed improvements in Pope Francis' condition in his fourth week in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia. The pope continues to receive high flows of oxygen through nasal tubes during the day, and he has a non-invasive mechanical mask to aid his rest at night....
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Trump administration drops lawsuit against company over alleged abuse at its child migrant shelters
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - The Trump administration is dropping a civil lawsuit against the largest provider of housing for unaccompanied migrant children over allegations of repeated sexual abuse and harassment of minors in its facilities. The dismissal was filed on Wednesday after the federal government announced they wou...
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Norwegian ski jumpers Lindvik and Forfang have been suspended as suit tampering scandal escalates
GENEVA (AP) - Sign stealing in baseball. Match fixing in soccer. Doping allegations in swimming. Now ski jumping has its own scandal that escalated Wednesday. Cheating by Norway team officials manipulating ski suits has shaken a national reputation for fair play and high-minded principles at their home Nordic world cha...
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