Residents of the tri-communities look forward to the Lac La Ronge Winter Festival every year. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

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Winter festival returning with full line up of events

Feb 17, 2022 | 12:25 PM

After COVID restrictions led to the cancellation of the 2021 Lac La Ronge Winter Festival, the major event is scheduled to return next month.

“We’re looking at ways we can make this work,” said Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC) Director of Sports and Recreation Kevin Roberts. “Our chief and council continue to adopt the COVID-19 proof of vaccination and masking. We feel our event will still be safe as only people who have been vaccinated can still participate in our events.”

The festival, which will run March 4 to 13, includes more than a dozen events including the King and Queen Trapper Competition, hockey and volleyball tournaments, a talent show, poker tournament, an Elders lunch and bingo, jigging and square dancing, and more. A fundraiser cabaret is also on the schedule for March 12, but Roberts noted it is tentative and a final decision will made the week prior.

The King and Queen Trapper Competition has more than $6,000 in prize money up for grabs with the top male and female participants each receiving $1,500. Registration will be held on March 5 at 11 a.m. at the urban reserve in La Ronge.

“Based on all of our experience in events in the past, we are going to be safe and under our COVID guideline limits,” Roberts said. “As far as I know, our events haven’t caused a spike in COVID in our region, so we are pretty confident with the proof of vaccination and some social distancing, we will still be able to hold our events in a safe and healthy manner.”

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Details for the 2022 Lac La Ronge Winter Festival. (Facebook/Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre)

Some events during the winter festival will also be streamed online on JRMCC’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Roberts is hoping live streaming will reduce the number of people who typically watch the events in person.

“We’re keeping in mind we still want to be mindful of our COVID situation locally, but also know we want to get some normalcy back in our lives here hosting this event,” he said.

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