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La Ronge

health and safety
Animal rescue partners with LLRIB, Waterhen Lake
Residents of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and Waterhen Lake First Nation will have further support when it comes to aggressive, stray or at-large dogs in their communities. That's thanks to a new partnership with Northern Transitional Dog Rescue (NTRD) and the two First Nations. The dog rescue, which is located 30 minu...
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update
RCMP take over Riese Drive fire investigation
A fire which destroyed a trailer on La Ronge's Riese Drive remains under investigation.The trailer, which was reportedly vacant at the time of the incident, caught fire on the morning of Jan. 22. Since then, the La Ronge Regional Fire Department has handed over the investigation to the RCMP.La Ronge Staff Sgt. Derek Eb...
Jan 28, 2025
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fundraiser
Stanley Mission Poker Rally most successful on record
The annual Stanley Mission Poker Rally held Jan. 25 sold the most hands in its 28-year history. That's according to Stanley Mission director of operations Gordon Hardlotte, who explained a total of 5,529 hands were sold. The grand winner of the fundraiser was Rubyjane McKenzie who was awarded $25,000, followed by Josep...
Jan 28, 2025
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junior hockey
Three Ice Wolves prepare for upcoming MJHL/SJHL Showcase
Three members of the La Ronge Ice Wolves are headed to Winnipeg next week for the Manitoba Junior Hockey League/Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Showcase. Forward Taite Donkin and defenceman Nathan De Silva will play on Team Blue, while defenceman Rylan Silzer was selected for Team Gold. The annual showcase, which occ...
Jan 24, 2025
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mail
Canada Post looking to solve capacity issues in Air Ronge, La Ronge
Canada Post doesn't seem to have any plans in place to address the mail issues being experienced in the tri-communities. For instance, the Air Ronge location in the Co-op C-Store in recent weeks has been overflowing with packages. As there is no room for packages in the office, mail has been stacked up in public areas ...
Jan 24, 2025
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environment
Northern author selected as Family Literacy Day reader
La Ronge's Miriam Körner has been selected to read from her book Fox and Bear as part of Family Literacy Day on Jan. 27. "I was really excited when the Saskatchewan Literacy Network contacted me and let me know that Fox and Bear was chosen for Family Literacy Day," she remarked. "The theme is Learni...
Jan 22, 2025
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Saskatchewan

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Report reveals most domestic homicide victims in Sask. are women, majority of perpetrators are men
The latest 2024 Domestic Violence Death Review Report examined 31 domestic homicide cases and revealed that 83 per cent of victims were women, and 82 per cent of perpetrators were men."Saskatchewan recognizes the need to take action to address the issue of interpersonal violence and domestic violence deaths in our...
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Camping
National parks reservations in Saskatchewan open tomorrow
National parks reservations in the province open for 2025 at 8 a.m. on Friday.In Grasslands National Park campers can reserve spots at Frenchman Valley, West Block Backcountry, East Block Backcountry and Rock Creek campgrounds between May 1 and Oct. 12.In Prince Albert National Park, spots can be reserved for Beaver Gl...
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Saskatchewan applies to intervene in Newfoundland's equalization challenge
The Government of Saskatchewan announced Wednesday, it wants to add its voice to a court case over Canada's equalization formula.Saskatchewan's Ministry of Justice said it applied earlier this month to intervene in Newfoundland and Labrador's challenge against the equalization formula used by Ottawa. The challenge is s...
20h ago
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NDP Presser
'A lifeline': NDP call on Sask., government to do better amid healthcare service disruptions
Kristine Weisbeck was in active heart failure in the days that followed the birth of her third child in Saskatoon in the fall of 2020 and she had some hemorrhaging. Once she had stabilized, she went home to Lloydminster. "The next couple of days, I started feeling heart palpitations and shortness of breath, fluid ...
21h ago
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Illegal tracking
Saskatoon man charged after GPS trackers found on vehicle
Saskatoon Police are looking for public assistance after they arrested a 46-year-old man in connection with the discovery of two tracking devices on a vehicle. Marty Glen Schira is charged with harassment, mischief, intimidation and fraudulent concealment. SPS officers were approached by a citizen who had found two GPS...
Jan 29, 2025
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'Tragic trend:' Sask. RCMP concerned by 'dramatic increase' in fatal crashes
The Saskatchewan RCMP is expressing concern after seeing eight fatal crashes on Saskatchewan roads claiming 11 lives between the start of 2025 and Wednesday. According to the RCMP, over the same time period in 2024, Saskatchewan Mounties responded to just two fatal collisions.On Friday, a crash involving two SUVs on Hi...
Jan 29, 2025
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Local Sports

Riders add Super Bowl and Grey Cup champion Shane Ray to defensive line
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed Super Bowl and Grey Cup-winning defensive lineman Shane Ray.The 31-year-old Ray was a first-round NFL draft pick and won Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos in 2016. He spent four years with the team before moving to the CFL, joining the Toronto Argonauts in 2021.Read More:Rid...
Jan 27, 2025
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Riders
Nelson Lokombo signs extension with Riders
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are bringing back its starting safety from 2024.Nelson Lokobmo has been announced as the latest Rider to sign a contract extension.The Abbotsford, B.C., product will return for his fifth CFL season. The Riders selected the former University of Saskatchewan Huskie second overall in the 2021 ...
Jan 25, 2025
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Rider moves
Riders announce Trevon Tate extension, Ajou released for NFL chance
The Saskatchewan Roughriders made a few roster moves on Wednesday - an extension and a release.Trevon Tate will be back in green and white for another CFL season while Ajou Ajou has been released to pursue an NFL opportunity.The Riders have announced the American offensive lineman has signed an extension with the club....
Jan 23, 2025
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Sask. Roughriders shore up O-line with Trevon Tate extension
Trevon Tate will be back in green and white for another CFL season.The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced the American offensive lineman has signed an extension with the club. Tate is expected to be the team's starting left tackle after Trevor Reid - the team's Most Outstanding Rookie nominee - was released to pur...
Jan 22, 2025
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Key CFL dates for 2025: Combine in Regina in March, training camps open May 11
The Canadian Football League's off-season schedule has been released before the 2025 season.CFL free agency gets underway on Feb. 11 with the free agency communication window happening from Feb. 2-9. The communication window allows free agents to begin working on contracts with potential landing spots.Read more:'I'm ex...
Jan 21, 2025
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Andrew Harris, 4-time Grey Cup Champion, joins Riders coaching staff
Andrew Harris was one of the players Saskatchewan Roughrider fans loved to hate.Now the former Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back is joining the CFL's club's coaching staff.The team announced Harris would join the staff as the running backs coach. Anthony Vitale, who was announced as the running backs coach earlier thi...
Jan 20, 2025
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Canada

Liberal leadership candidate Gould wants to hike corporate taxes, slash GST
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says she would lower the GST by a point to four per cent for a year to give struggling Canadians some tax relief. Gould appeared at a campaign event at an independent Ottawa bookshop today, where she also promised to increase the corporate tax rate from 15 to 17 per ce...
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Alberta Premier Smith pitching joint Canada-U.S. NORAD military base in Arctic
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. NORAD base in northern Canada to bolster Arctic security. Smith says she pitched the idea at a recent meeting with fellow premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She says the base could be similar to the Canadian NORAD Region headquarters ...
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Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin says online hate helped push her out of federal politics
FREDERICTON - Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the "time being" in part because of the online hate she receives, saying the level of toxicity she's had to face has been surprising. The Fredericton member of Parliament was first elected in 2019 with the Green Party before crossing the aisle to join...
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B.C. fires Victoria School Board over ban on police in schools
VICTORIA - British Columbia's education minister has fired the entire Victoria School Board in a dispute over a safety plan where the board barred police from schools except in emergencies. Minister Lisa Beare says student safety is at risk in the district and she has appointed a lone trustee to oversee the district un...
37m ago
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Montreal tightens rules for short-term rentals, including primary residences
MONTREAL - Montreal is further tightening restrictions around short-term vacation rental platforms by boosting the number of inspectors and limiting when people can rent out their primary residences. The city announced today that residents will only be allowed to rent their primary residences on platforms such as Airbn...
52m ago
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Minister LeBlanc texted border security video to Trump's pick to lead tariff agenda
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc sent a video of Canada's border security efforts to the man U.S. President Donald Trump has chosen to oversee his tariff agenda - part of Canada's pitch to avoid devastating duties that could come as soon as Saturday. LeBlanc's office confirmed the three-minute video was te...
1h ago
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World

Plane crashes in sports have devastated pro teams and college programs
The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally. Among the passengers were several members of the Skating Club of Boston who were returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas. They included teenage ...
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Serbia's striking students set off on 2-day march north as their protest movement widens
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - They packed up food, water and extra clothes and set off. Hundreds of Serbian university students on Thursday started an 80-kilometer (50-mile) march toward the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest endeavor in their widening protest movement over a deadly overhang collapse in November that kill...
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Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday. The 32-year-old male nurse was an employee of Mulago Hospital, the main referral facility in the capital, Kampala, Diana Atwine...
3h ago
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Plane crash
Airliner collides with Army helicopter at DC's Reagan National Airport, all passengers feared dead
Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members that collided with an Army helicopter was feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster in almost a quarter century, officials said Thursday.At least 28 bodies were pulled from the icy waters of the Potomac Riv...
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Figure skating community in shock after D.C. plane crash claims lives of coaches, athletes
Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were among those feared dead after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River Wednesday night. U.S. Figure Skating conf...
4h ago
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Six members of Boston skating club are among those killed in plane crash
NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) - Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River. Doug Zeghibe, the chief executiv...
4h ago
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