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La Ronge

Super cold
Extreme cold warnings issue for Meadow Lake and Far North
Extremely cold wind chill values near -45 C are expected Sunday night and Monday morning. Environment Canada said some moderation will occur during daytime hours, overnight and early morning but wind chill values near minus -45 C are likely to remain into Tuesday. An extreme cold warning was issued Sunday morning for p...
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rescue
NAR receives more than 400 intakes in 2024
Attending to animals in need once again proved to be daunting task for Northern Animal Rescue (NAR) in 2024. That's according to an email sent to larongeNOW from the board of directors, which stated the non-profit assisted 404 animals last year. That included 63 dogs, 212 puppies, 39 cats and 90 kittens. The intakes in...
Jan 31, 2025
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community spirit
Details released for upcoming Lac La Ronge Winter Festival
The schedule has been released for the upcoming Lac La Ronge Winter Festival. Festivities will begin Feb. 28 with the Winter Classic Texas Hold'em tournament at the Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre and end March 9 with the crowning of the Tracker Tom Charles Memorial King and Queen Trappers. Other highlights inc...
Jan 30, 2025
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heritage
'There's nothing better,': Stomp commercial fishing forms new archival exhibit
Air Ronge's Gordon and Joyce Stomp have been commercial fishing for more than five decades and their story will be on display starting Monday as part of Archives Week. The Stomps began fishing in 1972 on Wappaweka Lake and, throughout the years, they built a successful fishing venture that went on to include their sons...
Jan 30, 2025
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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...
Jan 29, 2025
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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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Saskatchewan

Opioid crisis
Federal class action claims government failed to support First Nations with opioid crisis
Has the government of Canada done enough to assist First Nation communities struggling with the opioid crisis and was there, in fact, a breach of a treaty that was signed 150 years ago?Those are among the questions facing Saskatchewan Chief Justice Popescul who, after hearing arguments on Friday at Court of King's Benc...
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Trump Tariffs
Updated: Trump to slap Canada with 25 per cent tariffs Tuesday, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump will hit Canada with 25 per cent tariffs on Tuesday, with a lower 10 per cent duty for energy, government sources said - laying the foundation for a trade war with America's closest neighbours.The federal government informed provinces Saturday that tariffs are coming, said the provincial sou...
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Correctional system
Man who attacked, set fire to homeless woman in Prince Albert gets statutory release
A man who attacked a homeless woman and set her on fire in Prince Albert, has been granted statutory release from prison with special conditions.Leslie Black, now 39, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the 2014 beating, burning and sexual assault of Marlene Bird.Bird's injuries resulted in the amputation of both of ...
Feb 01, 2025
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provincial weather
Snow warning issued for Melfort area; Sask highway conditions variable
Road conditions improved Saturday morning across the province, but travellers are still being encourage to check the Highway Hotline before travel as some parts of the province are expecting up to 10 centimetres of snow this weekend.Earlier in the day, travel was not recommended on Highway 1 from Regina to Moose Jaw be...
Feb 01, 2025
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Key starter spots
Defensive backs, linemen a need for Riders ahead of free agency
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will look to return to the Grey Cup for the first time since 2013 this season.The team took positive steps towards that goal last season, returning to the playoffs and playing in the West Final under first-year head coach Corey Mace.Now the team will look to continue to build off of that mo...
Feb 01, 2025
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Premier Scott Moe makes last-minute appeal to Trump on tariffs
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe made a last-minute appeal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday not have any tariffs imposed on Canada.Trump said he is going forward with 25 per cent levies on imports from Canada on Saturday."We would ask the Trump administration to not put those tariffs on, and we would also as...
Feb 01, 2025
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Local Sports

Signing
Roughriders sign three-time All-CFLer Mike Rose
The Saskatchewan Roughriders were not content waiting for the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Free Agency communication window to open on Feb. 2, signing 32-year-old American defensive lineman Mike Rose on Saturday.Rose is a three-time All-CFLer, four-time West All-CFLer and a Grey Cup Champion.Rose was released by th...
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Key starter spots
Defensive backs, linemen a need for Riders ahead of free agency
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will look to return to the Grey Cup for the first time since 2013 this season.The team took positive steps towards that goal last season, returning to the playoffs and playing in the West Final under first-year head coach Corey Mace.Now the team will look to continue to build off of that mo...
Feb 01, 2025
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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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Canada

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces removal of U.S. booze from LCBO amid tariff feud
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says American products will be removed from LCBO shelves on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump's promised tariffs come into effect. The Ontario premier says every year, the Ontario liquor store sells nearly $1 billion worth of wine, beer, spirits and seltzers from the U.S., but not anymor...
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Groundhog Day 2025: Willie and Sam at odds over spring's arrival
Canada's famous prognosticating rodents were split over spring's arrival on Groundhog Day. Ontario's Wiarton Willie reportedly did not see his shadow on Sunday morning, which is good news for people tired of wintry weather, but Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam saw her shadow predicting a long winter ahead. The tradition ...
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'Here we are again': Death row Canadian waits as Montana looks at resuming executions
CALGARY - The fate of a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for the past 42 years has been thrown into more uncertainty as state legislators try again to remove obstacles to resuming executions. Ronald Smith, 67, is originally from Red Deer, Alta., and has been on death row since 1983, a year after he and ano...
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Ontario election 2025: Leaders set to make stops in Ottawa, Orangeville
Ontario's party leaders are set to continue campaigning across the province today as Canada gears up for a trade war with the United States. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, who spent Saturday speaking out against U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, does not have any public ev...
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Canada's retaliation plan against 25 per cent tariffs still largely unknown
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last night Canada will respond with retaliatory tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed 25 per cent tariffs against the country would go into effect Tuesday, but the entirety of Canada's plan to fight back remains largely unknown. Trudeau said Saturday night ...
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What's coming in Canada's response plan to Donald Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has outlined Canada's strategy to retaliate against the United States, as President Donald Trump moves to hit the country with 25 per cent tariffs on Tuesday. Trudeau said Saturday night that Canada will hit the U.S. with reciprocal 25 per cent tariffs against some $155 billion wo...
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World

USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk's government-inspection teams, a current and a former U.S. official told The Associated Press on Su...
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Luka Doncic to the Lakers, Anthony Davis to the Mavs in blockbuster trade, AP source says
Luka Doncic is being traded by the reigning Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, a person with knowledge of the agreement said early Sunday. Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris are headed to the Lakers, while Davis and Max Christie are going to Dallas, said the p...
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Luka Doncic to the Lakers, Anthony Davis to the Mavs in blockbuster trade, AP source says
Luka Doncic led Dallas to the NBA Finals last season. Anthony Davis won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. They're switching teams now - in an absolute blockbuster. Doncic is being traded by the reigning Western Conference champion Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Davis, a person with knowledge of the a...
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AP Interview: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is 'very dangerous'
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be "very dangerous" and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire. Speaking in an exclusive...
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AP Interview: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is 'very dangerous'
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said direct talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine that exclude Kyiv are "very dangerous." Zelenskyy spoke Saturday in an exclusive interview The Associated Press. His remarks followed comments Friday by U.S. President Donald Tru...
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US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump's second term. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coord...
Feb 01, 2025
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