A new extracurricular club at Senator Myles Venne School has claimed the U18 Esport Canada Amateur Grand Championship. The club was started in the fall of 2023 by teacher Michael Maurer and it includes students Brandon Bird (captain), Keanon Bird and Robin Clinton. The championship, which was held virtually over the we...

All submission ahead of a public hearing in La Ronge on Tuesday regarding a proposed homeless shelter downtown have been in opposition. That's according to a review of letters submitted to town administration ahead of Tuesday's regular council meeting. The public hearing is in regards to a proposed amendment to the Zon...

Two departments with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band teamed up to host open houses on Friday. The Lands and Resources Department moved into a new space near Air Ronge's Lac La Ronge Visitor Centre in November, and held a grand opening and barbecue to welcome the public. The department was formally located in the band's ce...

The need for more housing to meet the anticipated demand due to the opening of the new long-term care home in La Ronge in 2026 or 2027 was brought up at the annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipal Association's (SUMA) annual convention this week. The convention, which was held April 14 to 17 in Regina, was attended by La R...

Data from Environment and Climate Change Canada estimates between 14 to 20 centimetres of snow has fallen in La Ronge in the last 48 hours. "We did have a very active weather system coming through over the last few days," said meteorologist Brian Proctor. "We saw a low-pressure area that sort of formed o...

A new how-to guide for tanning moose hides will become an important source of knowledge for future generations. That's according to Tommy Bird of Southend, who developed Tanning Moosehides the Northern Saskatchewan Trapline Way alongside Lawrence and Lena Adam from Fond du Lac, as well as La Ronge's Miriam Körner....

A weather system moving into Saskatchewan this week will bring with it much needed moisture to the La Ronge area. "We got a really active system coming in from north central Alberta at this point in time spreading and tracking southeastward across the northern portion of parkland and southern part of the boreal fo...

A video shown at the sentencing hearing for Terrence Daigneault shows the then 29-year-old getting out of a dark sedan in La Ronge and shooting multiple times towards an RCMP vehicle. Two members of the RCMP were on patrol on Reserve Road in La Ronge on June 19, shortly before noon when the sedan went speeding by. On t...

Peanut Productions has a new comedic play ready for local audiences called Christmas Belles. The play takes place in the small town of Fayro, Texas, and the Futrelle Sisters are not exactly in a festive mood. A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control, but in true Futrelle fashion, they find a way to p...

At a regular council meeting earlier this week, La Ronge council learned the cost of a ParticiPARK will cost an estimated $406,000.Planning for a ParticiPARK began in January 2023 when it was announced the town was one of four Canadian communities chosen for the project through ParticipACTION. Of that estimate provided...