The Town of La Ronge's capital budget for 2025 is calling for major investments in residential and commercial lot developments. The details were unveiled Wednesday during an open house held at the town office. Documents available for viewing showed $4.1 million is earmarked for commercial land development servicing, $1...

A teen from La Ronge had the culinary experience of a lifetime after being accepted to take part in a four-day trip to Vancouver. During the summer, 17-year-old Kyle Olsen who is a Lac La Ronge Indian Band member and a Grade 11 student at Churchill Community High School, noticed an online ad for the Ballantyne Project....

The La Ronge Ice Wolves have picked up three awards during the most recent Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's (SJHL) Players of the Week announcements. Cole Thomas was awarded Forward of the Week, while Captain Rylan Silzer took Defenceman of the Week and Mason Bueckert earned the Saskatchewan-born Player of the Week....

Snow plows, tow trucks, and tire shops are busy today after almost the entire province of Saskatchewan woke up buried in a thick layer of snow Tuesday morning. Most roads around the province are showing either covered or partly covered conditions with the exceptions of the western side of the province around Lloydminst...

North Battleford's John Paul II Collegiate senior girls' volleyball team emerged victorious in the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association's 4A provincial championship held in La Ronge over the weekend. The John Paul II Crusaders arrived at the tournament as the team to beat and they didn't let their fierce repu...

The topic of crime and how to address it dominated a regular La Ronge council meeting held last week. The issue of crime had been identified as one of 10 strategic priorities of council for the next four years. Following the swearing-in of a new council in October, members conveyed the first step they would like to tak...

A house fire, which occurred in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band's Fairchild subdivision, remains under investigation.That's according to La Ronge Regional Fire Department deputy-chief Jay Wood who led the investigation. He stated firefighters were called out at 3:53 p.m. and were on the scene for approximately four hours....

The Northern Lights School Division (NLSD) has a new board of education. In total, there are nine subdivisions represented within the NLSD and each elected board member will serve a four-year term. Clifford Laprise was acclaimed in Subdivision 1 which includes La Loche, Joey McCallum was acclaimed in Subdivision 6 whic...

The La Ronge 89ers are the newest members of the Treaty Six Hockey League. The La Ronge 89ers, which was formerly a senior hockey team, have been dormant for several years as of 2024. They have now transitioned to a recreational team for players ages 18 and up. "That is kind of the focus right now is to get our yo...

Joining incumbent mayor Mike Natamogan at the Northern Village of Pinehouse council table are four new councillors. While the mayor was acclaimed, the councillors had a race with Curtis Chandler getting the most votes at 311.Normally the council votes in the person with the most public votes as deputy mayor for the rem...

After three months on the job, Trevor Peterson is no longer the chief administrative officer (CAO) of the Village of Air Ronge. Peterson, whose first day in the role was Aug. 6, is no longer an employee as of Nov. 8. It's unclear whether Peterson was terminated from the position or resigned as larongeNOW has been unsuc...

A woman from Sucker River is being called a hero after putting herself in harm's way to rescue a nine-year-old boy from drowning on Sunday. Elaine Ratt was working at the local convenience store when a child ran inside and told her his friend fell through the ice. She immediately dropped what she was doing, called 911 ...

Waskesiu Lake RCMP are on the hunt for a man wanted in connection to a shooting in Montreal Lake earlier this month. In a release, police said they were called to a home in the community on November 1 at around 11:40 p.m. for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers found a man suffering from gunshot wounds and t...

A six-year prison sentence was handed down in La Ronge on Friday to a 21-year-old man for his role in a violent assault in Bell's Point back in March. Cameron Ratt pled guilty to aggravated assault after he and three others violently robbed a man, leaving him with two gunshot wounds in the back and the head. The assail...

A joint effort to convince the federal government to put some money into Prince Albert's proposed event centre went well, said Mayor Greg Dionne. Dionne went to the nation's capital with Montreal Lake Cree Nation Chief Joyce McLeod to ask the feds to put $45 million into the building that would go into The Yard distric...

Residents of the tri-communities are invited to a Remembrance Day service at La Ronge's Kikinahk Friendship Centre starting at 11 a.m. "The Colour Party will march from the town office to the Kikinahk. Once they are there and at the appropriate time, they will come in and present the colours and we will start a li...

Northern fishermen are facing uncertainty due to unpredictable weather. That's according to Air Ronge resident Gordon Stomp, who has been a commercial fishmen for decades. Meteorologists are calling for a delayed winter in 2024 with the temperatures in the region as much as 10 degrees above normal for the rest of the w...

In the recent provincial election, Premier Scott Moe said people re-elected the Sask Party to ensure a strong economy and a bright future, while others voted for change. On Thursday, he promised his new government will deliver both, as he announced a smaller cabinet, with a new minister appointed in every cabinet posit...

The Lac La Ronge Food Bank has witnessed an outpouring of support in recent weeks. "This is the time of the year where most of our fundraising dollars come, which is usually in the fall up until Christmas and we really rely on those donations to keep us going," said food bank president Cheryl Norgaard. "...

Sage Roberts is the newest member of the Sioux Lookout Bombers. It was announced Tuesday that Roberts had been traded to the Bombers from the La Ronge Ice Wolves in exchange for a player development fee. The Bombers are based in Ontario and play in the Superior International Junior Hockey League. "I loved playing ...

A Montreal Lake Cree Nation band member has opened a new store in La Ronge designed to save customers their hard-earned dollars. For years, Carmen Ross has dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur and that finally became a reality on Monday. He opened North of 54 Second Hand Store along La Ronge Avenue that sells a range of...

La Ronge RCMP are investigating instances of sewing-style needles located inside chocolate bars that children received while trick-or-treating. That's according to an RCMP spokesperson, who said police received the reports between Nov. 1 and 3. An investigation has determined those chocolate bars were handed out in the...

The fate of two women, involved with the torture, kidnapping and death of a woman in La Ronge nearly five years ago, now rests in the hands of a Prince Albert King's Bench Justice.Sentencing decisions for Sharise Sutherland-Kayseas and Deborah McKenzie have been reserved to Dec. 11.Last week the Crown asked for life se...

An investigation is underway in Pelican Narrows, about 380 kilometres northeast of Prince Albert, where the window of a police vehicle was broken after being shot.On Nov. 3, around 8:45 p.m., officers identified damage to the unoccupied police vehicle that was sitting in the detachment's parking lot on Bear Street in t...

The Community Arts Mentorship Program (CAMP) is offering two upcoming opportunities. Beginning on Dec. 2, the organization will be offering a six to eight week fiddling program in Stanley Mission, which aims to revitalize the tradition of fiddling and jigging in the community through direct community engagement and ski...

The Kanaweyiminan "Take care of us" CFS Safe Home is now a reality in Canoe Lake Cree First Nation.Nearly 30 students had a part in the facitlity's construction and they handed over the keys to the brand-new 1600 sq. ft., 4-bedroom bungalow on Friday. The home itself. ( Submitted Photo from the Education Port...

The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is stepping up to offer an overnight homeless shelter during the winter months at a location at Morin's Hill. "If we don't step up, who is going to do it," said Coun. Ann Ratt. "Winter is going to come, the snow is going to fly soon, and they need a place to go."...

Residents of the tri-communities will soon be able to buy top tier brands at discounted prices with the opening the Lac La Ronge Indian Band's Keethanow Liquidation. That's according to Keethanow Group of Companies general manager Dennis Caplette, who explained the store will open to the general public on Monday. The n...