Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Firefighters tear apart school bus during training exercise
Rescuing children from a school bus isn't an idea residents want to think about, but they should be rest assured local firefighters are trained in proper extrication techniques just in case. "To my kn...
Sep 10, 2019 Members of the La Ronge Regional Fire Department are seen outside an overturned school bus. (submitted photo/Wayne Tchorzewski)
75-year-old woman dead after head-on crash near Osler
One person is dead and another is hurt after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 11 near Osler Friday afternoon.In a media release, RCMP said around 4:45 p.m., a northbound service truck and a southbound S...
Sep 07, 2019 (File Photo/CKOM Staff)
Highway 2 closed as RCMP investigate motor-vehicle incident
La Ronge RCMP are currently at a single motor-vehicle incident just south of La Ronge on Highway 2. According to police, the highway is currently blocked to traffic as police continue their investigat...
Sep 05, 2019 Highway 2 leading south of La Ronge is currently closed. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Firefighters Without Borders donating gear to Hatchet Lake Dene Nation
First Nations communities across Saskatchewan including Hatchet Lake Dene Nation are benefitting from large donations from Firefighters Without Borders Canada (FWB). Within the last year, Ontario FWB ...
Aug 22, 2019 Firefighters Without Borders has donated about 1,000 sets of bunker gear in the last two years. (file photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
Man charged with impaired driving following rollover near Kinistino
Melfort RCMP has laid charges after a single-vehicle collision in the R.M. of Kinistino. Creedon Dipaolo, a 23-year-old man from James Smith First Nation, was charged with impaired driving causing bod...
Aug 12, 2019 STARS airlifts one occupant of a half-ton truck following a rollover near Kinistino. (Facebook/Melfort Fire and Rescue)
All-female air ambulance crew makes history in Sask.
History was made in Saskatchewan last week after an air ambulance trip to Buffalo Narrows.It was a day like any other for pilot Tammie Kulyk as she showed up for work on Aug. 2, but she realized the c...
Aug 12, 2019 Saskatchewan air ambulance pilots, from left to right, Tammie Kulyk (pilot), Carly St. Onge (pilot), Crystal Lybeck (flight nurse) and Jen Rondeau (paramedic) pose for a photo. (Submitted photo)
One seriously injured, another charged after ATV accident on Clearwater River Dene F.N.
One woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an all terrain vehicle accident on the Clearwater River Dene First Nation. Emergency crews were called out at around 8:30 p.m. on A...
Aug 12, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Fire calls down slightly compared to 2018
Calls to the La Ronge Regional Fire Department are slightly lower than the same time last year."We're at 127 calls so far this year and this time last year we were at 150," said Deputy-Fire Chief Rob ...
Aug 10, 2019 The fire department currently has 25 out of 30 members. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
Smoke concerns raised in Northern Saskatchewan
A handful of communities in the Athabasca region are dealing with smoky skies this week.Smoke from Alberta has been crossing the border, and there are over a dozen active wildfires north of Stony Rapi...
Jul 24, 2019 (Facebook)
Medics and lifeguards team up to educate public
Swimmers at Kinsmen Water Park got to see lifeguards and paramedics in action Tuesday afternoon.As part of National Drowning Prevention Week, Parkland Ambulance and lifeguards at the water park showed...
Jul 23, 2019 Parkland Ambulance loads the injured swimmer onto a stretcher to cap off the demonstration (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)