by MBC News | Jul 8, 2015
People wanting to help in the emergency fire situation in the La Ronge area, including with donations of money are being advised to use caution. Emergency Operations Centre Communications Coordinator Scott Boyes says there have been reports of fraudulent fundraising....
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2015
Mayor Thomas Sierzycki: -Fire remains 2km from the north west and 1.5km north of the Town La Ronge -Crews continue to work hard to hold the fire line from the air and ground. -Municipal fire fighters continue to monitor the community for any spot fires that may start....
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2015
The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) for Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Air Ronge and Town La Ronge continues to get requests from evacuated people who want to return to the communities to fight fires. By order, access to the communities, and to Highway 102 North, is...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2015
Fire-fighters are holding their own in their battle to prevent a huge blaze from entering La Ronge. The town is deserted except for fire crews and a few dozen people deemed as essential. Amoung them, four workers at MBC radio, keeping the station on the air...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2015
National Chief Perry Bellegarde wants First Nations and other Canadians alike to get involved in the federal election campaign and push for reconciliation. In his Montreal address to the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting, Bellegarde says First Nations voters...
by MBC News | Jul 7, 2015
Monday Evening La Ronge Report July 6, 2015 The firefighting effort on the north edge of La Ronge was helped today by south winds, but the weather forecast for Tuesday has crews expecting a tougher day ahead. The fire east of the airport did not advance much further...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2015
Hundreds of soldiers have arrived and hundreds more are on the way to Saskatchewan to make up positions on the fire lines in Northern Saskatchewan. The primary objective is protecting La Ronge from a huge fire that has now burned up to the edge of town. That fire...
by MBC News | Jul 6, 2015
Firefighting crews are back on the line as the Egg fire crept closer to La Ronge overnight. The fire east of the airport has moved a bit further south towards Eagle Point but has not reached the homes there, and firefighters and helicopters are dousing the line....
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2015
Local officials from the Village of Air Ronge and the neighbouring Lac La Ronge Indian Band have ordered a mandatory evacuation of all non-essential emergency personnel. Yesterday officials also issued a mandatory evacuation order for the Town of La Ronge. Provincial...
by MBC News | Jul 5, 2015
Officials with the Saskatchewan government provided another update today on the current wildfire situation in the province. Since the evacuation notice was given for La Ronge, Air Ronge and the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, 1136 people were registered at the JRMCC hall...
