“I stand before you today to offer an apology to former students of Indian residential schools. The treatment of children in these schools is a sad chapter in our history. For more than a century, Indian residential schools separated over 150,000 aboriginal children...
The owner of a new passenger shuttle service from La Ronge to Prince Albert is taking bookings and hopes to begin operations next week. Vi Werchola is the owner of L.A. Family Taxi in La Ronge and is behind L.A. Family Shuttle. She says for several months, people have...
About 250 people took in a three-day meeting in the northwest hosted by Métis Nation – Saskatchewan this past weekend. The regional meeting was held from Friday until Sunday at the South Bay War Veterans Park between Beauval and Ile-a-la-Crosse. Northern Area...
A new program starts later this month aimed at giving industry leaders the tools they need to foster reconciliation in the workplace. The executive leadership program is a joint effort between the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the University of Winnipeg....
La Ronge RCMP are looking for two male suspects after an armed robbery of a local business on the weekend. Police say the two suspects with firearms took off with an undisclosed amount of money and multiple bottles of alcohol from a business in the 900-block of La...
The campaigning for the top position in the Assembly of First Nations is underway. Incumbent National Chief Perry Bellegarde officially launched a bid for re-election today. Bellegarde promised to work to maintain momentum, while redoubling efforts on measures to...
At the La Ronge Ice Wolves Golf Tournament on Saturday, Bryce Fiske was presented with a cheque for $13,850.71. Fiske was one of the survivors of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Fiske is from La Ronge and spent his whole junior hockey career with the La Ronge Ice...
A group of boaters luckily escaped injury Friday afternoon after the vessel they were in sank on a northern Saskatchewan lake. Police say they received a call, a little before 2 p.m., of boaters in distress on Lac La Ronge due to the vessel they were in sinking. The...
Spritwood RCMP say they have charged several area residents with drug-related offences. On May, 31 police raided a home on the Witchekan Lake First Nation, arresting 28-year-old Chris Scott and 31-year-old Adrianne Scott. Both are charged with possession for the...
Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Alex Bell is making a name for himself in Saskatchewan hockey circles. The 16-year-old goaltender spent this past season with the Northeast Wolfpack Midget AA club. His team won a league championship, as well as a provincial title....
