Bell makes provincial volleyball team

Bell makes provincial volleyball team

It’s been an exciting summer for Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Rylee Bell. Bell made Saskatchewan’s U15 female volleyball team that took part in a tournament in Vancouver. Bell is currently 14 and is heading into Grade 10 in the fall, she says it was...
Aura Cannabis continues preparations for La Ronge outlet

Aura Cannabis continues preparations for La Ronge outlet

The B.C. company working to open a marijuana retail outlet in La Ronge is hoping to begin an information campaign later this year. Aura Cannabis was awarded the licence for the facility and is looking at several locations to set up the business. Andrew Gordon is the...
Saskatchewan firefighters assisting in other regions

Saskatchewan firefighters assisting in other regions

With cooler wet weather across much of Saskatchewan, firefighting crews and aircraft have been dispatched to other parts of the country and the U.S. to help local crews. Ground crews and tankers from our province are now in Ontario, Quebec and the state of Oregon....
Bellegarde to lead AFN for second term

Bellegarde to lead AFN for second term

Perry Bellegarde has been re-elected to a second term as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The former head of Saskatchewan’s Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations took 328 of 522 votes on the second ballot Wednesday afternoon giving him just over...
Cameco to lay off 700 employees from Sask operations

Cameco to lay off 700 employees from Sask operations

Saskatoon’s Cameco corporation has announced it is laying off 700 employees. The announcement came on Wednesday afternoon as the uranium mining company released its second-quarter results. Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel says the layoffs are the result of weaker than expected...
UPDATED – Prince Albert RCMP search for missing youth

UPDATED – Prince Albert RCMP search for missing youth

*UPDATE – RCMP say Charles Laliberte has been located safe.   Prince Albert RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 16-year-old male who went missing Monday night. Charles Laliberte went missing from the Christopher Lake area around 8 p.m....