Man in custody following police pursuit
On April 27 at approximately 3 a.m., La Loche RCMP responded to the report of an intoxicated adult male verbally threatening harm to the occupants of a residence located in La Loche.
Upon arrival, La Loche RCMP received information the...
Beauval store closed due to COVID-19
The Beauval General Store and Gas Station located south of Beauval hastemporarily closed because an employee has tested positive for COVID-19.
Public health officials have been notified and the business is acting on their guidance.
The employee, who last worked in...
Province takes action to control COVID-19 in North
Following consultation with La Loche mayor Robert St. Pierre and other northern leaders, Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Shahab, signed a public health order April 24 restricting all non-critical travel into northern Saskatchewan, specifically the Northern Saskatchewan Administration...
RCMP investigate case of unlawful confinement
On April 23 shortly after 6 p.m., Ile-a-la Crosse RCMP received a report of a female youth being held against her will for the past four days in a cabin across Ile-a-la Crosse Lake, approximately 10 kilometres from the...
COVID-19 confirmed in La Loche, CRDN, ERFN
COVID-19 has gripped the neighbouring communities of La Loche and Clearwater River Dene Nation.
This past weekend, six cases of coronavirus were confirmed in that part of Saskatchewan’s North, but, at that time, officials felt things were mostly under control.
“We...
La Loche shooter’s appeal attempt rejected
“This ends it.”
Those were the words of Aaron Fox, the defence lawyer for the La Loche shooter, in response to a failed attempt to have the Supreme Court of Canada hear his client’s appeal.
“He pleaded guilty, but the issue...
Métis war vets recognized
by Phil Ambroziak
The proper recognition may have been a long time coming, but the Métis National Council and federal government have not overlooked the contributions made by Métis veterans during the Second World War.
Recently, veteran Donald Russell Linklater received...
Regional centre established to address COVID-19
by Phil Ambroziak
COVID-19 knows no boundaries and neither do efforts to stop the coronavirus in its tracks.
Recently, leaders from municipalities throughout the Northwest as well as nearby First Nations and Métis communities bonded together to establish a Regional Incident...
Positive COVID-19 result had contacts in Northwest
Saskatchewan Health Authority Public Health staff have begun contact tracing related to a positive result for COVID-19 that had contacts in the Buffalo Narrows and La Loche area.
Due to patient privacy concerns, Saskatchewan Health Authority is not able to...
Suspicious death in North
On March 22, police officers from the Buffalo Narrows RCMP and Dillon RCMP detachments responded to the report of a disturbance at a residence in Dillon. When police officers arrived at the residence, they located two adult males with...