La Ronge area fire ban takes effect amid wildfire, smoke concerns

By Nicole Goldsworthy, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SaskToday.ca, SASKTODAY.ca LA RONGE — Residents across the La Ronge area are being urged to avoid all open fires after the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) and La Ronge Emergency Management imposed a local fire ban amid extreme wildfire conditions and deteriorating air quality. The fire ban took effect at noon Tuesday, July 14, and applies to the LLRIB communities of Sucker River, Stanley Mission, Grandmother’s Bay, Hall Lake, Kitsaki Reserve 156 and 156B, and Little Red.