Communities in Bloom

The La Ronge and area Communities in Bloom Committee have identified the Welcome to La Ronge sign on the corner of Highway #2 and Brown Street at the entrance to La Ronge as one of their beautification projects. The Committee will be competing in the provincial competition with other communities in the same population category. A panel of judges will be visiting La Ronge this summer to assess the Committee's progress.

The project will include a collection of native trees and rock groupings on either side of the sign. An assortment of shrubs and flowers will be planted in front of the sign finished off with stone edging.



These improvements are in conjunction with the Town of La Ronge Recreation Board's plan to install stone pillars to frame the sign and a stone wall with flower planters.

Keep Up the Good Work and Good Luck in the Competition!

Musical Ride Performance a Great Success

The R.C.M.P. Musical ride performance last night was by all accounts a great success, with thousands in attendance.

The show, sponsored and organized by the local Elks club #554, started at 6:30, with performances from the Pre Cam Elementary Cheerleaders and Pre Cam Hoop Dancers, as well as Jana Bear from Little Pine First Nation, who has been hoop dancing for fifteen years.

The R.C.M.P. Musical Ride performance itself started at 7:30, showing beautiful precision and outstanding equestrian skill. Over the 25-minute show, the riders demonstrated a variety of formations and marches to period music. Clad in their red serges and riding breeches, the ride was a poignant reminder of the R.C.M.P. in days past.

Admission to the ride was free, with all donations going towards the Elks and Royal Purple's Fund for Sick Children.

R.C.M.P Meet & Greet

The staff of the Lac La Ronge Visitor Centre had the opportunity to attend a social evening between community dignitaries and the members of the R.C.M.P. Musical Ride. The social was jointly hosted by Northern Saskatchewan Tourism (NST) and Woodlands and Waterways Regional Development Corporation (WWRDC). We would like to thank the La Ronge Co-op for generously donating fruit plates for the social.

This event was an excellent opportunity to meet the men and women of the RCMP who serve Canada everyday in police work as well as ambassadors during their three year commitment to the Muscial Ride. The night was a great success and enjoyed by all!

The La Ronge and District Elk's Club will be hosting The Musical Ride performance on Tuesday evening at 6:30 on June 5th at the Elk's Fair Grounds, north of the town of La Ronge. The horses will be stabled today and tommorow, 9AM to 9PM at the La Ronge Uniplex. Visitors Welcome.

Open Season on Fish!

Once again the north is alive with the return of yet another migrant species. This species travels to the north from all corners of the continent, and its sojourns are legendary- the intrepid northern angler.

Every summer, the angler makes its yearly pilgrimmage to northern Saskatchewan, chasing an even more mythical beast: "the one that got away".

The angler can frequently be seen in schools of four, loading the latest fishing gear into aircraft ready to take them to the remote lakes and rivers of pristine northern Saskatchewan.

We wish our annual guests the best of luck in their eternal quest for "the big one", and thank them for visiting our area. With more than 100,000 lakes, Saskatchewan can accomodate anglers for years to come.