Can you see yourself in a community like La Loche? Start your RCMP journey here today. Learn more: rcmp.ca/careers Transcript: Cst. Shannon Lawlor - Saskatchewan RCMP Straight out of depot, there's no better time to come here. You come to the north to work, you come to make money, you come to make experiences. I'm Constable Shannon Lawler. I have been in La Loche for a year and five months. I never had the luxury of a sandy beach before. The sand everywhere is something that blew my mind. I didn't even know that Saskatchewan had sand. I guess I should have done research, but I had no idea. I enjoy meeting the new people and experiencing new cultures, as well as the dogs. I've really found a liking for rescuing dogs. As I get a bit further in my career, the kind of files I'm taking and the kind of things that I'm doing, it just makes me feel like I already have five, ten year service under my belt. I'm from Newfoundland. You know, I love it. I love my family, I love my friends, but I just know the work there wouldn't fill my cup. I don't think it would satisfy me, to be honest, and I think here is doing a really good job at that. We've been everything from firefighters, paramedics, you know, EMS. It's just an opportunity to grow and, you know, experience these new experiences, pretty much, that you wouldn't get down south or you wouldn't get in central. We're so fortunate to live, you know, in such a beautiful country and do such a good job. And I'm so proud, you know, to wear this uniform and help all these people and meet these people, help the dogs, whatever it is. I'm just really, I'm really fortunate to have this job. Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Gendarmerie royale du Canada © His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 2025. Canada wordmark

In this episode Jason travels to La Loche, Saskatchewan to visit the youth trapping school focused on land based teachings, exploring fishing and hunting. To learn more about Métis culture: https://metisgathering.ca/ To learn about the Métis Nation - Saskatchewan: https://metisnationsk.com/ Connect with the Wandering Métis: Connect with the Wandering Métis on Facebook and Instagram: @thewanderingmetis

La Loche, SK announced the building of a new $30 million dollar school. The sod-turning ceremony was held on February 3, 2023 at the La Loche Ducharme Elementary school. Agenda Introduction - Principal Leanne Gailey Opening Prayer - Shirley Janvier Land Acknowledgement - Kyrain Herman Speakers MLA Athabasca - Jim Lemaigre La Loche Mayor - Georgina Jolibois NLSD #113 Board Chair - Richard Petit

The Sekwe’ha: A community-based research approach to virtual mental health supports for indigenous youth, is an applied research project focused on working with students in La Loche on how to use virtual reality to provide better mental health supports and enhance accessibility to care. Sekwe’ha in Dene means “for the children.” https://saskpolytech.ca/news/posts/2022/la-loche-and-sask-polytech-celebrate-collaborative-initiative-to-create-wellness-tools-using-virtual-reality.aspx

The 43 year old cold case of Myrna Montgrand from La Loche, Saskatchewan. ⁣

I would like to present to you a film I am very proud of. Winning several awards, scored by Bruce Cockburn and narrated by Elisapie Isaac this is the 56 minute version with a directors cut to come at a later date. This is a story, set against a backdrop of the pristine, beautiful and powerfully healing wilderness that begins with tragedy, and ends with spiritual and emotional transformation. After a deadly school shooting in a remote Canadian aboriginal community took the lives of four people and injured seven others, a caring teacher sought to present a healing opportunity for the students. But it was an opportunity that could only exist in one place; nature. She asked a TV celebrity that the students admired and well known for his outdoor adventure prowess, if he would consider coming on a canoe trip down a traditional indigenous river route with 8 boys directly affected by the shooting. And so it was that Les Stroud, creator and host of the international television series Survivorman, boarded a plane for the far northern community of La Loche, Saskatchewan. He had no agenda but to spend time with the students, in the greatest place of healing on earth; the wilderness. This is a story of how nature heals. It is an illustration of how young men and women born of aboriginal descent and living far away from the pollution and crime of big cities are, in actuality, no different than any teenager in society anywhere. It is a testament to the power of being present both physically and spiritually in a natural environment. With one camera, a paddle and a desire to help, Stroud allows the young men to tell their own story. They tell the stories of their lives, their town, the shooting and most importantly, of their hopes and dreams. We are allowed to witness as nature heals day by day on a canoe trip that begins the process within these aboriginal teenagers of moving from fear and confusion to optimism and confidence. Produced and directed, almost by accident, by award winning filmmaker Les Stroud, this film’s deceptive simplicity underlies a complex yet powerful lesson for us all. Directed By Les Stroud Starring Les Stroud For more updates, follow my Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thereallesstroud #Survivorman #LesStroud

As a 2021 Christmas gift to you all I would like to present to you a film I am very proud of. Winning several awards, scored by Bruce Cockburn and narrated by Elisapie Isaac this is the 56 minute version with a directors cut to come at a later date. This is a story, set against a backdrop of the pristine, beautiful and powerfully healing wilderness that begins with tragedy, and ends with spiritual and emotional transformation. After a deadly school shooting in a remote Canadian aboriginal community took the lives of four people and injured seven others, a caring teacher sought to present a healing opportunity for the students. But it was an opportunity that could only exist in one place; nature. She asked a TV celebrity that the students admired and well known for his outdoor adventure prowess, if he would consider coming on a canoe trip down a traditional indigenous river route with 8 boys directly affected by the shooting. And so it was that Les Stroud, creator and host of the international television series Survivorman, boarded a plane for the far northern community of La Loche, Saskatchewan. He had no agenda but to spend time with the students, in the greatest place of healing on earth; the wilderness. This is a story of how nature heals. It is an illustration of how young men and women born of aboriginal descent and living far away from the pollution and crime of big cities are, in actuality, no different than any teenager in society anywhere. It is a testament to the power of being present both physically and spiritually in a natural environment. With one camera, a paddle and a desire to help, Stroud allows the young men to tell their own story. They tell the stories of their lives, their town, the shooting and most importantly, of their hopes and dreams. We are allowed to witness as nature heals day by day on a canoe trip that begins the process within these aboriginal teenagers of moving from fear and confusion to optimism and confidence. Produced and directed, almost by accident, by award winning filmmaker Les Stroud, this film’s deceptive simplicity underlies a complex yet powerful lesson for us all. Directed By Les Stroud Starring Les Stroud

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