Lac La Biche News

A Lac La Biche resident says she is going to take time to think about what she will do with her $1 million lottery win.

A man from Kikino is $300,000 richer after a lotto win earlier this month.

Under the restriction, portable propane fire pits, gas or propane stoves and barbeques, and catalytic or infrared-style heaters are permitted. However, existing fire permits remain cancelled, and no new fire permits will be issued.

A new school will soon replace Lac La Biche’s 52-year-old Vera M. Welsh Elementary School. The project is one of 11 school projects across Alberta that have been fast-tracked by the province for construction.  

The Lakeland Métis Nation Association has been awarded $600,000 for cancer screening awareness programs through the provincial Cancer Research in Screening Prevention Program.  

The event was held on May 15 at McArthur Place in Lac La Biche.

The Road to Hope community support foundation, which transports cancer patients in the counties of Lac La Biche and Athabasca to appointments, currently has four drivers in the Lac La Biche area.

Jayden Draney, a hockey player from Kikino Métis Settlement who has played high levels of the game in both Canada and the United States, says by taking part in sport, especially hockey, Indigenous youth learn life values and can also celebrate their culture.

Lac La Biche County Fire Rescue Services and officers with the Lac La Biche RCMP detachment responded to a vehicle fire on the morning of May 17.

The public was given the opportunity to browse and purchase products created by young entrepreneurs from the Lac La Biche area during an entrepreneur fair that took place at the Lac La Biche’s Bold Centre on May 8.