Lac La Biche News

Events for Environment Week 2025 are set to take place from May 31 - June 7.

The fire ban came into effect on the morning of May 29.

The Lac La Biche Dodgers U15 girls' softball team hosted the Cold Lake Wildcats on May 28, defeating them 17-9.

Lac La Biche County is among six Alberta fire departments who will be receiving funding for the creation of Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) teams to better assist with fighting wildfires across the province.

A Lac La Biche County councillor has been charged with uttering threats after an alleged incident at the April 30 board meeting of the Lac La Biche Gas Co-op.

The event, which took place on May 14, recognized early education teachers who are embracing their vocation and growing as faith-filled leaders in Catholic education.

For those interested in pursuing a career in the trades, Portage’s Lac La Biche campus was the place to be on May 22, as the post-secondary institution hosted an open house focused on the trades.  

The girls' softball teams met at the Bold Centre ball diamond on the evening of May 21

Earlier this year, Northern Lights Public Schools announced that Buffalo Lake, the only Métis settlement in Alberta without an onsite school, had been approved for the funding.

The program will be taught at Portage College's Lac La Biche campus and focus on topics such as psychiatric nursing, psychology, social work, child and youth care, as well as addiction counselling.