Lac La Biche News

Lac La Biche County staff recently installed two and three-directional signs on the corner of 101 Street and 102 Avenue.

The effects of screens on children and youth will be the focus of a workshop being held on Jan. 14 in Lac La Biche.

At 10 p.m. on Jan. 7, with little traffic around, Lac La Biche County crews were busy clearing snow from streets in the downtown core of the hamlet of Lac La Biche.

The event is hosted each year by Lac La Biche County Public Libraries.

The Clippers faced off against the Marwayne-Vermilion Tigers at the Bold Centre on Friday, Jan. 3, winning 5-3. The two teams had a rematch on Saturday, Jan. 4, where the Clippers were again victorious, defeating their Northeastern Alberta Hockey League (NEAHL) 6-3.

Philip Byrne of EllisDon, a construction services company that is helping to build the new swimming pool in Lac La Biche, says construction is going good, with the basement walls and slab done.

Andy Cardinal, Rio Ladoucer, and Muhammad Al Hamida, along with Ken Scullion, head coach of the Lac La Biche Boxing Club, and co-coach Jeremy Trimble, were at the Dr. Adams Grand Prix of Boxing event, which took place in Stony Plain on Saturday, Dec. 21.

RCMP remind people to check the thickness of ice, never to go out alone, and be mindful of fluctuating temperatures.

The manager Lac La Biche Sporting Goods says customers have been purchasing augers, bait, tents, tackle, and lures for ice fishing on lakes.

Members of Lac La Biche RCMP attended 12 calls for service from 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve to 7 p.m. on New Year’s Day.