Lac La Biche News

CN Rail is remaining tight-lipped over potential increases in train traffic in Lac La Biche County due to the company’s plans to ship vast quantities of oil sands crude by rail.

Anticipating growth in the area, Lac La Biche County Council says expanding the airport to accommodate larger planes and more passengers is one of the top priorities for the municipality.

The history of the Lac La Biche Mission shows a particular fascination with the printed word, and with the process of digitalization, the Mis­sion can open up these historical vaults to the public.

On Friday, July 20, the blessed month of Ramadan began—as it does every year, on the first day of the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar.

For the first time since the early years of Pow Wow Days, Lac La Biche will host a Traditional Native and Métis Village. In the old days, Aboriginal groups from all over Alberta would come and pitch teepees for the Pow Wow festivities.

Portage College continues to innovate, this time by creating Alberta’s first Pipeline Training Facility.

Alberta Health Ser­vices has yet to commit to a permanent dialysis treatment centre inside the William J. Cadzow Health Centre, despite some very pointed words from local and provincial politicians. Last week, Lac La Biche-St.

It’s dusk, and Keith Black has travelled 133 kilometres on his CCM road bike today. He coasts down a steep hill and into the Hamlet of Lac La Biche, trucks honking as they pass.

After 20 years of discussion, planning and delay, the time has finally come to pull the trigger on the Lac La Biche County solid waste transitional plan, and the first phase came into effect two weeks ago when County launched their curb-side garbage

It was like Goldilocks and the Three Bears in reverse. A local man recently encountered a curious bear that had wandered into the foyer of his Lakeview Estates-area home. The man shot and killed the animal in the entranceway of his house.