Lac La Biche News

A draft of Lac La Biche County’ s 2016 budget only just saw the light of day, but one project is already more than just a daydream. County council voted last Tuesday to allocate $100,000 for renovating the former council chambers in McArthur Place.

It’ s hundreds of pages long, but the drafted county budget for 2016 is concise in at least one way. “It looks daunting. It’ s three inches thick...

For Lac La Biche County’ s deputy mayor, dangerous goods moving along the rail line through this community are an inescapable reality.

You might be in denial about the coming winter, but officials at several different organizations say it’ s time to ditch fair-weather driving habits.

A biblical tax of 10 per cent for everyone, 40,000 jobs for youth every year, bringing back CPP starting age to 65 ...

It can happen on any of the region’ s highways. You’ re driving along and you encounter a truck hauling an oversize load.

A local councillor says underpasses and overpasses aren’ t feasible options when it comes to solving Lac La Biche’ s railway woes.

With winter on the horizon, the Lakeland Out of the Elements Shelter is getting ready to open its doors. The overnight shelter is expected to open on Oct. 15.

TransCanada helps to feed the future at the Wandering River School with their help at the school's breakfast program.

There are hand signals for everything in rappel firefighting. There’ s even one that means, “I’ m stuck in a tree.” That’ s a very real possibility when you’ re rappelling down a line out of a helicopter to tackle a wildfire.