Lac La Biche News

More than 600 area students listened to the words of Tara Murphy in the Bold Center on Feb. 26 at the Pink Shirt Day to bring awareness to anti-bullying.

One in eight Alberta women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime, making the disease the second most common cancer for women in the province after lung cancer.

Lac La Biche County officials have released the severance payout for the CAO that councillors officially fired this week. Roy Brideau, who arrived in Lac La Biche in early 2012 will receive $215,000 in severance pay.

It was a lovely day on the pond at Alexander Hamilton Park in Lac La Biche for Family Day Feb. 17. Between skating, ice fishing, tobogganing and snowshoeing, there was a whole lot of winter fun on offer.

A STARS helicopter received assistance with its landing behind Lac La Biche's W.J. Cadzow Hospital just after midnight on Wednesday, February 19. The machine was called in to quickly transport a patient to an Edmonton hospital. To see and hear the helicopter's arrival, click on our video link.

Snow and cold temperatures make a weekend of camping seem like a dream. But with the Victoria Day long weekend in May less than 90 days away, you'd better start planning now before the best campsites get snapped up. On Feb.

Police believe the smash-and-grab theft of an ATM from Boston Pizza in Lac La Biche is linked to as many as 10 other similar thefts across northern Alberta this year.

Who stole the dinosaur?

The Stuart McPherson Public Library held a "Create Your Own Wonderland" Minecraft event last Saturday, and families were showing up at 9 a.m. to get in on the creative video game. In a video, we ask: what makes Minecraft special?