Lac La Biche News

LAC LA BICHE – Due to elevated levels of fecal bacteria currently present in the water in the McGrane Beach area of Lac La Biche Lake, located within the North Zone of Alberta Health Services (AHS), AHS is advising the public not to swim or wade at M

They might not all catch a fish, but every youngster who enters the Children’s Fish Derby at the Alexander Hamilton Trout Pond on Sunday will win a prize.

This is the 58th year for Pow Wow Days in Lac La Biche, and with the Community Fish Fry event being a major (and one of the oldest) part of the mid-July festivities, this year will mark a continuation of this local tradition that is more than 50 year

Donnie MacDonald works with his hands. That might be the easiest way to describe the headline act coming to this year’s Indigenous Awareness Centre for the 2019 Pow Wow Days.

Organizers of this year’s Pow Wow Days event — the 58th consecutive year of the community celebration — are sad to report that the annual Family Fish Derby on Lac La Biche lake will not be held this year.

The Amisk Community School located on the Beaver Lake First Nation hosted their summer feast on June 21 to celebrate National Indigenous People's Day.

A fundraising campaign by the Bonnyville RCMP detachment and its victim services unit has several Lac La Biche connections and will affect a campaign with a global reach.

Lac La Biche County observed National Indigenous Peoples Day on Friday, June 21 throughout the region. It is a day that acknowledges the traditions, cultures and contributions of the First Nations and Metis communities of the area.

Smokers and tokers alike will be happy to know that Lac La Biche County is opening its first of three plannned cannabis shops, just in time for Canada Day. Equilbirum Cannabis will be opening July 1, and is located along main street, beside the CIBC.

Lakefront owners across Lac La Biche County amassed at the Bold Center last Thursday to share their concerns with the county's soon to be drafted Environmental Reserve bylaw. Lac La Biche County officials held an open house from 5 - 8 p.m.