Lac La Biche News

Former councillor Greg Bochkarev will receive a cheque for half of his legal costs from his court case with Lac La Biche County – providing he signs a final release saying he can’t request any further reimbursement.

Over 400 students were recognized at an awards ceremony at J.A. Williams High School on Sept. 29. "Not enough," said school principal Terry Moghrabi of the number, explaining that he is happy, but the goal is for all 520 students to receive an award.

Oktoberfest will be having their 5th annual event on Oct.15 at the Owl River Recreation Centre. “This year I hired someone to research and decorate it like the real Oktoberfestival in Germany,” said event organizer Judy Thomson.

Dr. Swift Middle School has stepped up to help the Malofe and Castor family who lost their home in a fire two weeks ago.

A smiling young woman lifted a squirming male Dungeness crab out of a plastic bucket to gasps and giggles from the collected audience.

Lac La Biche County Council officially en­dorsed the Govern­ment of Alberta’s Memoran­dum of Understanding on Thursday, signing over the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range to the provincial government in exchange for 16 townships north of the AWR and top-up

Lac La Biche-St. Paul MLA Ray Danyluk says he’s happy that Alison Redford was elected to lead the Progressive Conservative party on Oct. 1.

Pride, achievement, and tradition were the words of the day when Kikino Elementary School celebrated their annual awards night last Wednesday.

Lac La Biche anglers can now catch some trout without going too far from home. Sustainable Resource Development stocked Alexander Hamilton Pond with 600 rainbow trout on Sept.

It’s not every day that students are asked to imagine their schools without teachers, and it seems downright subversive to ask those kids to sing a song about it in front of all their peers.