Lac La Biche News

A wildfire about 65 kilometres north of Lac La Biche Lake now covers 3,500 hectares and remains out of control, according to the most recent information from Alberta Forestry.

The canoes and paddles have only just been put away, but the Lakeland Interpretive Society is already making plans for the next Portage La Biche Rendezvous.

One person dead, truck driver injured in head-on crash near Wandering River.

Provincial RCMP are confirming what many in the close-knit Lac La Biche community have already spent a day talking about - a small child is dead after a crash between an SUV and a utility vehicle yesterday afternoon.

For 40 years, fluoride has been added to the Lac La Biche community’ s treated drinking water, but County Council is still considering joining half of the municipalities in Alberta in putting an end to fluoridation.

Lac La Biche County officials have drafted an Aquatic Services Strategic Plan to ensure Portage Pool doesn’ t get left high and dry in the years to come.

After many days of fast growth under dry conditions, two large wildfires in the Lac La Biche region are being contained. A 32,000-hectare fire on the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range is now classified as being held.

Just one week ahead of the Lakeland Interpretive Society's Portage La Biche Rendezvous, a lack of registered participants has put the event in a sink or swim situation.

Without an event director or the usual place to put it, Pow Wow Days organizers are still hoping to have a traditional Aboriginal Village as part of the summertime festival, but it could be a smaller version of it at the Bold Center.

For the first time, the Lac La Biche Firefighters’ Society and Santa’ s Helpers are putting their helmeted heads together to host an event focused on bicycle safety.