Lac La Biche News

Two days after Lac La Biche County mayor Omer Moghrabi said the region’ s “Doors are open,” the house is beginning to fill up.

As the wildfire in Fort McMurray passes the 10,000-hectare mark-an area closing in on twice the size of Manhattan Island-all available firefighting resources in the Fort McMurray Forest Protection Area are now dedicated to suppressing the blaze.

It's going to be a very busy few days on northeastern Alberta highways. The Lac La Biche POST is offering you a few ways to make the trip easier and take a load off some of our main highways.

SCHOOL CANCELLED -- WEDNESDAY MAY 4 -- IN LAC LA BICHE, PLAMONDON & WANDERING RIVER DUE TO EVACUATION TRAFFIC

Fort McMurray resident Natasha Bowman has never seen anything like the wildfire currently burning her city. She and her family were some of about 60,000 people ordered to evacuate earlier today, and was among the first to arrive at the Bold Center in Lac La Biche County, where county officials have set up a reception area for evacuees.

Lac La Biche County mayor Omer Moghrabi says county officials have reached out to the Municipality of Wood Buffalo to offer assistance with evacuees from a fire wreaking havoc in the Fort McMurray area.

This new research study, funded by Canadian Heritage, explores engagement with printed community newspapers in Canada

Doug Stewart knows water and sewer services will come to his property-he just doesn’ t know when, and he’ s given up trying to guess.

Local Métis leaders are preparing to take the next steps forward after a historic ruling in the Supreme Court of Canada just under two weeks ago.

Lac La Biche County will be a home for firefighting air tankers again this year, but they might not be staying at the local base-or even in Alberta-to the end of the fire season. The provincial government has reduced tanker contracts for 2016 by $5.