Lac La Biche News

An apartment fire in the early-morning hours on Saturday has left 50 people without homes. Crews from five regional fire departments, as well as RCMP, EMTs and Victim Services officials responded to the call at about 12:30 am.

Plans to open a Tim Hortons in the Lac La Biche area have been sidelined after the company got tired of waiting for land to be approved. The building developer and land owner say past Lac La Biche County administrators are mostly to blame

A changing economy means changing the way you do business-and Lac La Biche County is looking to offer local contractors a way to get back in the game.

Another week, another wintertime event nixed due to bad ice. Lac La Biche Kinsmen officials announced this morning the On the Pond hockey tournament – which was supposed to take place on March 5 – has been cancelled due to ice safety concerns.

Lac La Biche County has hired a team of lobbyists, including two former MLAs for the local area, to advocate on its behalf. The county has entered into a one-year contract with Alberta Counsel, at a cost of $60,000.

Lac La Biche County officials say there’ s a need to improve maintenance at a local cemetery, and that could mean enforcing rules that haven’ t been applied regularly before.

After a week of searching for a location to house the popular snowmobile drag races, organizers on Tuesday agreed to put them back onto Lac La Biche Lake — but nearer the shoreline.

Two families are now calling the Lac La Biche community home after leaving war-torn Syria. The families - one Christian, the other Muslim - have been sponsored by a local church, and the Eludin family along with Slieman Hammoud, respectively.

Local businessman Peter Mahowich sees three problems with development in Lac La Biche County-and the first is the county’ s own administrative ranks.

Lac La Biche developer Rik Nikoniuk has to explain the opportunities he sees in the local region far more often than he would like.