Lac La Biche News

UPDATE: The thunderstorm warning has been lifted.

UPDATE: The reservoir has been refilled to 80 per cent capacity and water conservation restrictions have been lifted. Residents are still being asked to avoid wasteful unnecessary water consumption in order to maintain water levels.

More than a year after dismissing the last one, Lac La Biche County has appointed a permanent chief administrative officer.

Officials with the Alberta Trappers Association are getting ready for a party in Plamondon next week, as the organization will host the 42nd Annual Rendezvous and Outdoor Show at the Festival Centre on July 10 and 11.

Rob Alaeddine, co-owner of the Lac La Biche's new store Glass Emporium, wants to set the record straight. He isn't trying to promote drug use — he's just selling items customers want to buy.

There will be no Catholic school in Lac La Biche in 2015, as the area Catholic school board was not able to acquire a building in time.

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.