Lac La Biche News

County officials have responded to community concerns that the annual Lac La Biche County Christmas party, a private party for county employees, is a publicly funded event.

Lac La Biche and Fort McMurray RCMP are looking for a radioactive device apparently stolen from an unattended work truck at a regional industrial site.

If “Highway Thru Hell” producer Mark Miller and his crew learned one thing last winter, it’ s that northern Alberta’ s highways, troublesome as they can be, are not truly hellish in and of themselves.

Alberta Health Services issued an advisory Aug. 19 that blue-green algae is present in the lake. The advisory warned residents and visitors to not drink the water in the lake or let their pets drink it, even after boiling, not to swim in the lake and to avoid contact with algae on the shoreline.

Alcohol and speed are not considered factors in a fatal single-vehicle crash Aug. 17 on Highway 881, according to the RCMP. A 26-year old male from Red Deer, Alta.

The 52nd annual Pow Wow Days and Fish Derby was as successful as could be, organizers say.

Collisions down by one-third on 63 On August 7th and 8th, Boyle RCMP and the Boyle Integrated Traffic Unit conducted a High Visibility Enforcement Operation on Highway 63.

Smoky Lake RCMP and Vilna fire and rescue crews attend fatal crash on Highway 28.

Lac La Biche RCMP urge caution as 2 men injured in separate quad crashes over the weekend.....

With one month left until Progressive Conservative party members choose their leader-and the new Alberta premier-candidate Jim Prentice rolled through Lac La Biche to deliver his pitch to residents.