Lac La Biche News

Lac La Biche County recognized dozens of local volunteers at an appreciation luncheon on April 13 at McArthur Place. The luncheon was one of several recognition events held throughout the community as part of National Volunteer Week.

In memory of well-known community figure Phil Lane, the Lac La Biche Natural Gas Co-op is awarding a one-time $500 scholarship in his name. Lane was a long-time municipal councillor and the gas co-op's manager for over two decades. The co-op's current staff credit him with keeping the organization going through rough times. Lane passed away March 26.

The planned Richard Memorial Spray Park won’ t be making as big a splash on the pages of Lac La Biche County’ s pocketbook. County Council has adopted a revised budget of $940,019 to complete the project, which was previously calculated at around $1.

Jim Prentice's campaign bus rolled into Lac La Biche on April 19, when the Progressive Conservative premier stopped at the Bold Center to meet with supporters and constituents — and to take a quick lap around the skating rink.

Darrell Younghans, the Progressive Conservative candidate for Lac La Biche–St. Paul–Two Hills, has years of volunteering with the PCs under his belt, but that doesn't mean he sees his political role as a one-way street.

To preserve Lac La Biche County’ s split tax rates, municipal officials are considering changing the County’ s status from municipal district to specialized municipality.

Officials at Portage College are hoping to show high school students from the region that the world is their oyster at their upcoming Career Expo on April 21. The event will have representatives from post-secondary institutions and employers from all across Alberta showing high school students from northeastern region of the province what they have to offer.

The streets were alive with the sound of protest in Lac La Biche yesterday, as about two-dozen members of the Métis Nation of Alberta were outside the MNA Region 1 office calling for the resignation of Region 1 president Diane Scoville.

The provincial government is expecting to save $2 million by hiring one less air tanker group this year, but that doesn’ t mean any of the water-bomber bases in Alberta, like the one west of Lac La Biche, will be left high and dry.

Premier Jim Prentice today dropped the writ for the next provincial election to be held May 5. Candidates for the Lac La Biche–St. Paul–Two Hills constituency are ready to campaign.