Lac La Biche News

It was a gamble giving the hamlet the name Hylo, but one that has paid off for 100 years. Hylo is named after a card game that people working on the railroad used to play, explained centennial planning committee member Lori Zalewsky.

Omer Moghrabi is the first candidate to officially declare his intentions to run in the upcoming Lac La Biche County Mayoral Election.

Lac La Biche County's manager of protective services Albert Bahri has resigned and accepted a higher position in another municipality. "The last year and a half that I've been here has been very productive," Bahri said.

The Active Kids Society raised over $30,000 at two NHL playoff viewing parties this week, putting their fundraising total at around $250,000, about $200,000 away from their $453,000 goal.

The challenges of the federal Temporary Foreign Workers program are a hot topic among local business people, so at a time when the area prepares to pick a new Member of Parliament, it has been on the minds of those running to replace former Conservative MP Brian Jean in the Fort McMurray-Athabasca riding.

At the NLSD's meeting in Bonnyville May 22, a group of parents from the Bonnyville and Cold Lake areas presented a petition of 251 names asking the division to put percentages back on report cards at the middle school level.

Without any fanfare, Lac La Biche county officials have suspended the peace officer program.

In an area where lucrative oil and gas jobs are plentiful, the local workforce for lower-paying service jobs has been depleted, leaving local businesses to rely on the temporary foreign worker program.

The water bomebers have again arrived for forest fire season at the Lac La Biche Forestry Air Tanker base. Here's a little bit about them.