Lac La Biche News

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The Lac La Biche and area Scout troops have been keeping themselves quite busy lately.

It was a long time coming, but it’ s finally happening: The William J. Cadzow hospital in Lac La Biche will soon be home to a permanent indoor dialysis unit.

The Northern Light School Division will be sporting a new look…eventually. During a regular board meeting last Wednesday, members unanimously voted to adopt a new logo based on the 20th anniversary logo currently displayed on NLSD's website.

Lac La Biche County’ s plans for expanding animal control services to include cats are on the table. As the saying goes, the cat is out of the bag.

In his 30 years on the job, John Kokotilo has learned a lot about fires-but the Lakeview Manor fire last weekend has Lac La Biche County’ s Regional Fire Chief thinking more about fate than fire.

Moving is normally a planned endeavour, but residents retrieving their belongings from Lakeview Manor after last weekend's fire are rushed out of necessity.

Area MLA at the Legislature praises community for apartment fire assistance

While the province typically takes the lead in emergency victim support, there’ s nothing saying the municipality can’ t do it, too.

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.