Lac La Biche News

It seems that Alberta Health Services is not prepared to continue the contract with a local air ambulance provider for medical airplane service from the Lac La Biche airport to Edmonton

Medevac Move --- Letter from LLB's Dr. Richard Birkill in response to letter in this week's edition of the POST from AHS Senior Medical Director for EMS Dr. Ian Phelps --- I am the Community Medical Director for the Lac La Biche Hospital.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: Meeting re-scheduled

Due to extreme weather circumstances, Highway 63 remains closed after Alberta Transportation deemed the roadway unsafe on Friday Afternoon. In a press release from the RCMP, they remind drivers to only travel if absolutely necessary, and to avoid highway travel if at all possible.

Check here to the Northern Lights School Division's bus route schedule.

After a series of tests, Lac La Biche County officials say the ice road between the LLB MIssion and Poplar Point cannot be officially opened as ice thickness does not meet safety standards.

UPDATE — Boyle RCMP confirm one dead at House River crash, highway now open — Lac La Biche area crashes part of deadly weekend on northern Alberta roads. Hghway 63 remains closed, 881 open to one-lane traffic at crash scenes.

Construction schedules at the new high school at the Bold Center are making the grade, with Northern Lights School Division officials contributing to the latest architectural drawings and a new name on the horizon.

Banister Pipelines has planted its feet firmly in the Lac La Biche region, and not just with the massive piece of Access pipeline they are building through the area.

According to Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne, moving from the Edmonton City Centre Airport to the Edmonton International Airport (EIA) for Medevac flights is inevitable, but, in order to help alleviate concern over travel time, a triage unit will