Lac La Biche News

Two large wildfires classified as out of control by provincial authorities have burned more than 1,650 hectares of forest to the east and west of Lac La Biche County—causing highway closings and reportedly destroying homes and a business.

Are northern Alberta’s oil sands compromising the environmental protection of the whole country? That’s what environmental groups are asking after the federal government proposed changes that would alter the way Canada’s lakes, streams, rivers, and o

Drivers are being asked to slow down and the government is being pressured to speed up the twinning of Highway 63 after seven people died in a nightmarish crash on Highway 63 last month.

After months of planning, delays, and public consultations, Lac La Biche County Council recently passed the 2012 operating and capital budgets worth more than $96 million.

Architects revealed their ambitious plans for the new high school at the Bold Center last week, showcasing a building that incorporates Lac La Biche’s bountiful natural beauty and sunlight.

Defeated local MLA Ray Danyluk will be walking away from his 11 years in the public eye with over half a million dollars in severance pay – but new provincial politicians won’t be getting nearly as big a golden handshake if new recommendations for ML

Th In the week since the provincial election, many local residents have voiced concerns over Wildrose MLA–elect Shayne Saskiw’s representation as a member of the official opposition, despite a very large Conservative majority.

Good Friday proved busy for the Boyle Integrated Traffic Services Unit On Friday, April 6, 2012, at approximately 10:15 P.M., members of the Boyle Integrated Traffic Services Unit conducted an Alberta Checkstop on Highway 858 near Plamondon.

Seven people are dead and two others are in hospital after a head-on collision north of Wandering River last Friday that locals are calling “horrific.

Th A group of Portage College students are disappointed after the Natural Resource Technician diploma program (NRT2) was changed.