Lac La Biche News

As I watched Russell Crowe plan to get his wife out of jail in The Next Three Days, I couldn’t help but wonder what I would do if my significant other was put behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit.

Portage College Board of Governors and Ad­ministration are faced with cutting $1.4 million out of their almost $32-million budget for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Lac La Biche County councillors finally have an impartial, third party answer to the question of whether or not their finances are in order, following a presentation by accounting firm KPMG’s John Stelter, who told council that while there were issue

Like an eccentric game of laser tag, Tron: Legacy stands out with its neon costumes, streaks of light and special effects against the dark backdrop for most of the movie.

A commercial airline servicing over 80 communities in North America has inquired about whether Lac La Biche’s municipal airport could support their fleet of larger passenger planes.

It took five workers four days to install a 300-foot tower last week that will connect Lac La Biche residents to high speed Internet.

A decision by the ministry of Advanced Education to suspend funding to the Access to the Future grant program, which matched fundraising dollars for post-secondary schools, will impact Portage College’s efforts to raise money for program development

RCMP have charged Franklin William Gladue-the man who committed armed robbery at seven different banks across the province including the ATB in Lac La Biche- with 32 charges including seven counts of a robbery with a weapon and eight counts of posses

Lac La Biche RCMP officer Desmond Sandboe, who is facing sentencing in relation to the assault of Andrew Clyburn in September 2009, should face a minimum of six months of jail time, said Crown Prosecutor Jason Neustaeter in an Edmonton courtroom last

While La Biche County councillors complain to the Minister of National Defence about a Cold Lake air force official they feel is getting too involved in municipal politics, military spokespeople say 4Wing Cold Lake Colonel David Wheeler has the full