Lac La Biche News

A candidate showdown for Lac La Biche County residents interested in federal politics is looking like a non-event after three weeks of unsuccessful attempts to roundup the four contenders in the Fort McMurray-Atha­basca riding.

The Interpretive Society is no longer pursuing construction of a building, and have instead focused their efforts on preserving the history of the Lac La Biche region.

Lac La Biche County councillors passed the municipality ’s 2011 bud­get last Tuesday. The $50 million document passed by one vote.

“We want to start telling our story,” said Rod Webb, a member of the Lakeland Interpretive Society, about a recent $100,000 donation from the group to help rebuild a 98-year old ship model.

Students Colleen Kaufman and Michael Wheeler along with other Lac La Biche area students are gearing up for the 38th year of the Music Festival which starts tomorrow.

A blocked culvert is being blamed for a Sunday evening flood that left a large part of Plamondon with water damage.

Nancy Hollman re­members sitting on her dad’s knee, listening to him tell stories of a Metis heritage that now faces extinction. “Cree is a dying language. It would be devastating to lose our Cree. It’s a beautiful language.

It was around 4:45 a.m. on March 15 when Christine and Andy Cardinal woke up to icy cold water spraying out from under their bed in their basement master bedroom.

After 10 years of playing shows across the country, The Trews have been nearly everywhere. But they haven’t been to Lac La Biche.

The Lac La Biche Skating Club warmed up the ice on March 26 with their presentation of Dragon's Breath, a story of a medieval village visited by a dragon with bad breath. The villagers plead to the princess for help, and the village heroes, wizards and witches are called in to solve the problem. Like most fairy tales, in the end the dragon is cured, the villagers are happy, and they all live happily ever after.