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On Thursday, Oct. 17, as part of Waste Reduction Week events in the Lac La Biche region, a salsa and cabbage leaf workshop was held at Craigend Community Hall. Participants were shown how to make salsa using excess food. The salsa was later bottled in glass jars.

City of Cold Lake council has decided to maintain its current fee structure for senior recreation fees at City facilities, following concerns expressed about affordability.

With various construction projects going on in the Lac La Biche area since spring, motorists have been trained to work with detours – but last week, the detours were affecting the trains too. Over the Oct.

St. Paul RCMP released a missing persons report at 1:51 a.m. on Oct. 25, looking for missing 16-year-old Dominic Woodgate-Beauregard.

A man described by RCMP as a "dangerous offender" was arrested at a rural residence thanks to the coordinated efforts of RCMP detachments in the Bonnyville and St. Paul area on Oct. 22.

Since spring, construction has been a common sight for residents of the hamlet of Lac La Biche, with multiple ongoing projects taking place in the area.

On Oct. 8, County of St. Paul council spoke with Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul MLA Scott Cyr on a variety of issues including highway upgrades, stocking lakes, and rural crime. 

The Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Act proposes that the Canadian government be permitted to "regulate" the agri-food sector, including industrial animal agriculture.

Technological upgrades implemented to some classrooms at St. Paul Regional High School and Racette Jr. High School appear to have been an overall positive change.

RCMP have responded to seven break and enters over the past week, and also received 34 mischief calls.