Local News

The Lakeland Panthers U11 team claimed its first championship banner after winning the 2024-25 Alberta U11 AA Hockey League on March 9, defeating the Wainwright Cave Inspection Polar Kings, 4-3.

Local awards night on April 2 at Portage College

Cold Lake RCMP are working to locate 36-year-old Janine Muskego. She was last seen on March 7, in the Cold Lake area.

LAC LA BICHE - It’s business as usual for Lac La Biche mayor Paul Reutov while council and administration wait for the courts to decide if he is disqualified from sitting on council for alleged tax arrears.

United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) signed a tentative agreement on Mar. 10, on a contract for more than 33,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs) employed by AHS, Recovery Alberta, Primary Care Alberta, Covenant Health, Lamont Health Care Centre, and the Bethany Group (Camrose). 

The annual Skijoring for MS event took place on March 8 at the Cold Lake Agricultural Society, bringing excitement and energy, despite concerns over the lack of snow.

The second annual Elks on Ice event, which is hosted by the Lac La Biche Elks Lodge #470, took place on Lac La Biche Lake next to Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park on March 8.

Alberta Health needs to focus on retaining the staff they have, in addition to recruiting additional staff, according to residents and health care professionals at a public engagement session held in St. Paul on March 6.