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Last week the local Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) Region 1 office participated in a national campaign that brings awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). The Moose Hide Campaign primarily focuses on involving males in the MMIW crisis that has taken thousands of indigenous women's lives’. Annually, supporters wear a square pin made of moose hides while taking part in traditional ceremonies, fasts and teachings.

Lac La Biche is the more recent community to experience a temporary reduction in beds at its local hospital due to staff shortages. Ten beds have been closed at the St. Paul hospital for nearly a year now.

A hunter's wife has testified she texted her husband not to drink and drive or get in a fight the night he and his uncle were shot to death on a rural Alberta road.

Newfoundland man killed in Lac La Biche highway crash

Is there value to checking in on MD of Bonnyville residents’ vacant homes? MD council members are undecided on whether the Public Safety Department should continue to operate its Vacant Home Checks Program, or if it should be dropped all together.

While both sub-classes of residential properties will see an average mill rate increase of about 3.8 per cent, non-residential properties will see a mill rate decrease of 1.43 per cent, resulting in an average two per cent tax increase compared to 2021.

Overnight emergency department closures have been announced for the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre once again.

With unclear financial commitments from surrounding municipalities, the Clayton Bellamy Foundation for the Arts continues to plan for the completion of a fine arts theatre at Bonnyville Centralized High School by August of 2023.