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Both the Ashmont boys and girls teams won this year's SPAA senior high basketball banners.

A 25-year firefighter veteran had a warm surprise after what he thought was going to be a normal workday. Mark Wiebe, the senior captain at Owl River fire hall, received the 2021 Lac La Biche County Fire Rescue Peer Recognition Award on March 8.

Cold Lake RCMP are encouraging businesses and private residences with surveillance cameras to sign-up for their voluntary video surveillance initiative aimed at increasing efficiency of investigations.

The Town of St. Paul is looking to apply for a grant to help cover the costs associated with upgrading its raw water reservoir.

With less than 24 hours to gather donations, the community showed up to the task, and a trailer was filled with necessities.

Approximately 60 per cent of all COVID-19 cases identified through PCR testing in the province are the Omicron variant BA.2, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Wednesday. However there is no evidence that it causes more severe outcomes, despite a higher transmission rate.

For Lac La Biche local Marvin Fyten, part of being a member of a society is all about showing appreciation to those that do valuable work in their communities whenever possible. Recently, Fyten created a personalized mallet for Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, for all the work she’s done and the challenges she’s endured throughout the pandemic.

The compounding crisis in Ukraine since the Russian invasion last month has inspired the Lac La Biche Fire Department to support Ukrainian efforts through donating vital equipment, said John Kokotilo, the manager of Protective Services and Regional Fire Chief.