Lac La Biche News

The event was held in Lac La Biche's McArthur Park on May 31.

The 2025 edition of the Venice Picnic, which has been taking place in the community since 1946, was held at the Venice Heritage Park on June 1.

On Tuesday, the Government of Alberta’s Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) map was at four St. Lina, which is “moderate risk.” In Lac La Biche, the AQHI map also showed a level of four, and in Cold Lake the AQHI was three. 

Paul Shaw, a retired nurse, helps out with the cooking crew at the Lac La Biche Heritage Society, and also plays music at his church, for residents of seniors' lodges, and a kids' program at the Stuart MacPherson Public Library in Lac La Biche.

Paulette Seliski is a member of the Lac La Biche Heritage Society and the local branch of the Order of the Royal Purple. She also helps out with fundraising casinos for various community organizations.

The organization, which represents seniors in the Lac La Biche region, will be hosting activities such as bingo, meals, a trip to Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park, and a comedy show and supper to coincide with Alberta Seniors Week, which runs from June 2-8.

The training rooms are dedicated to the memory of RCMP Constable Leo Johnston, who was from the Lac La Biche area, and Community Peace Officer Rodney Lazenby.

The event, which took place on May 29 and was organized by the Lac La Biche Regional Attraction and Retention Society, was done as part of Alberta Rural Health Week, which ran from May 26-30.

The production took place from May 26-27 at the Portage College Lac La Biche campus.

LAC LA BICHE - Lac La Biche County moved $1.3 million from the Stabilization Reserve to the 2025 Capital Projects Budget to complete projects started in previous years.