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Chris McGarry

Chris McGarry

Chris McGarry graduated in 2006 with a journalism diploma from Holland College in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Since then, he has worked for several publications in Alberta and PEI, and completed a term as editor of a national magazine, the Canadian Firearms Journal. Chris is passionate about sports journalism, and enjoys writing about and having deep discussions about politics. He is also the author of 26 published novels.

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Recent Work by Chris

Lac La Biche Soccer Fest draws young soccer players from across Lakeland region

Lac La Biche Soccer Fest draws young soccer players from across Lakeland region

The fourth annual Soccer Fest, which is put on by Lac La Biche FC, took place at the Bold Centre sports fields on May 10.
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Promoting mental health awareness through pins

Promoting mental health awareness through pins

For Mental Health Week, which ran from May 5-11, Lac La Biche County FCSS placed free pins at different locations throughout the municipality for people to wear to raise awareness about mental health.
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Where does the country go from here?

Where does the country go from here?

The 2025 federal election was one of the most interesting in Canadian history.
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Mustangs defeat Dodgers in opening game of season

Mustangs defeat Dodgers in opening game of season

The Plamondon Mustangs U18 girls' softball team handed the Lac La Biche Dodgers a 18-16 defeat during a meeting between the two teams on May 7 at the Bold Centre ball diamonds in Lac La Biche.
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Portage College hosts 'Red Dress Day' event

Portage College hosts 'Red Dress Day' event

May 5 was National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People, also known as Red Dress Day.
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Over 100 Boyle area evacuees have made their way to the Lac La Biche reception centre

Over 100 Boyle area evacuees have made their way to the Lac La Biche reception centre

Reception centre is open to provide assistance between 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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Soccer Fest returning to Lac La Biche on May 10

Soccer Fest returning to Lac La Biche on May 10

The annual event, which is hosted by Lac La Biche FC, brings young soccer players together from across the Lakeland Region to compete against each other and work on their skills on the pitch.
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Dad and Me event offers food, socialization, and chance to learn about fish

Dad and Me event offers food, socialization, and chance to learn about fish

The event took place at Lac La Biche's Alexander Hamilton Park on the evening of May 1.
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Town of Smoky Lake receives provincial grant to help with newcomer program

Town of Smoky Lake receives provincial grant to help with newcomer program

The $211,520 funding from the Government of Alberta will be used for a new Newcomer Navigation Supports Program, a two-year initiative that is set to get underway this spring.
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RCMP search for suspect who rammed police cars with excavator

RCMP search for suspect who rammed police cars with excavator

An incident occurred in the parking lot of the Bonnyville RCMP detachment on the evening of May 3 where police vehicles were damaged by a suspect in an excavator.
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