Lac la Biche News

“Otherwise your support may not be counted as valid.”

Contrary to a previous report in The Freelancer, the case of fallen Mountie Leo Johnston has not yet been laid to rest. via Mayerthorpe Freelancer

The Mayerthorpe Hospital Auxiliary Association is looking for "knitters." We will supply the wool and needles if you can knit slippers, lap robes, toques or mitts. via Mayerthorpe Freelancer

“But at Lac La Biche I did see a figure or blue light outside the convent.”

A mysterious mist at Fort Edmonton Park, an unexplained light at the site of the old Fort Saskatchewan jail and a blurred photo of a stairwell at a Lac La Biche convent. via Edmonton Journal

“We had three years of drought, then three or four years of BSE and now prices are so low we're losing money”

Marcel Turgeon cried when he watched 50 years of his life get sold for $56,000. That's what the 63-year-old Lac La Biche rancher got at auction for 123 of the best charolais cows in the province. via Edmonton Journal

“It's obviously a wretched case”

Battle over Const. Leo Johnston's burial continues Grace Johnston looks at the grave of her son, Const. via Edmonton Sun

“All there is is a decision by a higher court that Kelly Johnston has...the ability to disinter the body and move it”

ALBERTA/630 CHED - The resting place of a murdered mountie isn't too restful these days as the fight over the body of Cst. via CHEDAM

“I mean, even a criminal who does horrendous things, when he's sentenced to whatever his sentence is, ends up getting a chance to appeal”

Ron Johnston can point to three generations of his family buried at the Willow Creek cemetery in Lac La Biche. via CANOE

“Knowing my husband, I truly believe that he would have chosen the RCMP cemetery ... as his final resting place”

Slain Mayerthorpe Mountie's exhumation set for today A friend of slain RCMP Const. via Edmonton Sun

“At first I couldn't even tell it was two semis that had collided. There was parts everywhere. It was a mess ... I knew the chance of anyone surviving a crash like that were remote.”

Lamont area highways have been host to multiple accidents in the past Two more white crosses may be added to a killer intersection near Lamont, where at least one was left standing following a massive wreck ... via Edmonton Sun

“Whatever happens, we want to make sure this is done as sensitively as possible”

Mountie's body off to Ottawa The body of slain Mountie Leo Johnston could be exhumed tomorrow and sent to Regina to be reburied in the RCMP cemetery. via Edmonton Sun

“We are honoured to be one of the host sites, which, more than any other individual project has the opportunity to provide every single Alberta student learning opportunities when and where they need them”

The Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library , a cutting-edge digital resource that will change the landscape of information accessibility for Alberta's learners, researchers and faculty, was officially ... via Library.ualberta.ca

“The MNA's leadership continues to move forward on our Action Plan that focuses on four areas: exercising Metis rights, defending Metis rights, political action on Metis rights and public education on Metis rights”

On Sept. 26 the Metis Nation of Alberta reported on its progress in implementing the Metis Harvesting Action Plan that was unanimously adopted at the MNA Annual General Assembly held in August 2007. via Leduc Representative