La Crete

• Alberta Education launches review after child hit with belt at private religious school

  Alberta's education minister has the authority to investigate registered independent schools, and shut them down if the school doesn't comply with the province's regulations.

  Education

  Aug 5
  
• Student given strap at northern Alberta Mennonite school leads to assault charge

  A woman has been charged with assault after RCMP said a student was physically disciplined with a belt at a private religious school in the La Crete area of northwestern Alberta.

  Crime

  Aug 4
  
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• Province announces new facility for expectant mothers in northern Alberta

  Planning is underway for the AHS-owned, Covenant Health-operated facility that will bring new maternity and emergency medical services space to northern Alberta.

  Health

  Apr 3, 2022
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• Stormy, cloudy conditions the day of fatal plane crash near Slave Lake, Alta.: TSB report

  'Pilots need to plan ahead and consider strategies to avoid adverse weather, as well as have alternate plans should such weather be encountered,' the TSB said.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2022
• Wildfire leads to mandatory evacuation order near Mackenzie County campground

  A mandatory evacuation order was issued for more areas of Mackenzie County Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire continues to burn south of High Level.

  Environment

  May 29, 2019
• Acts of kindness make impressions on High Level wildfire evacuees

  There have been moments of kindness and acts of goodwill for the evacuees of the wildfire threatening High Level in northern Alberta.

  Canada

  May 24, 2019
• High Level wildfire ‘danger has not passed nor diminished,’ evacuations remain in place

  There were 110 structural firefighters working on protecting homes in High Level and other buildings in Mackenzie County.

  Environment

  May 22, 2019
• Tractor falls through ice on northern Alberta’s Peace River, RCMP say driver has not resurfaced

  Police say a 64-year-old man from La Crete, Alta., hasn't been found after his tractor fell through ice while he was driving it across the Peace River on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2019
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• Natural gas supply still at ‘critical level’ amid freezing cold in northern Alberta county

  A state of emergency still isn't being lifted, four days after it was declared amid natural gas outages in Alberta's Mackenzie County, an area that is seeing freezing cold temperatures.

  Canada

  Jan 2, 2018
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• Cold weather causes gas outages in northern Alberta county, local state of emergency declared

  A local state of emergency was declared in Mackenzie County and a reception centre was set up in northern Alberta on Friday afternoon for people affected by natural gas supply outages that officials say were brought on by the "persistent cold weather."

  Weather

  Dec 29, 2017