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January 7, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 1 This weeks Highlights * What's ahead for 2009 according to mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee * Much depends on the feds, says M.D. reeve Garratt * Slave Lake Atoms and Slave Lake Wolves * Larry Battenfelder dies in moose collision * Crane collapses at Buchanan lumber yard	January 14, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 2 This weeks Highlights * Town sets new water rate structure * Winterhawks vs. Fox creek in weekend pair * Wrestle-mania hits Roland Michener School * Local syncro swimmer on to bigger things	January 21, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 3 This weeks Highlights * Smith woman fed up with diesel fumes and noise of idling trains * Must eat horses or starve * From River to restroom: a story about water * Winterhawks, Pee Wees, Atom, Bantams Hockey * Aspen vaccines may be ineffective	January 28, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 4 This weeks Highlights * Young man dies in industrial accident * Town plans to crack down on trash * Winterhawks, Wolves, Midget hockey * Alberta's future lies in the north: NADC chair
February 4, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 5 This weeks Highlights * Three firefighters don't make a firehall * The future of cable television * Winterhawks, Wolves hockey * Demo derby group now planning mud bog races * Big Lakes Country takes aim at motorcyclers	February 11, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 6 This weeks Highlights * Government building fire snuffed quickly * Business of the year finds a way to stay open * Friendship Centre youth centre just waiting for ideas * Winterhawks, Wolves, Pee Wee, Atom hockey * Local author publishes two books, more on the way	February 18, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 7 This weeks Highlights * The axe falls: Tolko closes Slave Lake mill * Big trucks create big exhaust, but what is the alternative? * Roland Michener science fair * Frost Fest * Figure skating metals in Drayton Valley, Wolves hockey	February 25, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 8 This weeks Highlights * New arena lobby: play area yes, mezzanine no * Local firms feeling the pinch * Wolves, Winterhawks, Pee Wee B, Atom A hockey * Boxers see action in Spruce Grove, Edmonton * Widewater Demolition Derby will go ahead, organizers say
March 4, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 9 This weeks Highlights * Two new pipelines proposed through area * Calahsen supporters set to celebrate MLA's 20 years * Girls' team battling for league championship * Buchberger makes an impact at nationals * Cyclo-cross worlds a learning experience for local rider	March 11, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 10 This weeks Highlights * If we see something we'll enforce it * Fire department looks to upgrade its dangerous goods spill response status * New ideas for Lesser Slave Provincial Park * Bantam Thunder, Wolves, Pee Wee hockey * Slave Lake boxer wins national championship	March 18, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 11 This weeks Highlights * Metis body suspends Trevor Gladue for six years * Smith's Gentle Ben Care Society sees surge in clients * Police priorities for '09: traffic, kids, drugs, visibility * Bantam, Kodiaks, hockey * 2009 Open sees 'fierce' wrestling	March 25, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 12 This weeks Highlights * Tackling the school zone safety monster * Adding up the pros and cons of nuclear power generation * Water quality tests give lake passing grade * Indicas make waves at provincials, next stop B.C. * Third annual memorial round dance to honor McRees
April 1, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 13 This weeks Highlights * Don't close beach road, Parks people hear * Government centre, library on track for late August completion, says town manager * Local history: plane crash of Dec. 29, 1975 * Hockey season ends, RMS junir basketball team wins bronze * PC Association throws a party for Calahasen's 20th	April 8, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 14 This weeks Highlights * "Duty to consult with First Nations" a start * Slow down and arrive alive: RCMP's message for April * Businesses get taken by phony loot: banks notice it * Local synchronized swimmer going to nationals * Bantam 'B' Thunder cap season with bronze medal	April 15, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 15 This weeks Highlights * Provincial budget not good news for municipalities * First Nations try community policing again * Iron Chef clinches win with east-meets-west style * Atom 'B' wins gold at city tournament * Come on and take a free ride: "white bikes" to hit Slave Lake?	April 22, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 16 This weeks Highlights * Stolen puppy recovered! * If it can be done, they do it at CAN-DO Covers * Dumont wins belt in front of home crowd * Recycling: when good things happen to bad trash * Volunteers who make Slave Lake a better place	April 29, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 17 This weeks Highlights * Blame for the Wagner fire: it was a power line * Volunteers honored at appreciation banquet * Diamond Belt boxing card was a smashing success * End of the road for the Angler Cup? * New venue, same passion for Relay For Life event
May 6, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 18 This weeks Highlights * Norovirus causes acute care quarantine at hospital * Planning ramps up for Widewater Sports 50th * Northern Spirit hosts martial arts tournament * Volunteers drive the system for victims of crime * Kinuso School puts the fun back into science	May 13, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 19 This weeks Highlights * Woman who died in High Prairie had swine flu * Contract awarded: arena roof work should start soon * Baseball kicks off with 10 teams * Marathon man comes full circle * Local woman wins Esquao award	May 20, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 20 This weeks Highlights * Pioneers gear up for lodge expansion * Motorists warned to not push luck in school/park zones * Syncro gals wrap it up * Local goalie to play in Europe this summer * Rogue fish nets keep on killing	May 27, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 21 This weeks Highlights * Whitecap survives the GM dealership cuts * Starving and clean-up at Kinuso * Michener band comes home bearing silver * St. Mary students learn from the in-line skate pros * What's bugging Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
June 3, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 22 This weeks Highlights * Dust control issue swirls up * Protect your noodle! June is Brain Injury Awareness Month and awareness is key * New applications for southshore re-zoning raise the country residential bugaboo for M.D. council * Family hopes revolutionary Chinese stem cell procedure will help to develop local boy's eyesight * Local man near helm of new political party	June 10, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 23 This weeks Highlights * Demo derby group pitches Hwy.2 and Hwy. 88 site * Policew eventually catch kids on distructive rampage * Oiler draftee Jordan Eberle now on the program with Pat Quinn * A dog's best friend: The ARC Walk * Barry Strangeland calls it a career	June 17, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 24 This weeks Highlights * Lafarge has big plans for Chisholm * M.D.'s Mitsue zoning solution stalls after public hearing reveals opposition * Marten Beachers make a pitch for water drop * Province brings new rules for commercial vehicles * Spring migration is over; on to the next phase	June 24, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 25 This weeks Highlights * Lightning sparks fires across the north * Slave Lake town council passes new utility rate by-law * Town launches broad assault on water waste * Widewater Sports Days 50th annual: coming right up * Sharks capture gold in GP, Fairview meets
July 01, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 26 This weeks Highlights * Co-generation idea to move to the next level * Road, rail, power and potties: gap in regional infrastructure * Town's walking trails an asset to be protected * Sharks shave "tons of time" * Prolific Tennessee warblers are breeding everywhere	July 08, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 27 This weeks Highlights * 'A joy to be around' * Northern Haven emergency shelter celebrates official opening surrounded by friends * Slave Lake RCMP lands one of Canada's finest * Widewater Sports Days: The score * Slave Lake Scouts (and Ventures) head for the hills	July 15, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 28 This weeks Highlights * Watch for bad guy in 'Blackstone' * Maintaining the integrity of the lake * Tot lot rescue campaign gets another year * Pee Wee Heat go 3 - 0 in opening round robin * Where some see only stinkweed, others see opportunity	July 22, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 29 This weeks Highlights * The latest on Smith bridge: closure Aug. 25 - 30 * Here we go again * Pork chops and turning lanes: town looks at changes to Main and 6th * Sharks' aggregate totals climb * Support for M.D. of Big Lakes	July 29, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 30 This weeks Highlights * Four family members found dead in Smith home * RCMP investigate Slave Lake ATV fatality * Town council works on 'adult entertainment' definition * Red hot Heat * Rotary exchange members check out the Alberta way
August 5, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 31 This weeks Highlights * Tragedy wasmurder-suicide, says medical examiner * Cops tighten thumbscrews on impaired drivers * High-tech tanks: New sewer tanks might come with generator option * Sharks take bite out of competition in home meet * Higher education meets luxury digs: Northern Lakes College shows off new student housing	August 12, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 32 This weeks Highlights * About that north shore trail... * Ombudsman clears East Prairie Metis settlement * Frogs and other amphibians' populations declining * Demo derby 'plugging ahead' * Fascinating and misunderstood, the boreal forest bat gets a public-relations makeover	August 19, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 33 This weeks Highlights * Lean times for local hotels: deals for consumers? * Town to beef up law on nuisance animals * Street Invaders bring hip hop minstry to Slave Lake * Roland Michener Secondary School graduation ceremony a gala affair * Two-two, two out, two on, top of the eighth	August 26, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 34 This weeks Highlights * Chief Cardinal elected as Grand Chief * Comming in October: A conference on the importance of water * Laurel Perrott applauded for excellence * Experience nut no hardware for Sharks at provincials * Assualt on women's cancer raises $1.8 million
September 2, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 35 This weeks Highlights * Town council passes new rules for adult entertainment * Bridge work cuts off community * Pharoah ants invade Slave Lake apartment building * Widewater Eagles win men's baseball league * Local artisans show functional works of art	September 9, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 36 This weeks Highlights * M.D. a disaster, agriculturally speaking * Field house of dreams within reach * Slave Lake teachers teach peers in Belize * New owner, new name, new location for travel agency * Library celebrates Alberta Arts Days through moving pictures	September 16, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 37 This weeks Highlights * Where'd that 1.5 billion cubic metres of water go? * ATV traffic partly to blame for decline in grayling * Housing group invites lodge residents, neighbours to info session * 'We'll be in the pack', says Plourde * Faust residents speak up in favour of sewer extension	September 23, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 38 This weeks Highlights * Faust landmark destroyed by 'suspicious' fire * Group makes pitch for library space * Christian cadre from Slave Lake practice what they preach in Rwanda * Rider combines spirit of competition with a love of horses * Local cadets hope to attend liberation ceremonies in Holland	September 30, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 39 This weeks Highlights * Black bears spotted in town; attracted by garbage * Water across the water: M.D. goes for it * Kidnapped! Drayton Valley Rotary member tells her story in Slave Lake * Wolves competitive, but lose first two games * Seniors query housing authority, applaud info on lodge expansion
October 7, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 40 This weeks Highlights * Single dad 'falling through the cracks,' he says * Funding allows reading program to expand * Medical school students here for the rural experience * Fire Prevention Week * Big two-win weekend for Jr. 'B' Wolves	October 14, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 41 This weeks Highlights * Special status rule may allow Lesser Slave to survive as electoral district * Sisters in Spirit rally honours lost women * More than just a shoebox full of Christmas gifts * Bantam 'AA's start season with a big win * Students see, participate in mock disaster	October 21, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 42 This weeks Highlights * Municipalities, industry getting antsy about the state of Lesser Slave River * Parents play important role in their child's success at school * Province pitches in 300 grand for forest education * New director, new season for Boys and Girls Club * Winterhawks over Drayton in season opener	October 28, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 43 This weeks Highlights * $400m pipeline job could start before the end of the year * Sawridge Inn manager brings Sawfest pitch to town council * More focus on books for male youths in school library * Fires last week destroy shop, drying kiln * Winterhawks win both games on the road
November 4, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 44 This weeks Highlights * Flu season: locals line up for H1N1 vaccine * Rotarians send fire truck to Mexico * Students learn how to P.A.R.T.Y. * Wolves drop a couple at home to Grande Prairie * Big Lakes council flip flops on Faust project	November 11, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 45 This weeks Highlights * Slave Lake as Hockeyville, 2010? Why not? * Fire, bad roads make for a busy day for firefighters * Business booming: Magic Scissors add 1,100 square feet * Winterhawks win when they show up, lose when they don't * Bistro shows its excellence at private event	November 18, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 46 This weeks Highlights * MP drops by, leaves behind $1.4 million * M.D. takes a look at shipping containers * Michener crew attends student leadership conference * Wolves hammer Grande Prairie, lose to PR * Diversion program aims to help Slave Lake families cope with difficult situations	November 25, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 47 This weeks Highlights * Arts council group makes pitch for town funds * New kid on the highway maintenance block * CCS in Mitsue * And in other Slave Lake hockey news... * Terrell's story: a family's life changes in a single moment
December 2, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 48 This weeks Highlights * Dredging underway in the river * Local woman going organic for 30 days * Local history: Sinclair's Old Town log house * Saturday evening banquets at the Sawridge challenging for cooking, catering crew * Wolves' skeleton crew wins one on the road	December 9, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 49 This weeks Highlights * Shelter for the homeless * Council gives green light to field house * Wolves stumble * Locals do well at Whitecourt tae kwon do tournament * Living with someone affected by Williams syndrome	December 16, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 50 This weeks Highlights * Man found dead in Red Earth Creek * M.D. settles on Marten Beach water rate * Bark carving a 'tree-mendous' experience * Lots of winners in charity hockey challenge * Native friendship centre making strides with youth program	December 23, 2009 Volume 38 Issue 51 This weeks Highlights * Pine beetle probably in town, says forester * Women's shelter going well, but still lacks funding * E-books now available at Slave Lake Library * Wolves were lunch for top two teams in league * Week #2 in Donna Kuhberg's crash organic diet