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Top Stories This Week - August 6, 2003
 
A CL215 air tanker drops its load onto the Mitsue fire Wednesday afternoon. The blaze, sparked by a bear that was thought to have been chased up a power pole and touched the wire, began about one kilometre west of the industrial park. It was brought under control by Friday.
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Team snuffs Mitsue wildfire
The quick response by individuals, industry and the province’s forest protection personnel last week is being credited for snuffing a wildfire that could have cut power to not only the Mitsue Industrial Park east of Slave Lake, but also to Nipisi oilfields, some 100 km north of this community.
Nurses, health authorities lock horns home
Nurses across Alberta could begin leaving the profession in droves if their employer doesn’t begin to negotiate seriously, says one Slave Lake RN who represents community health nurses.
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Michelle Ghostkeeper of the Slave Lake Storm slides home during the Storm’s 25 – 24 victory over the Gift Lake Bunnies on July 28. It was the first game of a best-of-five semi-final.
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Heat in semis at Jr. provincials
The Sawridge Heat Jr. ‘AAA’ baseball team was just starting a semi-final game at the provincial championships as this paper went to print. Playing in Ft. Saskatchewan, the Heat had made it to Monday morning’s semis in a somewhat unusual fashion, but was there nevertheless, against a talented Edmonton team.
Storm two up on Gift Lake in fastball playoffs
Two games into their first-ever playoff series, Slave Lake’s Ladies’ fastball team is in the drivers’ seat. It hasn’t been easy at all, but the Storm were up two games to none in the best-of-five series at the start of the week.
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