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Top Stories This Week - September 6, 2006
 
Terrance McLeod gets a little air off a box at the skateboard park last Thursday evening, while Dustin McRee waits his turn. The park has been busy lately, maybe because of the imminent start of school. And if school is starting, can winter be far behind?
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Town agrees in principle to buy Sawridge mall site for $1 million
The Town of Slave Lake has agreed in principle to buy half the Sawridge Mall property for just over a million dollars. Erecting a government building and library on that spot is expected to cost about $18 or $19 million more, and Town council started the process of borrowing the money for it at a special meeting last week.
Three-fish limit can't last
It was a heady year for anglers on Lesser Slave Lake. They came in droves for the unexpectedly generous three-walleye limit, and were not disappointed.
But it isn’t going to last.
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Gordie Ferguson of the Slave Lake Strikers boots a penalty kick in a game against Peace River during the Strikers’ tournament on Aug. 26. They lost the game 4 - 2, having lost earlier 5 – 3 to Athabasca. Peace River won the tournament in a 2 – 0 game over Athabasca.
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Rumbling from the Wolves' den
Things are starting to move in Jr. ‘B’ hockey circles, and not a moment too soon. The Wolves start their Northwest Jr. Hockey League season on Sept. 30, about 3 ½ weeks from now.
Curling club facing bleak future
The Slave Lake Curling Club has been in operation for nearly 50 years and former club president Chris Jones can’t remember a time when there wasn’t any ice. Well, for everything there is a first time. The club has nobody making ice for the 2006-07 season.
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