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Top Stories This Week - May 14, 2008
 
Tyler Warman had an adventure out on the disintegrating lake ice last week, looking for the missing Rotary Wheel. It disappeared sometime between 10 p.m. on May 2 and 8:00 a.m. on May 3. He wasn’t able to find it.
That’s Jeff Lukan of The Point belaying Warman from the boat.
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Town council approves three per cent tax hike
Slave Lake property owners can expect to pay more when their 2008 tax notices arrive. How much more depends on a couple of factors – most notably their property value assessment.
New diamond find 'encouraging'
Brian Testo, better known as ‘Griz’, is the man behind the latest discovery of diamonds in northern Alberta. His company, Grizzly Diamonds, reported last week a ‘highly encouraging’ result from a small sample of ore from a kimberlite formation about 45 kilometres northeast of Red Earth Creek .
Toxic accident dealt with quickly
A bad week for industrial accidents near Slave Lake ended with a single vehicle collision near the Mitsue Industrial Park on May 5.
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Sports Highlights
The Slave Lake Atom ‘A’ Thunder got together recently for an awards banquet following a successful season on the ice. Pictured, in no particular order are coaches Lorne Poitras, Matt Masur and Connie Schultz, trainer Brian Keller and players Tyrell Alook, Drake Bjornson, Bradley Girard, Conor Keaveny, Erik Labrie, Conner Lukan, Daniel Masur, Cody McIntyre, Ian Pollard, Erik Prokopow, Jayden Schultz, Garrett Sinclair and Shawn Stephen. Missing: Brandon Cardinal.
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Running club gets active
There’s a running club in town you might not have heard of called the ‘Slave Lake Sneakers. The Leader has agreed to profile some of its members over the next few weeks.
One act play festival entertains and surprises
Late on the afternoon of Saturday, May 3, the final curtain dropped on two days of student productions at E.G. Wahlstrom School.
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