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Voting day is Monday, April 3 Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader A small but engaged audience of Slave Lake voters showed up on March 24 to listen to and ask questions of candidates running for the vacant mayor and councillor position on…
Wrist band program coming at the Slave Lake pool

Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader The Northern Lights Aquatic Centre in Slave Lake is going to be implementing a new program to reduce the risk of incompetent swimmers ending up in deep water. It’s called the swim test/wrist band program, and town…
Big Lakes joins rail advocacy group

Richard FroeseFor the Lakeside Leader Big Lakes County has joined a new organization that is advocating for better railway service in northern Alberta. At its March 8 meeting, county council decided to sign up with the Community Rail Advocacy Alliance…

Richard FroeseFor the Lakeside Leader A wind power project proposed for the southeastern part of Big Lakes County might get a new name, to better identify its location. At its March 8 meeting, county council approved a motion to suggest…
Elks invest in Slave Lake for 70 years and counting

Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader A lot has changed in Slave Lake in the last 70 years, but the Slave Lake Elks are still active. In August 1953, the group was started. The November 12, 2003 Lakeside Leader had an article about…
Tourism operators get together, compare notes

Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader The Slave Lake Region Tourism Society held a meet-and-greet on St. Patrick’s Day in Slave Lake. Twenty or 30 people – many of them who own and/or operate businesses or attractions tourists or travelers might be drawn…
Eagles, Huskies and Knights compete at archery provs.

Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader Three area schools sent archers to provincials March 16 to 18 in Edmonton. Smith School and St. Mary of the Lake Catholic School (Slave Lake) both had archers place in the top 10 for their grade. One…

Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader High Prairie’s loss is Slave Lake’s gain, it appears, at least when it comes to a major hockey tournament. The Treaty 8 First Nations Cup was to be played in High Prairie, but some sort of scheduling…