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Dec. 2 COVID update: M.D. at 34; two North Zone deaths
Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader In the last 24 hours, two women died from COVID-19 in the AHS North Zone. Also, the number of active cases in the M.D. of Lesser Slave River increased to 34. Two North Zone deaths The…
High Prairie RCMP looking for missing woman
Leader staff On Nov. 24, 2020, High Prairie RCMP received a complaint that 29-year-old Nepin Sage Gambler was missing from the High Prairie area. She was last seen at the hospital in High Prairie on Nov. 24, 2020; however, she…
Man convicted in 2017 Wabasca homicide
Leader staff On Nov. 19, 2020, Collin Noskiye was convicted for the second-degree murder of Dorium Yellowknee (33) in Wabasca. Noskiye is the second person convicted in relation to Yellowknee’s death. Earlier, Cindy Nanemahoo pled guilty to manslaughter. “Nanemahoo was…
COVID case causes closure of Slave Lake McDonald’s for cleaning
Leader staff On November 23, an employee from the Slave Lake McDonald’s restaurant reported that they tested positive for COVID-19. The company announced on Nov. 24 that the restaurant was immediately shut down for a thorough cleaning and sanitization by…
All things considered…. Moonlight Madness a nice seasonal kick-off
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader It was ‘touch and go’ whether the Slave Lake & District Chamber of Commerce would actually go ahead with its annual Moonlight Madness Santa Claus Parade. Chamber manager Kimberly Hughes tells us that was the state…
Word of the Week: Spanish Lesson
Week 32 Family – Part 2 Lili Normand Expresiones: Spanish Language and Mexican Arts Spending time with our families is something that most people enjoy. Birthday parties, dinners, holidays; any other occasion can be a good opportunity to share some…
Rotary, Legion team up
Local tourism company starting a small town, small business discussion
Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Sheila Willis, of Smith area, is a self-taught historian and app developer. Her company Impact Tourism has the History Check app, which focuses on tourism in Alberta. She’s also involved in various initiatives, the most recent…
New Icedogs coach has loads of experience
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Gregg Kennedy got to Slave Lake just in time for the Icedogs’ Nov. 20 game against the High Prairie Red Wings. He watched the game from the stands, which turned out to be a rough one…
Interagency Council Notebook
Nov. 24, 2020 Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Interagency is an opportunity for helping agencies in Slave Lake to share information with each other. The Nov. 24 meeting was only 15 minutes long and had very sparse attendance. Very little was…
It’s official!
Town budget report: $1.1 million in taxes outstanding
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader With the end of the year looming, the Town of Slave Lake finds itself about $2 million shy of collecting all the property taxes it needs to run the show for another year. This news came…
Cross-border dumping at the Flatbush transfer station
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader This was councillor Sandra Melzer’s addition to the agenda at the M.D. council meeting on Nov. 25. She said people have been coming from Fawcett to use the transfer station in Flatbush, which they aren’t allowed to…
M.D. of Lesser Slave River Council notebook
Nov. 25, 2020 meeting Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader COVID mitigationThe first thing council heard at its Nov. 25 meeting was a report from acting CAO Barry Kolenosky on new mitigation measures aimed at keeping M.D. employees and the public they…
The Page
As a weekly paper, The Leader often ends up a week behind. For instance, Nov. 22 to 28 was National Addictions Awareness Week, but we didn’t find out until Nov. 23 after the publication deadline.A year ago, a lady in…
Court Report
Man fined, put on probation for theft, mischief, damage Slave LakeProvincial CourtNovember 25, 2020Judge R.B. Marceaupresiding Bradlee Ernest Rader (27), from Smith and Slave Lake area, pled guilty to theft under $5,000 and mischief damage under $5,000. On March 10,…
Letters to the Editor – from Arnold Viersen
What your Member of Parliament has been up to lately To the Editor: On Monday, I left Alberta at 1:00 a.m. to fly to Ottawa via a two-hour layover in Toronto. By 9:30 a.m., I was in Ottawa, making my…
Letters to the Editor – from Dwayne Laboucan
Town of Slave Lake makes commitments to remedy comments from town council To the Editor: Driftpile Cree Nation, Treaty 8 Territory (November 24, 2020) – The Town of Slave Lake has made attempts to address the racially inappropriate comments made…
Former Slave Laker’s novel sucks the reader right in
Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Always Brave, Sometimes Kind by Katie Bickell is a poignant collection of interconnected snapshots of northern Alberta life. It sucks the reader into a world both familiar and alien, depending on the reader’s lived experience.At a…