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Candidates make their pitch at forum
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…
Busing still causing headaches for High Prairie School Division
Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader Bus driver shortages have plagued High Prairie School Division this school year. On November 7, 265 students who live in Slave Lake or the closest M.D. of Lesser Slave River communities were no longer being bused. Since…
Ken Vanderwell honoured
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…
Proposed wind power project may get a new name
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…
Team spin-a-thon
Understanding Ramadan
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…
They’re back!
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…
Slave Lake Curling League winners
Gymnastics starts, cheer ends
Falcons compete at basketball Zones
Minor hockey bronze medals
Walleye, Jets the cream of the rec league crop this year
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…
Treaty 8 First Nations Cup in Slave Lake this weekend
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…