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Missing Person – Marie Croswell
Submitted Missing Person On the morning of February 3rd, 2023, members of Lakeshore Regional Police Service began an investigation involving a missing person after a missing person’s report was filed on the same date. Marie CROSWELL was last seen or…

It’s Groundhog Day!
Jeff Burgar Readers might recall last year, it was a mixed bag of news as far as our northern Alberta groundhog observations went.Those critter fellas and ladies who slept in were greeted with sunshine breaking out about 10:00 A.M. Those…
Slave Lake mayor Warman calls it quits
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Tyler Warman, the mayor of Slave Lake, resigned his town council post as of Feb. 1. Partway through his third full term, he had served in that position since mid-2013, when his predecessor also unexpectedly pulled the…

Old Smith Highway realignment must go ahead this year
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader The realignment of a section of the Old Smith Highway has to go ahead in 2023. It’s a ‘use it or lose it’ scenario, M.D. of Lesser Slave River council heard at its Jan. 25 meeting. A…

UCP nomination window closes this week
Leader staff We’re still waiting for an announcement on voting day for United Conservative Party members in Lesser Slave Lake to choose their candidate for the next provincial election. It will fall in late February or early March, and at…

‘Difficult circumstances’ at Midnight Sky
Leader staff The campground formerly known as ‘Mosquito Lake,’ in Hondo, is in the news lately, due to its owner John de Ruiter being charged in Edmonton with sexual assault. On Jan. 25, The Leader received the following statement from…

Where are they now?: Slave Laker seeing the world, one Air Force mission at a time
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader A few weeks ago on Page 9 of The Leader, we encouraged people to let us know about Slave Lakers who were off doing interesting things in other parts of the country or the world. What follows…

Through the years: Asbestos, BC dams, Foosball, and delayed hip surgery
Snippets from January 25 and 26 Lakeside Leaders 1978 Supposedly fire-proof asbestos insulation ‘exploded into flames like a bomb’ after it was hit by a ruptured hose from a welding tank. R & R Autobody in the northwest industrial area…

M.D. of Opportunity Council notebook
Jan. 11, 2023 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Due to a shortage of space in the Jan. 25 Leader, the following items were held over for a week Support for victim services Council approved a request for financial support from Peace…

Nice legs!

Money for KidSport

A touch of home
Various recreation programs in Slave Lake
Leader staff The Town of Slave Lake’s new community services director has been keeping The Leader up to date on programs that are happening, coming up soon or in the planning stages. Or – in the case of the first…

Volunteers cook for the homeless
Leader staff The Slave Lake Homeless Coalition Society serves supper and breakfast to people experiencing homelessness seven days a week. All of the food is prepared by volunteers. Pat Potvin organizes the food. However, somehow he escaped being captured by…

Learning about penguins

Slave Lake figure skaters bring home two silver medals from GP
Submitted The Lakeside Figure Skating Club attended the Peace Region STARSkate Invitational the weekend of January 20 and 22 in Grande Prairie. Four skaters participated in the STARSkate events. The club has not attended a competition since January 2020, so…

A perfect zero

Big day for Bigstone athletes

Kinuso spiel

Knights third, Falcons fourth at tournament
Leader staff Kinuso School senior boys basketball Knights placed bronze at two tournaments in January. At the first one, the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Falcons were fourth. The weekend of Jan. 13 to 14, the Knights competed in…