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‘Huge win for the town’ says Mayor Ward Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader After years of lobbying the province for help with the homeless situation, the Town of Slave Lake last week received some welcome news. “Thanks to advocacy from MLA…
2023 wildfire updates

Sept. 21 – Danger very high, but no new wildfires Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader September 16 to 18, the fire danger remained very high in the Slave Lake Forest Area, with a fire advisory in effect. On Sept. 19, the danger…

Sept. 19, 2023 Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader FCSS grants Council allocated $35,000 in the 2023 budget for community organizations for programs and such that qualify under the Family and Community Support Services mandate. The first round of grants happened back…
Health and wellness: Create compassion for yourself (Part 3 of 3)

Candace Brown, registered psychologist Northern Alberta Psychological Services This is the final article of a three-part series on self-improvement for low self-worth. The topic for this article is creating compassion for yourself. Self-compassion is the foundation of self-acceptance. Just as…

Rebecca Johnson Alberta Health Services Many families across the province are sending their children off to school this month. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to talk with their kids and teens about active and safe ways to travel to school.…

Regional commentary by Jeff Burgar I just learned I have not paid near enough attention to a simple little bit of northern Alberta gardening knowledge. According to gardening experts around me, this is a biggie. Now, I have planted my…

Is anybody in Slave Lake still interested in junior hockey? Evidently not enough to make whatever effort it takes to revive the Jr. B program that once thrived in town. The more recent experiment, the ‘pay-to-play’ business model that brought…

Some Albertans got a nasty shock recently when their August power bills arrived. What’s going on? What’s going on has little or nothing to do with actual electricity consumption. And it mainly affects power customers on the regulated rate option…
No sign yet of promised Highway 88 construction

Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Before the May 2023 provincial election, the Government of Alberta put up signs announcing the paving of Hwy. 88. However, as of September 18, 2023, this did not appear to exist on any lists of paving…

Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Council’s Aug. 23 meeting took place at the complex boardroom in Calling Lake, with all 11 councillors present. Two items were added to the agenda for discussion – Hwy. 686 and a vending machine at the…