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Orange Shirt and Red Dress crosswalks coming to Slave Lake
Red Dress one first in northern AB Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader In the days leading up to September 30, expect some road painting in Slave Lake. Métis Nation of Alberta Region 5 is painting two crosswalks in Slave Lake in partnership…
Shelter looking likelier
Homeless Coalition moving forward with tight budget Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader If all goes well at the Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) meeting on October 3, the Slave Lake Homeless Coalition will have a place for people to sleep out of the…
Good year for pumpkins!
Famous log cabin in Faust has many memories
Richard FroeseFor the Lakeside Leader A log cabin in Faust more than 100 years old has become famous thanks to a silent film shot in 1919. Built in 1915, the cabin is featured in Back to God’s Country, which earned…
Bird report: Tail feather sampling program can reveal contaminants
Robyn PerkinsLSLBO Bander-in-Charge With many of our long-distance migrants already departed, this week was generally slow for the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory (LSLBO) with one exception: after days of rain and high winds, the nice weather on September 20…
Investigation continues into Gift Lake death
Chris CleggFor the Lakeside Leader A 2021 incident involving High Prairie RCMP and the death of a Gift Lake man, as well as a police dog, is still under investigation. According to an Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) spokesman,…
Big Lakes considers land-use for colonies
Richard FroeseFor the Lakeside Leader Colony communities in Big Lakes County may soon be allowed on agricultural land, after a Sept. 14 council discussion on the matter. Such a type of land use does not exist in the county’s Land-Use…
Local dancers lands a spot in The Nutcracker
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader For the second year in a row, Sophie Pothier of Slave Lake will have a role in the Alberta Ballet production of The Nutcracker. She had a successful audition (for a different role than last year) on…
Kinuso names rink after late curler and Ag Society president
Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader People driving into Kinuso may notice a new sign on the curling rink. It now says Anton Kirtio Rink. Anton was a long-time curler in Kinuso and instrumental in building the current rink in the late 1970s.…
Four locals make U15 Arctic Winter Games roster
Leader staff Four hockey players from Slave Lake will be on the Team Alberta North U15 hockey roster for the 2023 Arctic Winter Games. They’ll join 13 other boys from the north of the province to battle for gold in…
Going for two
Icedogs get off to a good start, with two six-goal wins
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Slave Lake’s junior hockey team, the Icedogs, kicked off their 2022/23 campaign in fine style, with a pair of 9 – 3 victories on the weekend. Friday’s win came over the Gibbons Pioneers, in Gibbons. In their…
Upcoming event: Two walks to remember MMIW
Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader People in Slave Lake have two options to raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) on October 4. Sisters in Spirit was started by the Native Women’s Association of Canada in 2006. It raises awareness…
A successful hunt
Students out and about in the woods
Tundra hunting quite an experience for Canyon Creek man
Leader staff Keith Denoncourt of Canyon Creek spent a few weeks this summer working at Aylmer Lake Lodge in the Northwest Territories. He was helping out lodge owners Kevin and Patti McNeil of McLennan, with their fishing and hunting clients,…
A food bank harvest
