Lake slow in freezing over – but it’s been later

Dryness, water level reminiscent of 1980 Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader What’s the latest Lesser Slave Lake has stayed open? Well into December, we’re told, although that information did not come from any official source. Normally, the big lake freezes over…

Bachelor of Education transfer agreement Leader staff Students wanting a teaching degree, but not wanting to have to move to a big city to get it have an option. Since 2019, Northern Lakes College has had an agreement with the…
Scenes from the Arctic Sports and Dene Games trials

Young athletes from around northern Alberta were in Slave Lake on December 2, hoping to make Team Alberta North’s Arctic Sports and Dene Games teams for the 2024 Arctic Winter Games. The games are being held in March in the…
Lily Creek bridge project underway in the provincial park

Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Back in August the provincial government announced it had the funding to fix up the washed-out embankment at the Lily Creek bridge on the Freighter Lakeshore Trail in Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park. The release said…
Kinuso School students get artistic!

Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader Kinuso School art students have been busy painting and drawing. Some of the art work had similar colour schemes but different subjects. Junior and senior high art teacher John Friesen gives students the option of choosing their…
Letters to the Editor – from Arnold Viersen

National 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline now live To the Editor: Years of hard work and advocacy are finally paying off. On November 30th, 2023, the three-digit national suicide prevention helpline – 988 – launched. This life-saving service will provide Canadians…
Interagency notebook November 28, 2023 meeting

Interagency is made up of different ‘helping’ agencies and businesses in Slave Lake. Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Northern Haven Support Society Northern Haven presented at Interagency because November is Family Violence Prevention Month. In 1996, this society got funding for…

Updated on Dec. 6 based on new information about SL Grill. It is open. The name of a Slave Lake piano student showed up in a news report out of Grande Prairie recently. The story was mainly about a few…