St. Patrick’s, St. Valentine’s, and other art at CJS
CJ Schurter Elementary School students from Kindergarten to Grade 3 have been learning to express their creativity through art.Here are some of their creations.
Letters to the Editor – from Arnold Viersen
Make Canada work for people who’ve done the work To the Editor: Shouldn’t Canada be a place where people who work hard are able to enjoy the fruits of their labour? Shouldn’t the federal government be lowering taxes and reducing…
Looking for trouble: 35 years as a volunteer firefighter
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader (This is the first of what we hope will be a series of stories on long-time volunteer firefighters in our communities) Jim Meldrum has been a volunteer firefighter, almost without a break, since the mid-1980s. The one…
The Page
There sure are a lot of deer around. In Marten Beach they seem to prefer being in the hamlet than the alternatives, in spite of the presence of humans, vehicles and barking dogs. Could that be because they feel the…
Slave Lake Airport spared COVID impact
Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader Any regional airport that had scheduled flights was hurt badly by the COVID-19 pandemic, says Pierre Gauthier, Slave Lake Airport manager. However, this didn’t impact Slave Lake, as its main income comes from wildfire and medevac (medical…
Gov’t tackling unpaid municipal oil and gas taxes
Submitted Alberta’s government is issuing a new directive to the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) to require oil and gas companies to pay taxes owed to municipalities. Energy Minister Pete Guthrie is issuing a ministerial order under the Responsible Energy Development…
Truck rollover spreads contaminated soil
Leader staff On March. 21, 2023, at approximately 3 p.m., Slave Lake RCMP responded to a transport truck rollover on Highway 754 near kilometer 45. Police and fire services attended the scene, where the truck lost control, spilling its contents…
Five dead in crash on Hwy. 750
Leader staff On March 19, 2023, at approximately 7 p.m., High Prairie, Faust, and Red Earth Creek RCMP responded to a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 750, eight kilometers south of Highway 88. Five people were killed when a pickup…
Big changes coming at Lakeview Optometry in Slave Lake
Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Look for some changes this year in the look of Lakeview Optometry in Slave Lake. With a municipal zoning hurdle having been cleared last week, Dr. Eve-Sarai Niedergesaess plans to move ahead with the purchase of the…
Town of Slave Lake Council notebook
March 21, 2023 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Council went ahead with a skeleton crew – only making quorum because interim mayor Shawn Gramlich was able to attend remotely. Councillor Steve Adams filled in as chair of the meeting, which began…
Spring hats
Husky serenade
HPSD Trustees approve 2024 Kinuso Europe trip
Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader Local schools haven’t gone on an international trip since before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, next year that will change. At the High Prairie School Division, March 22 meeting, the board of trustees approved a request from Kinuso…
Faith: ‘Hey Jealousy’ my old enemy
Heath JefferySlave Lake Alliance Church I graduated high school in 1993, and around that time I made my first CD purchase. I can still remember how much it cost, and I remember how great the album sounded compared to my…
Legal firearms owners are not criminals
Jr. CoxShooting Edge Over 20 years ago, I opened The Shooting Edge – a small business that serves the shooting community in Alberta. To someone not familiar with our industry, I think it’s important to explain how expansive the firearm…
Big overhaul planned for Alberta’s Land Titles Registry
Dale NallyMinister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction The real estate industry is a vitally important sector of Alberta’s economy. More than $50 billion in real estate transactions are conducted in Alberta every year. The industry employs thousands, from…