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Finding easier, more comfortable ways of doing things is killing us. Slowly, but surely. Small example: remote control channel changers. No need to get up anymore. Result – hours of inactivity. Example #2: smart phones. Same result. Where we had…
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Callie Hermanson Lakeside Leader Fire lookouts are an integral component of wildfire detection in Alberta. Wildfire Information Officer Leah Lovequist for the Slave Lake Forest Area says a fire lookout is located where visibility is good to detect and report…
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County economic development meeting called in Slave Lake Chris Clegg For the Lakeside Leader Efforts to form a new regional economic development group are proceeding, despite concerns from some members of High Prairie town council. Big Lakes County is the…
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Flood debris a safety hazard, says local resident

Leader staff Those logs in the ditch are a safety hazard, says Slave Lake resident Dennis Barton. He’s speaking of the debris scattered in the ditch along Hwy. 2 east of Mooney Creek. It’s been there (or had been there…
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Leader staff It probably won’t make much difference on the ground, but Carillion is out of the business of highway maintenance in Alberta. Ontario too, after the company sold out that part of its business to a firm called Emcon…
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Rotary helps hockey

The Rotary Club of Slave Lake last week presented a $2,400 donation to Slave Lake Minor Hockey. The money is for SLMHA to buy bumper pads to ‘shrink the rink.’ Accepting on behalf of the association is Melissa Baxter.
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MMM Good ….

Brooklyn Shirley playing a donut game at Summer Splash day camp on Wednesday, July 25.
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Leader Summer Garden Features

Ted and Dianne Cofer’s beautiful backyard. To have your garden featured call Callie at 780-849-4380. White cucumber in Ted Cofer’s greenhouse.   Pretty little pink petunia.   Beautiful wagon set-up, featuring some vibrant pink petunas.   Buzz Buzz; says the…
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Information isn’t helpful, says HPSD Superintendent Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader For what it’s worth, the Fraser Institute’s annual ranking of schools in Alberta is out. In the opinion of most school administrator types, it isn’t worth much. One of those…
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Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Look for those annoying gaps in the sidewalks next to railway crossings in Slave Lake to be fixed this week. Or maybe next. That’s the word from Town of Slave Lake CAO Brian Vance, who sounded…
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Francesca Giroux, CPA For the Lakeside Leader The digital age has brought wonderful advances in technology from the cell phone, to personal tablets and information conglomerated on the “cloud,” however, along with these technological enhancements many of us have picked…
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‘It should be cleaned up soon’

Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader One of the clauses of Murphy’s Law has to do with the likelihood of something being cleared up by the time the newspaper story on it comes out. Notwithstanding that, here’s what Alberta Parks had to…
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Black tomatoes? Really?

Yes, really. Ted and Dianne Cofer are growing them in their backyard garden in Slave Lake. It’s just one of the unusual and interesting spots – not to mention pretty – that Leader reporter Callie Hermanson has been turning up…
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Homemade and unique dolls for children of all ages

Callie Hermanson Lakeside Leader Ruthie Jo’s has been attending the Downtown Fridays Farmers Market in Slave Lake since it started this summer. Owner Ruth Penner says she started out sewing a variety of items to sell at farmers market, such…
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Locals help girl get to U.S. college to play hockey

Callie Hermanson Lakeside Leader Community member Debra Strickland’ s granddaughter, gets the opportunity of a lifetime as she embarks on the next chapter of her life. Katrina Robinson will be attending Adrian College in Michigan on a hockey scholarship. Robinson…
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