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Charles Lammam and Ben Eisen Troy Media On the campaign trail in 2015, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals promised to hold federal deficits to $10 billion or less during their first few years in office before returning to a balanced budget in 2019-20.…
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Mushrooms and folklore

For most people, seeing mushrooms in an arc or circle isn’t anything to write home about. But for folklore lovers it sure is a sight to see. A fairy ring (also known as fairy circle, elf circle, elf ring, or…
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Richard Froese South Peace News Canada Day on July 1 has come and gone for another year. As Canada celebrates its 150th birthday in 2017, the day was probably bigger and more memorable than in many years or decades. Canada…
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Quack quack

The winners of the Rotary Club of Slave Lake duck drop contest popped by the Leader last week to get their picture taken. Local Rotarian Harry Bartlett (left) handed out the winnings; Lisa Russell (centre) collected $1,500 on behalf of…
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The world is full of a number of things (as RL Stevenson is supposed to have said) and one of them is books. There are some very good ones by Canadian authors that deal with Canadian (even Western!) subjects. One…
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Lebanese mayor visits ‘the Kab Elias of Canada’

Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Kab Elias, a city of about 60,000 in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, is home to many of the Mouallems of Slave Lake. Lots of other Mouallems too – one of whom is Jihad Mouallem, the…
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Leader staff It was a bad few days on the water in lakes east of Smith. A canoeist and a diver drowned in separate incidents on lakes between Smith and Athabasca – one on July 13 and the other on…
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Katrina Owens Lakeside Leader Corporate Culture was the hot topic at the July 20th Slave Lake Business Support Network meeting. Doug Babiy of SL Ford spoke to attendees about the ins-and-outs of why it’s important to create a pleasant work…
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Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader The M.D. of Lesser Slave River appears to be reconsidering its decision to not get involved in a Town of Slave Lake water line replacement project in the north end of town. This is the old,…
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Thanks for supporting Gilwood

Orville Mercer was the lucky winner of the Gilwood Golf Club 50/50 raffle last week. The raffle was very close to a sell-out, says club executive member Joyce Robinson, who is pictured presenting Mercer with his $4,950 winners’ cheque.  
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‘Someone is going to get hurt’ Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Somebody has been getting up to some mischief in Widewater/Canyon Creek. According to the president of the local ATV club, ATV riders on trails near the hamlet have found barbed…
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Helping out in B.C.

Ryan Coutts and Logan Skahl of the Slave Lake Regional Fire Service survey the scene of a wildfire near Williams Lake B.C. Two four-person crews from the regional service have been dispatched to assist. Says fire chief Jamie Coutts: “(We)…
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Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader The Wildrose Rodeo Association’s Spruce Point Park Rodeo on the Canada Day weekend was a big success. According to one of the chief organizers, it could hardly have turned out better. “Fantastic,” was Mike Skrynyk’s term…
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