Author: Admin2017

The first step in overcoming an addiction, say the experts, is to admit that you have one. Judging by how many people can’t seem to resist their cell phones while driving, eating supper, working (or whatever), they are addicted and…
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Jeff Burgar South Peace News Most people heading for a fill of gasoline head to their usual pump station. We are all resigned to the inevitable fact we are going to be hosed without mercy. Pump prices in Edmonton last…
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EPIC bike rally for fun and safety

Team EPIC hosted its annual bike rally last week on May 11. Families gathered with bikes and helmets in tow at E.G. Wahlstrom Elementary School in Slave Lake and were able to pick from two different routes. Kiddies were also…
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Junior Heat start season with a couple of losses

Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Slave Lake’s Junior baseball team got started earlier than expected last weekend. Coach Cody Stasow says he was first told the Heat wouldn’t be playing on the first weekend in the league; then he was asked…
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LSLRAC keeping busy with new programs

Katrina Owens Lakeside Leader For those wondering what the Lesser Slave Lake Regional Arts Council (RAC) has been up to as of late, look no further; we’ve got the details. To start, a few RAC representatives were recently at the…
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Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader RCMP Staff Sgt. Chris Murphy brought town council up to date last week on some of the latest news from the detachment. “This is the year of transition,” Murphy said, adding that three transferred officers have…
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More from the 2017 Ukrainian Cultural Society spring show

Advanced dancers Kayla Kashuba (l) and Noah Mitchell (r) open the show with a ‘volyn duet’. Other advanced dancers Tristan Block (left), Calli Mitchell (centre) and Ethan Mitchell (right) performing a traditional trio routine. Alexis Mitchell (centre) along with other…
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Tolko gives back

Mike Leach (far left), Karolyn Kendall (left centre) and Tyler Harris (far right) of the Tolko Athabasca Divison provided Northern Haven Support Society with $5,000 last week. Shelly May Ferguson (right centre) accepted the donation. The funds were raised through…
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Exhibitor numbers up at 2017 Chamber of Commerce trade show

Katrina Owens Lakeside Leader As promised in last week’s edition of The Leader, here’s a recap of the Slave Lake and District Chamber of Commerce’s annual spring trade show. “I think it went great!” says Chamber president Brittany Giesbrecht. “The…
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Pastor Tracy Ottenbreit Slave Lake Alliance Church Last week we began exploring some good reasons to go to church, but many find excuses as to why they shouldn’t. The list is ridiculous if we compared it to watching hockey: 1)…
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Terri Flemmer Alberta Health Services It’s the time of year where Albertans are taking out their bicycles and enjoying the benefits of cycling. Wearing a bicycle helmet can reduce the risk of brain injury by 85 per cent. Wearing a…
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Tyler Warman Mayor of Slave Lake May means a lot of different things to people. For some it’s spring, others its about Mother’s Day, for some people it is about getting out in the gardens and planting flowers, or for…
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Mac Olsen Smoky River Express The Wildrose Party certainly made the right call last week with their motion to encourage the federal government to end the purchase of ‘dictator oil.’ Wildrose Shadow Economic Development Minister Prasad Panda made the following…
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Two staff members at schools in Slave Lake have recently been slammed by the teachers’ union for what it deems inappropriate behaviour. Fair enough – unions have rules and disciplinary procedures. If you break them, punishment follows. But in these…
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