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2017 Riverboat Daze celebration marked as successful

Katrina Owens Lakeside Leader Well it’s no secret that the 2017 Slave Lake Riverboat Daze festival was one of the better ones in recent years. Between the children’s carnival, an old-fashioned community block party and bringing back the sand sculpture…
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Leader staff Slave Lake’s Rotary Club always has a few events/activities/fundraisers in process or being planned. They may be making plans as much as a year in advance, such as for next spring’s 777 reverse car raffle. At the other…
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS – SLNFC closed meetings Wed. at 8:00 p.m. 416 6 Ave. N.E. Open meetings Sat. at 8:00 p.m. Closed meetings Tues. and Fri. at 8:00 p.m. at Abundant Life Worship Centre. Last meeting of the month an open…
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Some further thoughts on Slave Lake’s Riverboat Daze ‘Rock the Block,’ experience: A lot of fun was had by a lot of people in downtown Slave Lake on Friday night, July 7. People are still buzzing about it. ‘Why didn’t…
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Slave Lake Provincial Court July 12, 2017 Judge G.W. Paul presiding Austin Cole Haynes appeared in court via closed circuit television from Peace River Correctional Centre and pled guilty to one count of breaking and entering into a non-dwelling home.…
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Pictured above is one big cucumber Joe Winkler brought into the Leader office last week. A whole 18 inches to be exact and not too watery to boot! Winkler grew the green-giant himself in a little greenhouse. “I was surprised…
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Disaster was narrowly averted last Thursday by town crews. According to town manager Brian Vance, overflowing and flooding of the sanitary sewer lift stations was close to happening. “If this had happened we would have lost sewage removal ability for…
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Magician stuns kids at Library magic show

Katrina Owens Lakeside Leader Brian Lehr brought his comedic magic act to Slave Lake last week on July 12. Lehr entertained kiddies and their parents with tricks inside the lobby at the Government Centre Building. Lehr’s show is part of…
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Katrina Owens Lakeside Leader Kellirae Carleton, new co-ordinator of the Healthy, Happy Kids Slave Lake Coalition says she’s trying to make the coalition known in the area. “We provide opportunities for community engagement, collaborative planning and partnerships, knowledge mobilization and…
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travel2 Discover the North complete traveler’s books can be picked up at any hotel, gas station, Tourist Imformation Centre, real estate office, convenience stores or the Lakeside Leader office.
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July 11, 2017 Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Cemetery bylaw gets an update The town’s bylaw that governs the operation of the cemetery needed updating, council heard. For one thing, the new cemetery needed to be brought into the bylaw. For…
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