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There are lots of different scenarios that can trigger questions in Real Estate. Here, we’ll help you make sense of some popular situations that may cause more questions than answers, if not explained properly. Did you know that you aren’t…
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Richard Froese South Peace News What is fair and equitable representation for rural regions in the provincial legislature? Is fair and equitable representation important, valid, or essential in rural areas where the population is much more sparse and communities are…
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Locally, the pressures faced by municipal governments mirror those Alberta and B.C. are experiencing. What’s at stake is a lot smaller, of course, but the situation is similar. When times are good and money is flowing into municipal coffers, cooperation…
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There’s an interesting scenario shaping up in which adjacent NDP provincial governments may be promoting agendas completely contrary to each other. We’re talking of course about Alberta and B.C. You would think that the NDP, traditionally a party of ‘labour,’…
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Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader People with an interest in how the forests are being managed can find out lots by attending the meetings of the Slave Lake Forest Public Advisory Committee (PAC). Not many did at the PAC’s spring meeting…
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Winners

We’re a little late getting this in the paper, but here goes: Pictured are the winners of the Rotary Club of Slave Lake NHL Regular Season Hockey Pool. The SL Ford team took top spot ($1,330) and was represented by…
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Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader It’s full speed ahead for Riverboat Daze, as far as new Slave Lake & District Chamber of Commerce President Frankie Giroux is concerned. Minutes after she was elected to that position in a special meeting last…
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Good day for Gilwood

Gilwood Golf & Country Club has been scrambling to come up with money for needed upgrades and repairs lately. A grant from the provincial government doesn’t solve all those problems, but having enough cash to re-do the clubhouse roof will…
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Pie in the face for a good cause

Slave Lake ATB employees set aside their dignity for a bit of fun and fundraising last week for the Stollery Children’s Hospital. People paid money to stick cream pies in the faces of the bank staff members, including this one,…
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Dog Walk fundraiser

The Animal Rescue Committee (ARC) of Slave Lake held its annual Dog Walk fundraiser on Sunday, May 28. Despite stiff competition from other events that day, there was a good turnout of people (over 80 by one estimate) and a…
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Surprise airport funding a pleasant shock

Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader “I’m still in shock, to tell you the truth,” said Slave Lake Mayor Tyler Warman. Warman was reacting to the news last week that Slave Lake’s airport was getting the lion’s share of provincial airport funding…
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Big weekend for minor baseball in Slave Lake

Juniors go 1 – 1 Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader There was some competitive junior baseball action at Charity Park in Slave Lake on Sunday. The St. Albert Cardinals were in town to play the local Heat in a two-game set…
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Nicole Krikun For the Lakeside Leader It has been a fantastic week out at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory! The migration flood-gates opened and we saw heavy overhead migration every day. The primary migrants were chipping sparrow and clay-coloured…
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Bird programs paying off for Boreal Centre

Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader One thing the folks at the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation (BCBC) are pretty tickled about is that local students are interested in working there in the summer. Right now there are two of them; Robyn…
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Katrina Owens Lakeside Leader Your Leader reporter had the chance to sit down and chat with a fellow storyteller last week. Her name is Jen Knutt and she shares personal stories through her hand-stamped jewellery business. “A couple of years…
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Submitted Victims and survivors of crime have been through traumatic experiences, but many use their personal resilience to move beyond their victimization and to create positive change. May 28 to June 3 is Victims and Survivors of Crime Week Victims…
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