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Aaron Wudrick, Canadian Taxpayers Federation Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once remarked that Canada’s relationship with the United States was like sleeping next to an elephant: No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, he said, one is affected by…
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Gord Fortin Lakeside Leader Slave Lake mayor Tyler Warman looks ahead to 2018 to give a sneak peak of what is on the horizon for the town in the new year. Warman says town council is currently finishing up the…
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Plant was mothballed for a decade Richard Froese For the Lakeside Leader Tolko’s High Prairie oriented strandboard mill was due to resume full operations on Jan. 2, after being closed for 10 years. “We have hired a total of 145…
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Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader The following was gleaned during 14 years of covering Slave Lake Provincial Court. He was middle aged, unshaven and looked as if he’d had a rough life. Charged with drunken driving, and possessing a record, it…
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At the Timber House

Country music performer Roger West and his band the Bounty Hunters headlined the New Year’s Eve concert at the Timber House on Dec. 31. Many turned up to usher in the new year. Local musician William O’Donnell was the opening…
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Rebecca Johnson Alberta Health Services It can help to talk with someone about how you’re feeling. They can listen to you or help you look at things differently. They might also be able to help you figure out why you…
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Woman sentenced for cocaine possesion Slave Lake Provincial Court Jan. 3, 2018 Judge G. W. Paul Presiding Anna Ponyunyayeva has been convicted of possession of a substance. Ponyunyayeva appeared in Slave Lake Provincial Court via CCTV from the Calgary Remand…
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Gord Fortin Lakeside Leader There is a problem in arts and entertainment today that needs to be addressed because it is getting pretty ridiculous. I remember a time when you could go to the cinema or watch a program on…
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David Pfrimme Troy Media We’ve just emerged from the season when everyone wants to help support their local food bank initiatives. But ‘sharing the season’ always poses a tough question for me: How do we help our neighbours when, according…
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Waiting for that January slowdown

But Local forest products mills had a good year, expect another one Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Here’s something you might not have known about the product produced by Slave Lake Pulp. The great majority goes to China, where it is…
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Gord Fortin Lakeside Leader The cold spell of the final week of 2017 proved to be a pretty busy week for the Slave Lake RCMP detachment. Staff Sgt. John Spaans says the RCMP responded to 77 calls of service during…
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