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Town of Slave Lake Council notebook

September 14, 2021 meeting Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader CAO update Fewer people are coming into the town office in person and more are calling in, said Town of Slave Lake CAO David Kim. Three projects were on hold waiting for Alberta…
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M.D. of Opportunity Council notebook

Sept. 8, 2021 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader ‘Proof is in the pudding’ The first item on CAO Chad Tullis’s report for council was the surge in COVID-19 numbers. As of the day before, there were 69 cases in the M.D.…
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Town of Slave Lake Council notebook

Sept. 7 2021 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Revitalization The downtown revitalization project is closer to happening, the town’s director of community services Garry Roth told council. Requests for proposals have been issued, and contracts signed. What’s mainly holding things up,…
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M.D. of Lesser Slave River Council notebook

Sept. 8, 2021 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Project CAPTURE Council heard from the local RCMP about its proposed video surveillance network project. Project CAPTURE (Community-Assisted Policing Through Use of Recorded Evidence) invites owners of surveillance cameras to register with the…
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M.D. of Lesser Slave River Notebook

Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader M.D. of Lesser Slave River council held an ad hoc ‘committee of the whole’ meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 31. The Leader did not attend, but we were able to put together the following report, based on the…
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Interagency Council notebook

August 31, 2021 meeting Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader Interagency consists of ‘helping’ agencies in Slave Lake Dragonfly Centre Dragonfly Centre was scheduled to give a presentation, but was unable to make it. Dragonfly provides sexual violence support. It is based out…
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M.D. of Opportunity Council notebook

Aug. 25, 2021 meeting in Calling Lake Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Support for Calling Lake event Some lucky person in Calling Lake is going to win a couple of loads of gravel at a Sept. 5 event in that community. That’s…
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M.D. of Lesser Slave River Council notebook

Aug. 18, 2021 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Council started its Aug. 18 meeting by reconvening as the M.D’s Community Assistance Board (CAB). The purpose was to discuss several requests for funding by community groups – both from the CAB budget…
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M.D. plugs leaks, saves money

Council notes Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Water system repairs in Smith and Canyon Creek have been successfully completed, council heard at its Aug. 18 meeting. The two leaks in Smith amounted to a whopping 30 per cent of water plant production.…
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Town of Slave Lake Council notebook

Aug. 17, 2021 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Childhood cancer awareness At the top of council’s Aug. 17 agenda was a presentation by Michelle Brown, on the subject of awareness of cancer in children. Brown requested that September be proclaimed Childhood…
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M.D. of Opportunity Council notebook

Aug. 11, 2021 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Short list of bidders CAO Chad Tullis kicked things off with the news that the M.D. has a list of proposals for the seniors’ centre project in Calling Lake. Administration hopes to pare…
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Town of Slave Lake Council notebook

August 10, 2021 Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader CAO update Garry Roth, director of community services, gave the CAO report. From July 11 to Aug 7, there were three safety incidents. Two involved injuries and one third-party property damage. There was one…
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M.D. of Opportunity Council notebook

July 28, 2021 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Reeve Marcel Auger and councillor Brendan Powell were absent at the start of the meeting, due to their attendance at a meeting in Red Earth Creek with Lesser Slave Lake MLA Pat Rehn…
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Town of Slave Lake Council notebook

July 13, 2021 Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader CAO update The week of July 4 to 10, there was one new business licence – Hodge Farm, non-mobile truck in shopping and retail, said CAO David Kim. The fire department responded to 17…
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M.D. of Lesser Slave River Council notebook

July 15, 2021 Pearl LorentzenLakeside Leader Canyon Creek campgrounds Much of the meeting was focused on the Canyon Creek campgrounds. See article on Page 1 and 3. Jean-Luc Deba Memorial Park CAO Miller confirmed that the park in Canyon Creek…
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Town of slave lake Council notebook

July 6, 2021 meeting Joe McWilliamsLakeside Leader Bagged hydrants Councillor Darin Busk brought up the matter of fire hydrants around town that appear to be out of service. There seem to be a lot of them, he said, with black…
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