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Is anybody in Slave Lake still interested in junior hockey? Evidently not enough to make whatever effort it takes to revive the Jr. B program that once thrived in town. The more recent experiment, the ‘pay-to-play’ business model that brought…
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Some Albertans got a nasty shock recently when their August power bills arrived. What’s going on? What’s going on has little or nothing to do with actual electricity consumption. And it mainly affects power customers on the regulated rate option…
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Considering how long it took, what a huge job it was and how much it must have cost to clean up the former Forestry yard at Main St. and 6th Ave NE in Slave Lake, it’s mind-boggling to think how…
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In response to our editorial about the new 40 kph speed limit on most Slave Lake streets, a reader provided us with some interesting information on ‘approximate survival rates,’ of pedestrians when hit at different speeds by a vehicle. It’s…
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In the middle of last week rumours started to swirl about some sort of shake-up at Slave Lake’s Homeless Coalition. Seeking confirmation from official sources, we found out only that yes, something is happening. What it is….you’ll have to wait…
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Congratulations to all the volunteers who put on another fall fair and rodeo in Smith on the Labour Day weekend. It is a big undertaking, as anyone who attends can see. There are a lot of bigger communities in Alberta…
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The resignation of Julie Brandle from Slave Lake’s town council last week came perhaps as more of a shock than a surprise. It has happened before – indeed as recently as February of this year when Mayor Tyler Warman called…
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The summer of 2023 will probably be remembered as the summer of smokiness. Unpleasant, but better smoke than flames! What else will the summer of 2023 be noted for? Busy highways might be one thing. Everybody talks about it being…
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The skeptics are saying – predictably – that the Town of Slave Lake’s new lower default speed limit is nothing but a cash grab. Is it? You’d have to look into the motives of each councillor and senior management type…
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Talk about a dilemma. The cost of producing potable water is quite high. When you’re serving a small population – such as in the M.D. of Lesser Slave River, the economics of it become quite difficult to manage. On one…
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Readers of this newspaper might be looking forward to an ‘MLA column’ on the Lakeside Leader commentary page. After all, it was a regular feature during the entire 19-year tenure of Pearl Calahasen. Her successors – Danielle Larivee and Pat…
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If the number of players in the Oilmen’s Golf Tournament is an indication of the degree of activity in the oilpatch – things must be really hopping out there! Let’s see if that theory carries over into the other big…
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It’s tempting to cry wolf when your local hospital emergency department has to shut down due to a shortage of staff. Some people gave in quickly to that temptation when the emerg. had to close briefly on Aug. 11/12. It’s…
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Here’s a question for you: given the almost certain boost to the local economy that would follow, should the Town of Slave Lake spend $20 million on a marina at Big Fish Bay Resort? That sounds outrageous, but unless the…
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News that the province is shutting down a homeless camp in the bush south of Slave Lake has a few people scratching their heads. These same people were kicked out of a couple of camping areas in town the last…
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What is it with the shortage of volunteers these days? There seems to be a trend of expecting governments to do more and fewer people willing to pitch in to make things happen. This goes for service clubs and church…
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