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This was written before the May 29 election, but will come out after. So there’s no point in talking about the campaign, which was still going hot and heavy when this edition of The Leader was being produced. Advance voting…
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Health and wellness Cannabis: the good, the bad, and the ugly (Part 1)

Candace Brown, registered psychologist Northern Alberta Psychological Services Most of us have heard about the benefits of marijuana, especially related to pain regulation and lessening the negative side-effects (nausea, vomiting, etc.) for AIDS or cancer treatments (Sexton, Garcia, Jatoi et…
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Rebecca Johnson Alberta Health Services Diabetes is when your body cannot properly use and store the sugars broken down from food. This can lead to high blood sugar. There are many treatments available, including medication, physical activity, and healthy eating.…
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Sylvain Charlebois Troy Media Grocery theft has always been a major problem, but with food inflation as it is, shopkeepers now fear the wrongdoers more than before. In December, some Ontarians visited stores in Trois-Rivières, Que. to steal $4,000 worth…
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Historic church in Grouard destroyed by fire

Two High Prairie men charged with arson Chris Clegg For the Lakeside Leader Two men are facing arson charges after burning a historic church at Grouard in broad daylight. RCMP report that on May 22 at 3:30 p.m., police responded…
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Rain helped, but big fire suppression job continues

Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Heavy rain over the long weekend and on Tuesday, May 23 helped firefighters get a handle on the Slave Lake Forest Area wildfires. Some evacuation orders were lifted. On May 26, the Town of Slave Lake…
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Local breeding birds start to arrive at bird observatory

Robyn Perkins LSLBO Bander-in-Charge Many of our locally breeding migratory bird species were detected for the first time this past week. These species included blue-headed vireos, least flycatchers, rose-breasted grosbeak, western tanagers (our mascot), Swainson’s thrushes, magnolia warblers, Tennessee warblers,…
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Big Lakes County awards business upgrade grants

Richard Froese For the Lakeside Leader Big Lakes County has awarded four business refurbishment grants to a community organization and three businesses to upgrade their facilities. At its April 24 meeting, council approved $2,500 matching grants to the Enilda and…
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Richard Froese For the Lakeside Leader False alarms are rising at an alarming rate in the western part of Big Lakes County. Council heard about it from fire chief Trevor Cisaroski at its April 24 meeting, as part of his…
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