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Full slate of activities during Seniors Week

E.G. Wahlstrom students jig up a storm at the Strawberry Tea put on for seniors at the Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre on June 6. The turnout for the Town of Slave Lake Seniors Week pancake breakfast at the Pioneer Drop-in…
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To The Editor Re: Alberta Bill 17 – The Fair and Family Friendly Workplaces Act I am writing to comment on the efforts by the Government of Alberta to modernize labour legislation in the province and extend it to farm…
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To the Editor: Re: “Agreement with teachers does not respect rural realities” Lakeside Leader, May 31. MLAs Richard Starke and Walter Drysdale use factual errors, incorrect assumptions and faulty logic in their poorly researched article that absurdly claims the recent…
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Weekends tend to be busy at this time of year, and the one coming up is certainly one of those, with the Anglers Cup going on Friday and Saturday. Best of luck to all participants and be safe out there!…
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Leader staff RCMP have charged a 27-year-old Smith man with second-degree murder in the April 29 death of Chantelle Hole. Hole was found dead in a residence near Smith on that date. The news release from Cpl. Ron Bumbry of…
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Points West Living ‘rodeo’

Kayden Williams of Kinuso attempts to rope Martine Carifelle at the Points West Living ‘rodeo’ during Seniors’ Week in Slave Lake. Kayden, his dad Sandy and his siblings Blake, Grayson and McKenna, along with several of their horses, provided some…
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Slave Lake Provincial Court May 07, 2016 Judge G.W. Paul presiding A young man suspected of killing 25-year-old Chantelle Hole appeared in court via closed circuit television from the maximum security unit at Edmonton Remand Centre (ERC) last week. The…
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Big hit with the kids

St. Francis of Assisi graduates got to parade in front of future grads last Monday (June 5) at St. Mary of the Lake School in Slave Lake. They got an enthusiastic reception from the kids lining the halls. Nineteen students…
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Roland Michener Secondary School hosted its annual coffee house last week on May 7th at the Legacy Centre in town. Band students were able to showcase what they’ve been working on as of late, including songs such as Smoke on…
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Aaron Wudrick Canadian Taxpayers Federation Last week, federal Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced new details about the federal government’s plan to grow Canada’s economy: hand out nearly a billion dollars in taxpayer money to a few businesses who are willing…
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Lloyd Fischer Alberta Health Services It’s Child Safety Week and Alberta Health Services (AHS) is reminding all Albertans to make all-terrain vehicle (ATV) safety a priority this week and every week. ATVs pose significant risk to all users and particularly…
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Tom Warshawski and Mary Lewis Troy Media We shield our children and young teenagers from many things: overt portrayals of sex and violence on TV and in movies, drinking alcohol, smoking, owning guns and signing contracts, to name a few.…
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Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader It’s a useful exercise, I’ve always found, to look at things from the other person’s point of view. You may not agree with what they do, say, or think – but at least you can understand…
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A lot of fuss is being made about the proposed provincial electoral boundary changes. Too much fuss, in our opinion. The proposed change to the Lesser Slave Lake riding is not that great. The commission obviously tried hard (or is…
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