Stage North: Terry Barber another hit
Jan. 22 papers through the years
1974 First Nations and Metis in Driftpile First Nation and the Village of Faust protest rumours started by a CBC TV program that they were starving. They wanted equal time on TV to refute these claims. They held up signs…
Frisbee tips and tricks
RCMP issue Bitcoin warning posters
Submitted In an effort to stop victims of fraud from making bitcoin payments, the RCMP has launched an initiative that will see posters with warnings placed in rural locations. Scams continue to be prevalent throughout the province, primarily scams where…
RMS wrestlers prepare
Rotary cranks up 777 machinery
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Every two years, Slave Lake’s Rotary Club presents its ‘777’ reverse car raffle event. Somebody walks away – or rather drives away – with a new car. The ‘reverse’ in the name refers to the drawing…
The Golf Shack! opens for business
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader If you miss hitting golf balls during the long, slow winter, Chad Caron of Slave Lake has the answer. It’s a golf simulator game, operating now for a couple of weeks in a rented space behind…
Kinuso skeeters a young group of curlers this year
Leader staff Kinuso skeeters bonspiel curlers were younger than normal. “We had a really young group this year,” says Roberta Hunt, Kinuso curling club organizer. “Most of the skips had never skipped before. The great sportsmanship was greatly appreciated by…
Icedogs do well, have fun at league all-star game
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader As reported earlier, four members of the Slave Lake Icedogs Junior A hockey team took part in the Greater Metro Hockey League all-star game in South River Ontario on Jan. 11. Or to be precise, two…
Fun at the jamboree
Midgets handle Fort Mac and other minor hockey news
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader Slave Lake’s Midget 1 Thunder hosted a team from Fort McMurray on Saturday and weren’t very nice to them. The Thunder sent their guests packing with a 7 – 1 thrashing. Seven different players scored for…
Tough weekend for Icedogs; losses to HP and Enoch
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader It’s been said before and we’ll say it again. If you aren’t on top of your game in the GMHL West Division, you lose. The Slave Lake Icedogs weren’t on the weekend, losing to High Prairie…
Looking back: Local leadership, plus police presence can make a big difference in a community
Joe McWilliams Lakeside Leader When it comes to how much difference a proper law enforcement program can make in a community, there are lots of examples. One of them is about how a program that started from scratch in 1987…
Chamber busy innovating and looking for nominations
Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader The Slave Lake and District Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the 2020 business excellence awards, facilitating communication between non-profit groups, and launching a free mobile app of digital coupons. The deadline to nominate a…
