One wouldn’t think that a global pandemic is a good time to start a business, but so far it’s been a good idea for Truly Creative Marketing based out of Slave Lake.
Asked how things are going, company founder Chantelle Trudel says, “wonderful. Really well. In today’s economy everyone’s realizing that they need to be online. It’s been growing really well. In four months, the brand has grown immensely.
Alimo’s Pizzeria of Slave Lake has been named the 2020 Canadian Pizzeria of the Year. The big news broke on May 5, when Alimo’s posted on Facebook that Canadian Pizza magazine had chosen the Slave Lake business for that annual honour.
“Thank you”…..said Alimo’s in the post, for selecting “our little pizzeria as the standard bearer for the entire nation.”
“The online, interactive Knowledge And Art Workshop went fantastic,” says organizer Neika Courtorielle, in a news release. “Especially for it only being the first, to hopefully many more virtual youth events. With COVID causing so many rifts in so many communities I decided it would be a fantastic idea to find a way to get the youth involved somehow.”
Alberta’s fastest-growing campground (not scientifically verified) is adding at least 130 new sites this summer. And it’s not stopping there.
“We’re working on another hundred,” says Big Fish Bay owner Willie Driedger. “If we get everything done, it’ll be 450.”
“It’s not going to look like our previous seasons,” says TinaMarie Ritter, with Slave Lake Minor Soccer Association.
The season doesn’t start until May 17, so the restrictions may change, but the association decided to plan the season based on the current restrictions for outdoor recreation.
Slave lake Chrysler announced last week that it has been named a 2021 CarGurus Top-Rated Dealer.
According to a March 16 news release, these awards are given to car dealerships that have a 4.5-star average rating or higher and at least four verified customer reviews submitted on the CarGurus platform in the last year.
The Slave Lake Icedogs have been busy as a roomful of one-armed paper-hangers lately, with players arriving and players leaving. But that’s all over now, says team owner Lauren Barr, with the trading deadline for the league having come and gone (it was March 15).
‘Drop us a line!’ says Slave Lake’s Anglers Cup committee – pun certainly intended. The big walleye tournament is going ahead again in 2021, after a year off.
“We just got our license last week,” says chief tournament organizer Tracey Crain. “We’re getting entries in already.”
Ali Mouallem has come up with something he thinks might be an answer for people wanting to start out small in business. The former Husky building on Caribou Trail is where it’s happening.
“I always get calls from people who want to start a small business but don’t want to take a big leap,” he says.
As reported in this space a week ago, the Slave Lake Icedogs got back to practicing on indoor ice on Feb. 22. It’s not exactly normal, but as head coach Gregg Kennedy says, any indoor ice is better than none at this point.
One reason he said that was because the temperature that day was well above freezing and the outdoor rinks were in bad shape.