One of the biggest factors in graduation style this year in Slave Lake area is grad class size.
With only five grads, Slave Lake Koinonia Christian School will be holding a family only outdoor grad with under 50 people.
Judging by what restaurant managers told us last week, re-opening their shops to sit-down dining has been well-received. Even at 50 per cent capacity, it is a welcome return to something like normalcy.
With COVID-19, the 50th anniversary of C.J. Schurter Elementary School will be done via physical distancing.
Vicki LaFrance attended C.J. Schurter Elementary School as a child and now teaches there. When she first started, her Grade 2 teacher was still teaching at the school.
The plan last week was for the Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre’s secondhand store to reopen on June 1.
With the COVID-19 health measures, back in March the Friendship Centre closed everything except the food bank and the Mat Program, for the homeless.
In the midst of COVID-19, a new restaurant opened in Slave Lake for takeout and delivery. Seoul Kitchen Express had a soft opening on May 5. It was so busy that it ran out of food. For the next two days, it sold bubble tea only. By Friday, it was back to offering food.
Twenty-four minutes and nine seconds; that’s how long it took Remote Helicopters to remove four air-conditioning units off the roof of Slave Lake’s No Frills on the evening of April 26, relocate two of them and hoist a new one into place.
The good news is nobody is suggesting a spring community clean-up should be canceled. The Town of Slave Lake put the speculation to rest last week with an announcement about a modified clean-up campaign. It will be like usual, only different.
Former Lesser Slave Lake MLA Danielle Larivee was the Slave Lake and area coordinator for an Alberta Wide Protest on Saturday, February 29.
Despite snow and wind, there was a good turnout, says Larivee.
Slave Lake Physiotherapy is not only fully open for business, it has a new physiotherapist on staff. He’s Devish Kumar, just in from Waterloo Ontario.
Terry Barber, world-renowned performer, will be coming to the Stage North stage at the Legacy Centre on Thursday, January 14. He’ll be singing the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
