NEWS
Four candidates at SL forum, no word yet from NDP
Arnold Viersen (Conservative), Leslie Penny (Liberal), Peter Nygaard (Green) and John Schrader (People’s Party of Canada) spoke at the Slave Lake federal elections forum on October 3. They’ve been campaigning since the beginning of the election.
Family of missing fishermen still hopeful and seek help with ground search
The family of missing men on Great Slave Lake plan to continue the ground search. They seek prayer and resources to aid the search.
The missing men are Daniel Courtoreille, Michael Courtoreille, Jason Fulton and Stacy Linington.
Motocross fun for the whole family
John Hunt from Kinuso races motocross and introduced his children to it young. Aiden, eight, started riding dirt bikes when he was four and competing in races when he was five. This year, Savannah, who is seven, joined them.
New doctor means Slave Lake Hospital can offer c-sections and plans to add more
Dr. Nicholaas Lerm and his wife Chandré, moved to Slave Lake in September.
Dr. Lerm is an anesthesiologist which was the missing link to reopen the operating room at the Slave Lake Hospital.
Unique SL training facility used for ASERT training
For the second year, Alberta Support and Emergency Response Team (ASERT) held its annual training exercise in Slave Lake. It took place at the fire training facility and the boat launch at the weir.
Nick Grimshaw is the executive director of ASERT.
Bellerose brings varied experience to suicide prevention organization
Devin Bellerose is a certified addictions counsellor, traditional drummer and dancer, and cross-cultural teacher. He is now the Slave Lake coordinator for Community Helpers.
Community Helpers is a province wide program to help decrease the number of suicides.
2019 fire season not over yet: less fires burn more hectares than average
With over a month of fire season still to come, it’s anyone’s guess how it will go.
As of September 17, this year had less fires than the five year average, but over 20 times the average hectares burnt.