A school program which started in Slave Lake won the 2020 School Board Innovation and Excellence Award.
Beyond the Classroom program provides targeted support for students who need extra help, says a Living Waters Separate Catholic School Board media release.
RCMP have arrested four people in connection with automated teller machine (ATM) thefts in 11 Alberta communities, including Slave Lake.
In custody Nov. 17 are two 33-year-old men and a 35-year-old woman. On Dec. 1, a fourth suspect was collared in Gunn.
With COVID-19 restrictions, Remembrance Day 2020 ceremonies were different, but Slave Lake, Smith, and Flatbush held a one.
Kinosayo Museum didn’t hold a ceremony in Kinuso this year, but a work experience student is digitizing photos for next year, says Kinosayo board president Jennifer Churchill.
Moonlight Madness will be Friday, Nov. 20, unless the Alberta Health Services (AHS) COVID-19 restrictions change between the paper going to print and when it comes out.
Slave Lake and District Chamber of Commerce puts on this annual event.
Lakeside Figure Skating Club in Slave Lake received $10,000 from the Jumpstart Sport Relief Fund Grant, to help it respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A media release from Lakeside says, “In September, Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities announced an $8 million
Two local businesses issued a challenge last week to people in Slave Lake and surrounding area to find solutions to local homelessness.
“Spirit Bear and Intuit would like to challenge every business and resident to match us or beat us,” says Marilyn McRee, of Spirit Bear Supported Independent Living in Slave Lake.
There’s no telling how much the four-day boycott of Slave Lake by Driftpile Cree Nation hurt local businesses. But it certainly got a lot of attention, which was perhaps the point.
Announced on Nov. 8 by Driftpile Chief Dwayne Laboucan, it was a reaction to harsh comments by a frustrated Slave Lake town councillor on the subject of homeless people.
While some businesses are scaling back or closing because of COVID-19, Jo Burdeos says she opened BesTea in Slave Lake “because of the pandemic.”
“We love drinking bubble tea,” she says of herself and her family.
Minor hockey finally arrived back on the scene this past weekend. It came with a new set of headaches, thanks to COVID, but the hockey was good, the kids had fun and fans of the game (including your local sports reporters) are happy it’s back.
“On Friday, October 23, 13-year-old Mohamad (Moe Salloum) was diagnosed with mixed phenotype acute leukemia,” says Moe’s Brave Battle, which is a fundraising Facebook group. By Nov. 2, there were almost a dozen Slave Lake business, a local school, and individual fundraising for Moe S. throughout the month of November.