We hear John McDermott of Slave Lake has taken on the job of fire marshall for the entire territory of Nunavut. That’ll be quite a change from being deputy chief of the Lesser Slave Regional Fire Service, which is what he’s been doing for the past several years. We wish him all the best!
Perri Walker celebrated her _-first birthday at The Leader last Tuesday. We were going to have that many candles on her cake, but changed our minds at the last minute due to the strong possibility that much flame in such a small space might set off fire alarms and have the fire department down on us.
Happy birthday!
A month into wildfire season and Slave Lake Forest Area has had its first few wildfires. All have been small.
On April 10, a 0.4 hectare grass fire was quickly extinguished, says a wildfire update from Leah Lovequist, with Alberta Wildfire. Between that day and April 15, there was one more small wildfire bringing the total burned to 0.41 hectares. The wildfire danger was moderate.
Here are some upcoming events which came to The Leader’s attention recently. More details are on the calendar on www.lakesideleader.com.
April 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School is holding a ‘car smash’ fundraiser in the Slave Lake Canadian Tire parking lot. People must be 11 and older to participate and wear close-toed shoes.
May 3 is LeaderCast – Human Intelligence at the Legacy Centre.
May 4 at 6 p.m. is the Roland Michener Secondary School Cake Auction.
May 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the Rotary Club of Slave Lake is holding a Shredder Day, for people to get rid of their unwanted paper it is in the Northern Star Hotel parking lot (ad on Page 7).
May 5 and 6 is the Lake Life Expo trade show at the Multi Rec Centre (MRC) in Slave Lake (ad on Page 24).
July 29 the Lesser Slave Lake Regional Arts Council is holding a garden tour.
The Central Slave Lake Agricultural Society, in Kinuso, is ready to celebrate a historic milestone this year.
The society is preparing for 50th anniversary celebrations, having been officially recognized by the Alberta’s Minister of Agriculture June 12, 1973.
The society is asking anyone with ideas to celebrate the event or memories of the facility to contact Merry-Lee Newcombe at Box 58, Kinuso, T0G 1K0 or kinusoag@gmail.com. Information on scheduled events will be published once plans are finalized.
July 31 to August 4, HITT Volleyball camp is coming to Slave Lake again. This if for volleyball players of all levels aged 11 to 17 years old. For more info and to register, contact Michelle Vekved at micvek4@gmail.com.
Save the date – September 10 the Lesser Slave Lake Regional Arts Council is holding the second annual Art in the Park in Slave Lake. Artists interested in selling their work can email Connie at conkorz@hotmail.com.
The Page 9 correspondent ran into former town manager Garry Roth the other day. He was having a ball prosecuting Fish and Wildlife and traffic tickets in southern Alberta.
Roth isn’t a lawyer, but has a background in law enforcement. This is a new initiative from the province. Roth was in the first batch of people trained earlier this year.
Thank you to a Leader reader for pointing out that the mat program has not always been run by the Slave Lake Homeless Coalition Society.
The article about the new executive director online has been updated to say, “Since 2014, there has been a mat program in Slave Lake.”
From 2014 to April 2021, the Slave Lake Native Friendship Centre ran the mat program. There was a ‘stakeholder group’ sometimes called the Homeless Coalition, but the Homeless Coalition did’t start running the mat program until 2021, when it became a society.
