Some were concerned the city might withhold financial assistance because it was interested in buying up the Elks property.

A central Alberta teenager has been arrested and charged with arson following a devastating fire at the Elks Lodge in Leslieville last month.

Just after 7 p.m. Friday, fire crews were called to the Elks Lodge in Leslieville, Alta, a community of fewer than 250 people located about 35 kilometres east of Rocky Mountain House.