Slave Lake

• 5 things to know about the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire

  Here are five things we've learned about the Slave Lake wildfire 10 years ago, when nearly 400 homes and businesses were reduced to ash and rubble with little warning.

  Canada

  May 9
• Former Slave Lake mayor remembers wildfire that burned through town 10 years ago

  Karina Pillay was in her third term as mayor of Slave Lake when the wildfire, with little warning, burned about one-third of the northern Alberta town 10 years ago this month.

  Environment

  May 9
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• Slave Lake working around MLA Pat Rehn to get things done after issuing scathing letter: mayor

  Mayor Tyler Warman said MLA Pat Rehn has not reached out to Slave Lake town council since it issued a public letter calling for him to resign for non-performance of duties.

  Politics

  Jan 12
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• Slave Lake councillor apologizes for ‘stop feeding them’ comments toward homeless community

  An Alberta town councillor is apologizing after comments she made about the homeless population in Slave Lake led to a local Cree Nation calling for a boycott.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2020
• Sentencing adjourned for Slave Lake RCMP officer charged with assault

  A judge in High Prairie decided Monday that sentencing will be adjourned for an Alberta RCMP officer charged with assault.

  Crime

  Jun 29, 2020
• 2 adults, 4 children taken to hospital after campground explosion near Slave Lake

  Six people were taken to hospital Monday morning, including four children, after an explosion at a campground near Slave Lake. 

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2020
• Alberta RCMP charge man with 2nd-degree murder after Swan River First Nation man found dead

  RCMP charged Vernon Wayne Laboucan, 32, of High Prairie, with second-degree murder.

  Crime

  May 19, 2020
• Rural Albertans want private campgrounds closed to limit spread of COVID-19

  Residents of Big Lakes County along Lesser Slave Lake are calling on the province to close private campgrounds during the pandemic.

  Consumer

  Apr 21, 2020
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• Man, 59, dies after serious crash south of Slave Lake

  RCMP are investigating after a fatal collision resulted in the death of a 59-year-old man south of Slave Lake, Alta., on Saturday evening.

  Traffic

  Jan 20, 2020
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• Missing Calgary man found dead in Slave Lake; homicide investigation underway

  Calgary police say human remains found in northern Alberta last year have been identified as a missing Calgary man, and that his death is now being investigated as a homicide.

  Crime

  Dec 4, 2019