The French call it Mardi Gras, made most famous by the bacchanal in New Orleans each February. The English call it Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday, depending on...
Our Regular Contributors
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Libations for Lent
Columnists - Bruce McAllister
We’ve got a challenge we need to tackle together
It’s amazing what you can learn at a rink watching a hockey game, and I’ve been spending a lot of time of late watching the kids in this community...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Standing Up to Terrorism – At Home
February 25, 2015 – At home in Alberta, we have all been concerned about the recent release of a propaganda video from the terrorist organization Al...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
MP Sorenson Pleased With Further Steps to Protect Canadian Families from Repeat Violent Offenders
Camrose, AB – Kevin Sorenson, Member of Parliament for Crowfoot, and Minister of State (Finance) is pleased with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
Let the Seeding Begin!
Last week we talked about getting prepared to seed, specifically by taking care to sanitize seeding supplies, cleaning up the overall work area, buying premium...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Full Brazilian
Your humble narrator was wracking his brain earlier this month, trying to come up with a sufficiently romantic scheme to impress my lady friend on...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Anti-Terrorism Measures to Protect Canadians
The world is a dangerous place and, as most brutally demonstrated by last October’s attacks in Ottawa and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada is not immune...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Italian Beer
When boozers think of Italy, wine is generally the first thing to come to mind. Indeed, the Italian love for wine goes all the way back to the Roman empire...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
February means Time to Seed!
As I sit and write this, the sun is shining in my front window, brightly glistening off of the snow covered yard. A beautiful winter day, it seems the whole...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Hon. Kevin Sorenson Welcomes Anti-terrorism Measures to Protect Canadians
Ottawa – The Honourable Kevin Sorenson, Minister of State (Finance) and Member of Parliament (Crowfoot) supports the anti-terrorism legislation announced...
BLANKET CLASSIFIEDS – Alberta-Wide Weekly Classified Ads
- Journalism Grant Essay CompetitionAre vou looking to pursue a career in print journalism?CA MacLean Local Journalism Grant Essay Competition2 {two) – $2,000 grants availableOpen to Alberta students heading into their minimum second year post-secondary program relating to journalism Essay must convey the important role of quality community journalism plays in our modern worldAlberta Weekly Newspapers Association – CA […]
- Reporter/Photographer wantedTHE LAKESIDE LEADER is hiring a full-time reporter/photographer position in Slave Lake. Salary negotiable. Email resume, cover letter and samples of writing and photography to spnproduction@hotmail.com. Ad Category: Employment Opportunities
- FORAGE SEED FOR SALEOrganic & conventional: Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Smooth Brome, Meadow Brome, Crested Wheatgrass, Timothy, etc. Free Delivery! Birch Rose Acres Ltd. 306-921-9942. Ad Category: Feed and Seed, For Sale