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A large group of local residents enjoyed themselves at the annual Portage College New Year's eve glow swim.

Alberta RCMP responded to twice as many suspected drug overdoses between January and November of 2023 than in all of 2022.

The following is a list of the top 11 to 25 most read stories on Lakeland Today in 2023.

ELK POINT – Back in 1984, the Elk Point Oilmen’s Association hosted its very first Oilmen’s Bonspiel, an event that “attracted 32 rinks of oil industry executives and personnel, with another 20 rinks turned away due to lack of

On Dec. 31, over 328 people attended the City of Cold Lake's annual Kids New Year's Party at the Cold Lake Energy Centre.

A firearms complaint followed by a reported residential fire in Goodfish (Whitefish) Lake in the early morning hours of Dec. 30 are believed to be connected, according to updated information from RCMP.

The past year was another year filled with news across the Lakeland and beyond - although in an odd twist, the top read story at Lakeland Today was a story published more than two years ago.

Just after 7 a.m. on Dec. 30, RCMP were warning the public of a heavy police presence in the Goodfish Lake area and also near Highway 857 and Township Road 574, in the Wasel/Shandro area.

Students from Racette Jr. High School put on an impressive Christmas concert on Dec. 21, just a day before classes were out for a two-week holiday break.