Beyond Local

Upgrades to the Boyle Healthcare Centre continue to come along with finishing touches of the new patio set for June.

Sixty-three riders hopped on their horses May 4 to take part in the 34th annual Atmore Hoof-A-Thon.

Four-straight weeks of campaigning paid off for Glenn van Dijken, who claimed the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock constituency in the April 16 provincial election. van Dijken won the riding with 68.

Glenn van Dijken will ride a blue United Conservative Party wave into the Legislature with premier-elect Jason Kenney, as he easily captured the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock riding with roughly 70 per cent of the popular vote.

With 92 out of 98 polls reporting, incumbent United Conservative Party MLA Glenn van Dijken is set to hold his seat in the new Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock constituency.

The Alberta election has seen a record voter turnout at the advanced polls, with more than 400,000 people province-wide casting a ballot in advance of the April 16 vote in just the first three days alone.

The Village of Boyle's council approved a motion to apply for membership in the Athabasca Watershed Council at their council meeting held April 3. The motion made by Coun. Barbara Smith was unanimously approved by all councillors present.

Jobs and the economy were top of mind for voters at an April 3 all-candidates forum in Barrhead.

Reports of election vandalism have reached the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock constituency, as the NDP campaign reports that about 300 signs have been stolen or damaged during the campaign.

A total of five candidates have now stepped forward to represent the new Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock riding in Alberta’s 30 general election, which will be held Tuesday, April 16.