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Losing a child is a parent’s worst nightmare and one Audrey Auger knows too well.

It is not often that people in the Westlock area have the opportunity to see big name acts, which makes organizers especially excited about Brett Kissel’s New Year’s Eve show at the Half Moon Lake Hall.

It wasn’t exactly what she wanted — in fact, it was what she initially was trying to avoid — but when local nurse Justine Friesen was asked to board a plane and head to Cambodia to assist with health initiatives, she jumped at the chance.

After roughly 40 years being a member of the Westlock Community Art Club, Marlaine Byvank was awarded a lifetime membership last week. She joined the club in the mid-1970s and has been an active member ever since.

Most people in the Westlock area will spend their Christmas holidays gathered around their Christmas trees with their loved ones — sharing gifts, kind words, and a lavish meal.

The 2013 Alberta 55 Plus Summer Games board has vacant positions to fill after a trio of members resigned last week. Board chair Henry Romanchuk announced his resignation on Dec.

Town of Westlock Coun. David Truckey will seek to replace Ken Kowalski as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock. He told the Westlock News of his plans Sunday afternoon.

Roughly 40 people gathered at the Westlock Curling Club last week to take in an Oilers game and have a beer at a pub night fundraiser for the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre.

Five local homeowners decked the halls and rooms of their residences with holly, wreaths and all sorts of Christmas decorations last weekend as part of the second annual Homes for the Holidays tour. Proceeds from the Saturday, Dec.

The Westlock Rotary Club honoured the life of Dorothy Roberts last week during the eighth annual Dorothy Roberts Day — a day aimed at getting youth involved with the club. A handful of students from R.F.