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Westlock RCMP are opposed to changing the speed limit zones on Highway 18 at the east end of town, Staff Sgt. Bryan Clayton said in an e-mail to council, which was discussed at the Sept. 12 meeting.

Westlock Parent Link’s fourth annual Movie in the Park event last Saturday at Keller Field drew a crowd of close to 1,000 — a number that defied organizers’ expectations.

Growing up surrounded by music inspired Ed Peekeekoot to travel the country sharing his talents, all while educating the public about life on a prairie reservation. He will stop by the Hazel Bluff Community Centre on Sunday, Sept.

From the outside it might look as though limited progress has been made on the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre project over the last few months, but the inside tells a different story.

Students across the county have returned to school, and there are plenty of new features — both physical and philosophical — at many of the rural schools in the county.

After 35 years in the business, Trooper is a band that still knows how to fill a room put on a good show.

This year’s 97th annual fair was a resounding success, Westlock Ag Society president Bob Jones says, and it has a lot to do with some help from the weatherman. “It went very well, as far as I’m concerned,” he said.

St. Mary School’s presentation of Holocaust survivor Dr. Eva Olsson last October has won the Evergreen Catholic teachers’ union local some recognition.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach was in Westlock County Aug. 19 to commission the Severson Free Run Barn, one of the largest free-range egg farms in Canada.

To say the third annual Blue Suede Festival was well attended would be an understatement — the Taphorn family farm was at capacity with close to 500 people in attendance on the first day alone.