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A local business is continuing its fundraising efforts to strike back against cancer. Westlock Bowl is hosting its fifth annual Bowl for Cancer event, which takes place Jan. 15, 16 and 22.

Second World War veteran and longtime Westlock resident, Ernie Wood, was presented the Paul Harris Fellow award at the Royal Canadian Legion’s Westlock branch last week.

It was a tough year for the Westlock and District Food Bank that ended on a positive note. In the late spring the volunteer-run program nearly collapsed, but food bank representatives put the word out and the community responded.

Hundreds gathered at the Westlock and District Community Hall Dec. 31 to not only ring in the New Year, but kick off 12 months of celebration for Westlock’s 100th birthday.

Singer-songwriter Stephen Fearing may live in British Columbia and do his interviews from a Halifax phone number, but he’s always felt like Alberta was his real home.

Westlock has two new doctors to welcome, not just to the town, but to Alberta and Canada. Natalie and Matthew Do Rego are fresh arrivals on the continent from their native South Africa.

The music department at R.F. Staples School will have a void to fill after a long-time music teacher departs at the end of the December. Eight-year R.F.

Students at Westlock Elementary School got a visit from the big elf on Dec. 17. No, not Santa Claus, but Cornelius Yukon, Westlock’s very own Christmas elf.

It’s mid-December and that means the holiday season is officially upon us. It’s also the season of Christmas parties, family functions and New Year’s celebrations, which means more opportunity for drinking and driving.

Westlock drinkers might notice something special about their liquor packaging this holiday season, but while the custom-made illustrations might be coloured with cheer, their message is deadly serious: don’t drink and drive.