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What’s better than raising more than $20,000 for cancer? Raising more than $20,000 for cancer and keeping the money right in our community.

At this time of year, most people are doing their best to cope with the post-holiday blues, but for others, the party is just about to get started. Westlock’s Ukrainian Dance Society is getting ready for their annual Malanka celebration on Jan.

Westlock and area residents may get the opportunity to put their green thumbs to work this summer if a community garden project successfully launches.

Preparing for a new provincial budget and possible cuts in education funding, aligning with the new Education Act and pushing for an increase to transportation funding are on tap for the Pembina Hills school division in 2015, says board chair Kim Web

From the personal perspective of Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec, growing Alberta’s tourism industry and dealing with a drop in oil prices are among the biggest challenges for the year ahead.

Despite being in his last term in federal politics, Westlock-St. Paul MP Brian Storseth says he is very much looking forward to 2015, and believes it will be even better than the last year.

Students at St. Mary School “shared the light of (their) faith” in a candlelight ceremony on Dec. 15, where they were able to raise $700 for a Nigerian seminary’s agricultural program. The students crowded into the gymnasium at St.

The Town of Westlock is looking to increase the rates it charges residents at Westlock Place, the town’s 24-unit affordable housing project. Director of planning Simone Wiley reported to council at the Dec.

About 35 people took part in a vigil on Thursday hosted by the Hope Resource Centre in Westlock to honour victims of violence. The ceremony was held at the Georges L. Whissell Park in downtown Westlock.

Pembina Hills trustees have agreed to transfer ownership of the former Jarvie School and grounds to the people of Jarvie, subject to provincial government approval. At their regular meeting in Barrhead Dec.