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Students from both St. Mary and R. F. Staples schools took part in the No Stone Left Alone ceremony on Nov. 6 at the Westlock Cemetery.

Athabasca is about to get a taste of eastern Canada. The traditional Quebecois band Le Temps Antan will be playing at the Nancy Appleby Theatre next Wednesday as part of the Heartwood Folk Music concert series. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m.

The Westlock Legion was a flurry of activity last Friday morning as close to three-dozen volunteers began to distribute thousands of poppies throughout Westlock County.

A Westlock veteran will receive France’s highest decoration for his role in D-Day at this year’s local Remembrance Day ceremony next Tuesday, Nov. 11.

Singer/songwriter Lizzy Hoyt will be coming to Athabasca for the first time with her own show on Nov. 1. The Calgary-based multi-instrumentalist will be coming to town as part of both her CD release tour and the Heartwood concert series.

St. Mary School band teacher Oscar-José Garcia and his wife Judith will be hosting a flamenco music concert this Saturday, Nov. 1 to help raise funds for a band trip to Madrid, Spain, in 2016.

If you follow hockey in Westlock at all, you would probably recognize the name of Mike Ivey. A graduate of the Westlock Minor Hockey Association, Ivey currently plays with the Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors, who just kicked off their 2014-2015 season.

Tawatinaw Valley Community Futures general manager Kelly Harris-Martin has been honoured with provincial leadership award.

When flu season comes around again we’re met with the usual hail of encouragement to get our immunizations, and in Alberta fewer than half of us do.

Around the world in 80 days? It’s more like two years for English ultra-marathon runner Kevin Carr.