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New Year’s Eve is behind us — most of us, anyway, The Westlock Cultural Ukrainian Dance Society on the other hand is just gearing up for its big celebration, known as Malanka. The event, which will run Jan.

At this time of year, many in our community are working hard to keep the New Year’s resolutions they’ve made, and one perennially popular resolution is to live a healthier lifestyle.

A unique fundraiser in Smith this month will help send some local students to Costa Rica. The ìShow Off Your Rackî antler show fundraiser will be held at the Smith Legion on Saturday, Jan. 19.

For an organization like Road To Hope, even the best years have some sad days. In 2012, the local organization continued its quest to ease the burden of local cancer patients by arranging for transportation to the city for their treatments.

Now in its eighth year, the GROWTH Alberta Business Excellence Awards are coming to Westlock on Jan. 26. Held at the Westlock and District Community Hall, this year’s gala will recognize 13 businesses from the GROWTH region.

If you ask many big-city retail workers about Boxing Day sales, you might hear all kinds of stories about consumerism at its worst. And although Boxing Day mayhem doesn’t catch the big-news headlines quite the same way Black Friday does in the U.S.

The Richmond Park Fire Department enjoyed a well-deserved night of recognition for their hard work on Dec. 5.

The Westlock Intermunicipal Library Board was presented with a $12,086 provincial grant through the Community Facility Enhancement Program (CFEP) on Wednesday to complete renovations to the M. Alice Frose Library in Fawcett.

Westlock’s Cultural Arts Theatre was a fantasy wonderland on Dec. 19 as cosmetology students from R.F. Staples and Barrhead Composite High School gathered to show off what they could do with an idea and a willing model.

One member of the Busby Fire Department was struck by a car on an emergency scene last Monday, Dec. 10, and remains in hospital with serious injuries.