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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.

A Grade 6 student at Eleanor Hall School recently won a local competition sponsored by the Vimy Lions club and will have her entry submitted to the worldwide Lions International Peace Poster Contest.

Residents of Boyle congregated at the Community Centre last Wednesday to grab a free plate of turkey dinner and enjoy some quality on-stage folk entertainment as part of the fifth annual Boyle Community Christmas Supper.

Athabasca County councillors and members of Athabasca’s business community met at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex last Wednesday to learn more about the Biz Kids Program and how it can create more business-savvy youth.

The Magnificent River Rats Festival Society is gearing up for another Canada Day long weekend music festival. They held their annual general meeting last Wednesday where incumbent Rod Foster was reelected as president.

The Northern Lights Spiritus Singers are sure to spread the warmth of the season at their ‘Sing Glad Tidings’ concerts in Athabasca this weekend.

This Saturday, singer-songwriter Luke Dowler will return to Westlock to perform a show that hopes to raise awareness of the spectre of human trafficking.

While exact numbers are hard to come by, it’s safe to say more than 1,000 people came through the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre last weekend for the Festival of Christmas Wonder.