Local News

Proposed sand mining project still in early planning stages

Around 200 Athabasca-area residents attend Dec. 10 Athabasca Minerals Inc. open house

Dec 17, 2019 3:50 PM Read more >

Barrhead FCSS asks for $15K increase

Barrhead and District FCSS executive director makes joint pitch to town and county councils

Dec 17, 2019 12:30 PM Read more >

Wexit Alberta seeking local signatures

Organizers, who’ll be in Westlock Dec. 17, need more than 7,800 people to sign to register new party

Dec 17, 2019 8:40 AM Read more >

Northern Lights Spiritus Singers pack the Nancy Appleby

Believe in Christmas ran Dec. 13-15

Dec 16, 2019 12:25 PM Read more >

RCMP rammer stays behind bars

Eric Michael Unger sentenced to nearly 2.5 years for 2018 crime spree that ended in Westlock

Dec 16, 2019 8:30 AM Read more >

Snowmobilers reminded to respect private property

Athabasca River Runners will have signs put up across its trail system by Christmas

Dec 15, 2019 3:54 PM Read more >

Village of Clyde looks to define its fire service level

If accepted the new document will set the parameters for what the municipality needs

Dec 15, 2019 12:35 PM Read more >

Twenty-kilowatt solar panel array now powering Barrhead Senior Citizens Drop-in Centre

Fifty-eight-panel array, which cost $46,000, was installed over the summer

Dec 15, 2019 8:10 AM Read more >

Trident Pumps is trying to change fire fighting

Faster, lighter, portable fire fighting technology has been developed by the Athabasca-based company

Dec 14, 2019 3:24 PM Read more >

Councillor questions whether people outside Barrhead’s boundaries are paying enough for utilities

Town of Barrhead Coun. Rod Klumph votes against Municipal Public Utilities Bylaw

Dec 14, 2019 12:26 PM Read more >