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“Tremendous increase” in bus fly-bys prompts MLA to request meeting with Pembina Hills

“Tremendous increase” in bus fly-bys prompts MLA to request meeting with Pembina Hills

Trustees also plan to discuss full modernization of Barrhead Composite High School with Glenn van Dijken
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Local ‘cancer warrior’ featured on Oilers broadcast

Local ‘cancer warrior’ featured on Oilers broadcast

Westlock-native Cecily Eklund, 9, lauded for raising close to $100,000 for the Kids with Cancer Society
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Remembering the black settlement at Campsie

Remembering the black settlement at Campsie

Paul and Christie Beaver recount how their great-grandparents walked from Edmonton in May 1908 to Campsie to join black settlement
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Judge splits the difference

Judge splits the difference

Matthew Morris sentenced to 75 days in jail for unauthorized possession of firearm in vehicle, flight from police
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Town of Westlock wants to join Rural Renewal Stream program

Town of Westlock wants to join Rural Renewal Stream program

Provincial initiative aimed at the “attraction and retention of newcomers to rural Alberta”
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Barrhead RCMP arrest three suspects believed to be involved in a series of B&Es at oil and gas sites

Barrhead RCMP arrest three suspects believed to be involved in a series of B&Es at oil and gas sites

Barrhead Detachment commander said the result would not have been possible without the efforts of the company which beefed up their security measures
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Aspen View Public Schools cancelling bus routes on morning of Feb. 24

Aspen View Public Schools cancelling bus routes on morning of Feb. 24

Schools will remain open, buses will run in the afternoon
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Date changed for upcoming business and community awards gala

Date changed for upcoming business and community awards gala

Second-annual event will be held April 15 at the Westlock and District Community Hall
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Grassland-area chase ends in jail time

Grassland-area chase ends in jail time

Dominic Carl Duane Beaver gets 120 days jail sentence for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
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Two more communities join the fight

Two more communities join the fight

Town of Barrhead and Woodlands County councils to lobby AGLC to allow Capital City Casinos to move its Camrose casino to Edmonton
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