Westlock, Athabasca, Barrhead News

County of Barrhead approves fire department's 2020 budget

County’s contribution equals $459,510

Dec 24, 2019 12:29 PM Read more >

Firearms and drugs seized in Dec. 11 Buffalo Lake raid

Two men face charges ranging from drug trafficking, to possession of a prohibited firearm obtained in the commission of an offence

Dec 24, 2019 11:14 AM Read more >

Westlock County settles on 2.12 per cent provisional property tax increase

Policing costs and bad debt increased operational expenses

Dec 24, 2019 8:12 AM Read more >

Westlock & District Chamber of Commerce website goes live

Inaugural awards gala is also in the works for April

Dec 23, 2019 3:06 PM Read more >

Calling Lake man swings machete at RCMP officers

Twenty-eight-year-old man now faces five charges, including assaulting a police officer

Dec 23, 2019 10:04 AM Read more >

Fire destroys home and attached garage

Mechanical malfunction is believed to be the cause of a Dec. 10 fire northwest of the Hamlet of Vega

Dec 23, 2019 8:30 AM Read more >

Athabasca food bank gets $57,300 from the province

The Good Samaritan Ministries Association Food Bank currently serves about 2,300 people

Dec 22, 2019 3:43 PM Read more >

Proposed changes slanted against rural physicians, says AMA

Some big “ifs” around what the province has proposed, says Dr. Ed Aasman

Dec 22, 2019 8:39 AM Read more >

Showing their hearts for charity

Freedom-Naples 4-H Club sewing project members create fabric hearts to give to the neo-natal intensive care units at the Stollery, Royal Alexandria and University of Alberta

Dec 21, 2019 3:35 PM Read more >

Athabasca man heads BMT Canada

Rural life gave Darcy Byrtus the skills to succeed

Dec 21, 2019 12:35 PM Read more >