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Community spirit

Community spirit

The spirit of Westlock was on full display last week with a number of people and organizations stepping up to help out two very important causes — the Westlock and District Food Bank and a local family whose lives were forever changed after a bout wi
Lighting a fire

Lighting a fire

Small communities across Alberta rely on volunteer firefighters to respond to emergencies ranging from grass fires to motor vehicle collisions.
Provinces play ball

Provinces play ball

There’s an adage that says whoever has the ball gets to make the rules. But people often forget that the people who own the field also have a say. In Alberta’s case, the ball is oil and the rest of Canada is the field.
Discourse does not mean dodging the question

Discourse does not mean dodging the question

Oil is a necessary evil, is it not? We use it in everything in our modern world these days, from synthetic fabrics and televisions to fuel and the roads we drive on.
Enforcement key

Enforcement key

Leave it to a resident for the solution. Following the expiration of the Alberta Environment and Parks 28-day lockdown of SW19-TWP59-RGE23-W4M, we reached out to a number of Echo Lake area residents for their thoughts.
End of the road?

End of the road?

In communities — small ones especially – there’s usually one big annual event that everyone just can’t miss, where residents can interact with each other and enjoy the summer.
Ice is for skating on, not ingestion

Ice is for skating on, not ingestion

Methamphetamine destroys lives.
A vote is on the horizon

A vote is on the horizon

It looks like it is back to square one for Barrhead's aquatic centre project.
Volunteers make it happen

Volunteers make it happen

In case you didn’t notice, it was an exceptionally busy weekend across the Athabasca/Boyle region.
The Old Brick School

The Old Brick School

The suggestion that if the Old Brick School building is designated a Provincial Historic Resource, its potential uses become limited and the cost of maintaining it rises sharply, is basically nonsense.
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