Westlock News

The arrest and first-degree murder charge against a Westlock man has made headlines all the way on the other side of the globe.

Two people are dead following a single-vehicle collision with a moose late on Aug. 17 on Highway 18 just west of Rossington. The collision took place around 10:20 p.m., said Westlock RCMP Cpl. Dave Casey.

Westlock resident Peter Beckett appeared in Kelowna Provincial Court last week and put his matters over until Aug. 30 in Salmon Arm, according to a courthouse clerk.

A 58-year-old farmer in Thorhild County was killed on Wednesday when the tractor he was working on rolled over him. Cpl. Guy Perreault of the Thorhild RCMP said they received a report about the incident at 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 16.

Two demolition derby contestants collide during the first round of Sunday's derby at the Westlock Fair — the wind-up event of the 97th annual ag fair. See the Aug. 29 Westlock News for results of the event.

The RCMP’s Commercial Crimes Unit has finished a report on a fraud investigation at the Pembina Hills school division and forwarded the information to provincial Crown prosecutors, Barrhead RCMP’s Sgt.

A Westlock man has been charged with first-degree murder in the drowning death of his wife nearly a year ago. Peter Ernest Edward Beckett, 54, was arrested Friday without incident after leaving a property near Christina Lake, B.C.

It’s official: Ken Kowalski intends to seek his 10th mandate as MLA for the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock constituency. He made the announcement Sunday evening at the Barrhead Golf Club. He was scheduled to make the announcement just past 5 p.m.

Westlock’s thespians, dancers, musicians and drama classes will have a new theatre floor to work on this year.