Westlock News

Isaac Skuban won the Sept. 17 Westlock County Div. 5 council seat by eight votes over David Woynorowski.

Town of Westlock council appears ready to back a solar power generation project for the Rotary Spirit Centre, but will advertise the undertaking to the public before making it official.

Westlock RCMP are investigating a Sept. 7 robbery that saw a lone male walked into the Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy, fill a bag with behind-the-counter pharmaceuticals and then walk out.

Westlock County will form a committee to oversee discussions and provide recommendations regarding Pembina River flood hazard area development policies going forward.

Though Pembina Hills Public Schools trustees welcome a review of the current enrolment-driven education funding formula as recommended by the Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances, they would rather see the review focus on funding transportation ba

Getting good value for Albertans tax dollars is key to the UCP government’s mandate, says Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock MLA Glenn van Dijken and a report released last week by an independent panel is the first step towards to curtailing spending and el

Transparency, fiscal responsibility, accountability and better communication were frequent topics as Westlock County Div. 5 residents had a chance to hear from all four candidates hoping to fill the empty seat on county council last week.

A 57-year-old man is dead following an early-morning Sept. 9 head-on crash on Highway 44 near Pickardville. At approximately 5:15 a.m. Sept. 9, Westlock RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 44 north of Township Road 585.

A Westlock County man has put his name forward to run as the candidate for the newly formed People’s Party of Canada in the Peace River-Westlock constituency in the upcoming federal election.

St. Mary School Grade 2 teacher Courtney Bayuk was busy preparing her classroom last week for students who returning to the class Sept. 3.