Westlock News

Just because cannabis is now legal for recreational use in Canada doesn’t mean it isn’t harmful. That’s one of the messages coming from RCMP Staff Sgt.

Although the decrease was mitigated by an additional 19 Kindergarten kids, Westlock Elementary School and R.F. Staples School have experienced a combined decrease of 42 students to start the school year.

Westlock County may be on the hook for some of the costs related to extinguishing two wildfires earlier this year.

A notice of motion to hold a second plebiscite regarding Westlock County’s continued financial support of the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill has been dismissed. Coun.

A general funding request from the PACO Agricultural Society in Fawcett to help operate its recreational facilities was before Westlock County council at its Oct. 9 meeting, but was deferred until upcoming budget deliberations.

The people behind the newly rebranded Tawatinaw Valley reached out to the public with an open house event last week to offer gratitude for the recent support from the community in helping to keep the facility open and to keep residents up to date wit

Matthew White is the new mayor of the Village of Clyde after he was the only councillor to let his name stand at municipality’s Oct. 15 organizational meeting.

Westlock County council will vote Nov. 13 on whether to hold a second plebiscite regarding the municipality’s participation in the operations of the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill. Coun.

A group of Westlock County ratepayers, led by Pauline Bitz, brought their concerns regarding the county’s continued involvement with the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill to council at its Oct. 9 meeting.

Westlock County will appeal a decision by the provincial government to deny the municipality disaster recovery funding related to last spring’s overland flooding and resulting State of Local Emergency.