Westlock News

A water main break flooded several businesses on 106 St. between 99 and 100 Ave. on Dec. 19, forcing the Town of Westlock to shut down the road and dig the damaged pipes up. That did little to dampen the holiday spirit, however.

DK Consulting, the firm leasing the Tawatinaw ski hill, will have to pay arrears on taxes it owes since the end of June to Westlock County. County council passed a motion at a special meeting Dec.

Presents and lumps of coal were swapped out for candy canes and traffic tickets Dec. 16, as the Westlock RCMP handed out goodies to naughty and nice drivers at the Candy Cane Checkstop.

City Life Farms’ owner Brian Mendieta is counting his blessings after an early morning fire burned down his barn. “I started crying when the firefighters showed up,” said Mendieta. “I’m just glad it wasn’t my house. No animals got hurt.

For the second time in three months, a train has derailed along the CN Rail Westlock Sub-Line. At approximately 2:30 a.m. Dec.

Westlock County’s transportation budget is almost $1 million over budget due to gravel costs. The news that the county is $981,800 over budget came to council’s attention in a financial report presented at its Dec. 13 meeting.

Area Progressive Conservative Party members have selected the group which represent them at next year’s leadership convention. Around 125 card-carrying PCs from the Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock constituency were at the Westlock Inn Monday, Dec.

A new lease is in the works between the owner of the Pine Valley Ski Resort in Tawatinaw and Westlock County.

The Westlock Child Care Society will submit an application to take part in a province-wide pilot project to test out $25-a-day childcare. The society held an information session Dec.

Inspectors will soon be sweeping the dirt out from under Westlock County’s rug once a municipal inspection gets underway in the next few months.