Westlock News

The Westlock Rotary Club dug deep and donated a hefty $100,000 to the Town of Westlock at the Mayor’s Breakfast last Wednesday. A quarter of that money will fund Rotary Trail upgrades and the remaining $75,000 will help purchase a new handi-bus.

Wildrose MLA for Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock Glenn van Dijken has come out criticizing Premier Rachel Notley’s “campaign style” state of the province address.

Another witness to the Nazi Germany assault that rocked the world in the 1940s died last week. Ernest William Wood, a Second World War veteran, passed away Oct. 19 at the age of 94.

Pembina Hills Public Schools trustees approved a two-year ban on all international field trips by students to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, although trips within North America, Central America, South America and Australia will be reviewed

A landowner coalition will finally get its chance to formally speak out against the Fort McMurray West 500-kV Transmission Project. The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) launched a public hearing Oct.

The demolition of the W.R. Frose School in Fawcett will likely proceed towards the end of this coming week, Pembina Hills Public Schools trustees heard during their Oct. 12 meeting in Barrhead. Assistant Supt.

Muneer Gilani is eager to get the Severson Free Run Barn up and running again after the multi-million dollar, 50,000 square foot Busby-area barn went up in flames Sept.

The $5.1 million Southview Rehabilitation project is still expected to wrap on time at the end of October. “We’re cutting it close, but we’re still on schedule,” said Town of Westlock CAO Dean Krause.

Zach Savage is one of the best sledge hockey players in Canada.

No injuries were reported after 12 rail cars jumped the CN Rail Westlock Sub-Line just south of the Hamlet of Pickardville at approximately 9:30 a.m. Oct. 7.