Westlock News

Westlock County councillors have set a date for the upcoming Div. 3 byelection. Following a special meeting Dec. 15, councillors selected Monday, Feb. 8 as the date residents will head to the polls. Former Div. 3 Coun. Jim Wiese resigned Dec.

If you’ve ever driven down Highway 18 between Westlock and Clyde anytime over the last month, you’ve probably seen the Boychuk home.

Westlock County Coun. Don Savage has clarified his claim of conflict of interest over the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill deal. Savage made his declaration before the vote on a preliminary deal at the Nov.

Voters in Westlock County’s Div. 3 will be heading to the polls in early 2016 after Coun. Jim Wiese tendered his resignation last Tuesday, Dec. 8. The shock resignation came after council put to bed $2.

The debate around the Bill 6 issue showed no signs of quieting down at a public hearing in Athabasca last Wednesday. Hundreds of farmers and spectators came to sound off at the meeting at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex on Dec.

Westlock County and DK Consulting Services have reached a $2.2 million lease/sale agreement on the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill. Councillors went in-camera at their Dec.

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Glenn van Dijken is joining other Wildrose Party MLAs in speaking out against the proposed legislation that would mandate WCB coverage for farm workers, which passed second reading on the evening of Dec. 2.

What started as way of bringing Christmas cheer and raising school spirit at R.F. Staples School has taken on a life of its own. Teacher Stephen Womack’s week of playing the Elf on the Shelf has gone viral and garnered attention province wide.

If all goes to plan Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill will become a tourist destination for winter and summer activities.

The Rotary Spirit Centre will be the site of the 2017 Alberta men’s curling championship. Known as the Boston Pizza Cup, the Feb.