Westlock News

“All things start small, but they get bigger.” At least that’s the hope of the organizers of a “Stop Crime” forum held Oct. 3 at Outriders Smokehouse.

Roughly 200 residents turned out to learn more about the candidates in the Peace River-Westlock riding during the all-candidates forum Oct. 2 at the Barrhead Senior’s Drop-in Centre.

The Town of Westlock and Westlock County are making headway on their shared intermunicipal development plan (IDP) and presented a draft document for the public to view and comment on last week. The two municipalities held a joint open house Oct.

Officials from Westlock County and the Town of Westlock were recently offered an opportunity to sit down with Alberta’s new Municipal Affairs minister Kaycee Madu to share some of their concerns on various issues affecting municipalities.

Results of the Westlock County communications survey undertaken this summer to gauge the opinions of residents regarding the municipality’s communication methods have been available for nearly a month on the county’s website, but it seems nobody knew

Although you may still see “Pembina Hills Public Schools” on signage for a time, the division is embracing its new legal name of the “Pembina Hills School Division” and will begin using it in the future. During their Sept.

Work on the long-awaited Phase 3 waterline project to Westlock County’s northern hamlets by the Westlock Regional Water Services Commission is expected to be completed by the middle of October.

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.