Westlock News

Six months after the legalization of cannabis, Westlock remains a dry town for legal product.

The Westlock Outreach School was forced to relocate after a March 12 waterline break that caused an estimated $30,000 in damage. Students have been moved to the MacKenzie Building downtown.

Normally used to outline the provincial government’s agenda for the coming year, the March 18 Speech from the Throne served as a springboard for the April 16 provincial election. Read by Lt.-Gov.

Alberta’s 30th general election will take place April 16 and five candidates have now stepped forward in the new Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock riding.

Former Town of Smoky Lake Coun. Therese Taschuk will represent the NDP in the Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock constituency in the upcoming provincial election.

Every parent’s worst nightmare did not happen in Westlock last week.

The scene at the NAPA store March 12 following a waterline break in front of the Town of Westlock Fire Hall.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no choice but to resign, says Peace River-Westlock MP Arnold Viersen, echoing comments made by many Opposition politicians since the details of the Canadian government’s involvement in the SNC-Lavalin affair were mad

R.F. Staples School principal and Dapp native Wayne Rufiange has joined what’s become a three-man race to represent the newly-formed Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock riding in the yet-to-be announced provincial election.

Three train cars filled with grain flipped on their sides March 5, just west of Westlock Terminals. The cars left the tracks at approximately 3 p.m. that day and CN reports there were no injuries and no hazardous goods involved in the incident.