Westlock News

Details are scant following a Sept. 24 meeting between town and county councils regarding future funding for joint-use facilities like the Aquatic Centre.

A portion of Highway 44 north of Westlock was closed, and all traffic detoured, for nearly two days after a three-vehicle collision involving a semi truck, farm tractor and pickup truck.

Things are looking up for the prospect of constructing a waterline north to county hamlets after the province committed $2.4 million in additional grant funding for the previously stalled project to move forward.

RCMP are asking drivers to pay attention to school buses on county highways following an increase of incidents involving cars speeding past them as they pick up or drop off passengers. On Sept. 14 at approximately 5 p.m.

All funding requests to Westlock County from community groups for the rest of 2018 will be deferred until upcoming budget deliberations to provide ample time for council to revise its community group funding policy to include operating costs.

Westlock is one step closer to its own splash park after the group behind the idea made its first presentation to town council last week. Members of the Westlock Community Enhancement Society were before council at its Sept.

Members of the Linaria and District Agricultural Society met with Westlock County council last week, to ask for a yearly contribution of $35,000 to keep the Linaria Arena open.

Westlock County is backing away from providing $309,000 in funds for the Aquatic Centre for the time being until county council can meet with town council to discuss figures and a future jointuse agreement for the facility.

Fundraising efforts have paid off long before anyone thought for a young girl and her family who got their first look at their new adaptive van last week.