Westlock News

Westlock County council has approved compensation to residents of Pickardville affected by last summer’s sewer woes, but the issue will come back before council today, Nov. 26. Following the in-camera portion of the Nov.

Two Westlock men are facing 28 firearms-related charges each following the seizure of more than 13 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition last weekend. Barrhead RCMP Sgt.

About 20 people braved the cold in Westlock last Thursday for a noon-hour vigil to honour victims of domestic violence.

Pembina Hills trustees passed a motion at their Nov. 12 meeting to ask the province for six modular classrooms for Dapp School and one at Busby School for the 2014-2015 school year.

Westlock County councillors’ salaries and expenses will be posted monthly to the municipality’s website beginning next year, but there will be no maximum expense claim. At the county’s Nov. 12 meeting, Coun.

A fire in a Vimy trailer park destroyed one home and damaged at least one more last Friday afternoon, causing at least one resident to raise concerns about the community’s fire hydrants.

The Festival of Christmas Wonder opened the festive season in Westlock over the weekend, complete with a heaping helping of snow. Trenton Dirks smiles when Santa tells him a little secret Friday night.

Cinnamon Forstey (left) and Mackenzie St. Louis carry the wreaths to lay at the cenotaph during R.F. Staples' Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 7. For more on local school Remembrance Day ceremonies turn to Page 5 of this week's print edition of the Westlock News.

One half of the duo that broke into John’s Jewellers in downtown Westlock early on Oct. 25 will be spending the next 16 months in jail. Jesse R. Charbonneau, 23, appeared in Westlock Provincial Court Oct.

Westlock played host to a high profile guest last week when Alberta’s culture minister Heather Kilmchuk came for a visit. Klimchuk was in town on Nov.