Westlock News

Alberta Transportation will upgrade highways in Westlock County this year. Representatives from the ministry told county council Jan. 24 that paving will get underway on Highway 661, from Highway 776 to the County of Barrhead border this summer.

A Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) teacher has been charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a young person. On Jan. 25, Barrhead RCMP officers arrested and charged a 43-year-old man following a Jan.

A meeting of elected officials shut out Peace River-Westlock MP Arnold Viersen when federal infrastructure ministry staff barred the MP from sitting in on discussions.

Two people were airlifted to Edmonton-area hospitals following a pair of Jan. 16 collisions. Westlock RCMP say the first collision happened around 1 p.m. on Highway 18 near Range Road 12 near the Hazel Bluff Hall.

A Town of Westlock police force could cost the municipality at least $500,000.

Pembina Hills Public Schools staff weathered a little heat last week in the form of online complaints and phone calls from parents after buses continued to run in the school division despite the freezing temperatures causing bus service to be cancell

Westlock County council unanimously passed a second interim operating budget Jan. 10 based on the 2016 operating budget so that its transportation services department can continue providing adequate service.

Local municipal politicians are speaking out against the provincial carbon tax. The Town of Westlock passed a motion Jan.

Results of the upcoming federal census will determine whether the Town of Westlock will pay for its policing.

The stork came eight days early for a Vimy family. Krystin Barnett and Cody Bogacki welcomed Elissa Marie Rene Bogacki to their family Jan. 1 at 11 a.m. at the Westlock Healthcare Centre. Baby Elissa came in weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces.