Westlock News

Citizens of Westlock County, the Town of Westlock and the Village of Clyde are invited to attend one of three Regional Collaboration Study public workshops on Feb. 15-16. The Town of Westlock will host the first workshop on Wednesday, Feb.

The Rotary Spirit Centre ice rink was a busy place this last weekend, in spite of the fact there was no hockey schedule.

Utility bills are going up for Town of Westlock residents. It’s regular Jan. 23 meeting, town council passed a bylaw approving rate increases for water, sewer, and garbage.

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.