Westlock News

As the Oct. 16 Municipal Election inches closer, advance polls and election forums are on tap for the coming weeks. Division 2 will host its electoral speakers forum and “meet the candidates” Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Busby Community Hall.

With the Oct. 16 Municipal Election on the horizon, current Westlock County councillors will individually review the 27 recommendations from the municipal inspection report and offer responses at their final Oct. 10 meeting.

Ralph Leriger will serve another four years as mayor of the Town of Westlock. Leriger said he is humbled to accept a second term after no challengers emerged on Nomination Day, Sept. 18. In 2013, the mayoral race featured three candidates.

Despite all the criticisms within the 116-page Aug. 30 municipal inspection report crafted by Strategic Steps Inc., Westlock County is in good financial health, although public opinion of the county’s finance and service levels is average at best.

The contrast between the Town of Westlock and Westlock County couldn't have been more stark in advance of the Oct. 16 Municipal Election. While 17 people let their names stand on Nomination Day, Sept.

More than seven years after drowning his wife Laura Letts at a secluded lake in Upper Arrow Lake, B.C., Peter Beckett has been found guilty of first-degree murder. A Kelowna jury announced their verdict shortly before 5 p.m. Sept.

It wasn’t a shock to municipal inspectors that Westlock County’s roads was one of the most repeated issues heard in the provincially-ordered investigation.

The new Fawcett Fire Hall has been beleaguered with problems from its design to the tendering phase, the province’s municipal inspection report says. Strategic Steps Inc.

The bad behaviour of Westlock County councillors and administration reported over the last several years has infected office culture, according to the 116-page municipal inspection report.

Municipal inspectors took a closer look at the Tawatinaw ski hill and lease agreement and uncovered issues with offers to sell the land below market value, sole-source contracting and a councillor’s possible pecuniary interest.