Westlock News

The debate around the Bill 6 issue showed no signs of quieting down at a public hearing in Athabasca last Wednesday. Hundreds of farmers and spectators came to sound off at the meeting at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex on Dec.

Westlock County and DK Consulting Services have reached a $2.2 million lease/sale agreement on the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill. Councillors went in-camera at their Dec.

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Glenn van Dijken is joining other Wildrose Party MLAs in speaking out against the proposed legislation that would mandate WCB coverage for farm workers, which passed second reading on the evening of Dec. 2.

What started as way of bringing Christmas cheer and raising school spirit at R.F. Staples School has taken on a life of its own. Teacher Stephen Womack’s week of playing the Elf on the Shelf has gone viral and garnered attention province wide.

If all goes to plan Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill will become a tourist destination for winter and summer activities.

A deal for the ongoing operation of the Tawatinaw Ski Hill has been reached between Westlock County and an area businessman. The municipality announced the in-principle agreement (approved by a 4-2 council vote) on Friday, Nov.

The Rotary Spirit Centre will be the site of the 2017 Alberta men’s curling championship. Known as the Boston Pizza Cup, the Feb.

Pembina North Community School parents are being asked whether their children should continue the daily recitation of the Lord’s Prayer at the school.

No students were on board a Pembina Hills Public Schools bus that slid off the road and ended up in a ditch Nov. 16. Pembina Hills assistant Supt. of employee services and facilities and transportation David Garbutt said the driver of Bus No.

Alberta PowerLine, the company behind the planned $1.49 billion Fort McMurray West 500-kV Transmission Project, has revealed it now favours the proposed west route for the development.