Westlock News

A Westlock County landowner wants $15,000 from the county in compensation for lost crops after several years of flooding he says the municipality is ignoring.

The Jarvie Water Treatment Plant is still in limbo. Al Scott, Westlock County’s director of engineering and infrastructure, told county council Dec.

Westlock County reeve Don Savage says he has no financial stake in Tawatinaw’s Pine Valley Resort. At a special Dec.

The aftermath of the August floods is panning out for local business owner Blair Kneller. After the basement of his Home Hardware franchise on 106 St. and 100 Ave. flooded during the Aug.

A water main break flooded several businesses on 106 St. between 99 and 100 Ave. on Dec. 19, forcing the Town of Westlock to shut down the road and dig the damaged pipes up. That did little to dampen the holiday spirit, however.

DK Consulting, the firm leasing the Tawatinaw ski hill, will have to pay arrears on taxes it owes since the end of June to Westlock County. County council passed a motion at a special meeting Dec.

Presents and lumps of coal were swapped out for candy canes and traffic tickets Dec. 16, as the Westlock RCMP handed out goodies to naughty and nice drivers at the Candy Cane Checkstop.

Westlock County’s transportation budget is almost $1 million over budget due to gravel costs. The news that the county is $981,800 over budget came to council’s attention in a financial report presented at its Dec. 13 meeting.

City Life Farms’ owner Brian Mendieta is counting his blessings after an early morning fire burned down his barn. “I started crying when the firefighters showed up,” said Mendieta. “I’m just glad it wasn’t my house. No animals got hurt.

For the second time in three months, a train has derailed along the CN Rail Westlock Sub-Line. At approximately 2:30 a.m. Dec.