Westlock News

Westlock Clyde and Jarvie honoured the fallen and the living at Remembrance Day ceremonies Nov. 11. And leading into the Friday ceremonies, schools throughout the area held pre-Remembrance Day events, including the No Stone Left events held Nov.

The owner of a Busby-area ranch where 30 horses were seized last January has been found guilty of starving her horses and keeping them without adequate supply or access to food and water. Following a four-hour trial in Westlock Provincial Court Nov.

A landowner opposition group has made its case against a proposed power line through Westlock County. East Route Land Owners Opposition Group (ERLOG) members presented their views at the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) hearing Oct. 29 in Edmonton.

No injuries were reported following a Nov. 2, early-morning blaze at the Capri Mall. A smoke alarm alerted Town of Westlock and Westlock Rural fire crews to the mall at 8:45 a.m.

An Edmonton woman is dead following a Tuesday-morning collision on Highway 44. Morinville RCMP Cpl. B.D. Tarzwell said in a release that on Nov. 1, police responded at 9:45 a.m.

The Westlock Rotary Club dug deep and donated a hefty $100,000 to the Town of Westlock at the Mayor’s Breakfast last Wednesday. A quarter of that money will fund Rotary Trail upgrades and the remaining $75,000 will help purchase a new handi-bus.

Don Savage remains reeve for Westlock County. Unopposed at the county’s Oct. 25 organization meeting, Savage will be joined by Ray Marquette as deputy reeve. “It’s an honour, it’s great,” said Savage.

Though the decrease was not as great as last year, enrolment within Pembina Hills Public Schools has fallen by 32 Grade 1-12 students from the previous year, a decrease of approximately 0.9 per cent.

Another witness to the Nazi Germany assault that rocked the world in the 1940s died last week. Ernest William Wood, a Second World War veteran, passed away Oct. 19 at the age of 94.

Pembina Hills Public Schools trustees approved a two-year ban on all international field trips by students to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, although trips within North America, Central America, South America and Australia will be reviewed