Westlock News

Problems with the chalet’s pipes, a slumping parking lot and ownership of two snow guns highlight a laundry list of outstanding issues at the Tawatinaw Valley ski hill.

One more month. That’s how much longer Village of Clyde residents will have to wait to find out if council will accept Municipal Affairs directives and remain incorporated, or send them to the polls to vote on dissolving on the municipality.

Levels of taxation, municipal services and sustainability were just some of the issues raised by residents and councillors at the Village of Clyde’s viability meeting last week.

Silencing protest, or senseless vandalism? That’s what members of a group protesting the Fort McMurray West 500-kV Transmission Project east route are trying to determine after a couple of its anti-power line signs were defaced and even removed last

The trial of former New Zealand city councillor Peter Beckett, accused of murdering his wife and former Dapp-area teacher Laura Letts-Beckett, has been declared a mistrial after a jury was unable to deliver a verdict. B.C.

To dissolve, or not to dissolve? That’s the question Village of Clyde councillors face following the release of the Village of Clyde Viability Plan and Next Steps Report — the final piece in the viability review process.

Firefighters are investing the cause of a Friday-afternoon fire which razed a quonset three kilometres north of the Pibroch Colony on Highway 44.

A Westlock County-wide fire restriction now means anyone using burn barrels, fireworks, or setting backcountry fires could face steep fines. The restriction, imposed April 6, was brought on by dryer-than-normal conditions.

A two-time mayor of the Town of Westlock and Legion member for more than 50 years passed away last week. Doug Rice, the 10th mayor in the town’s history, died March 24 at his home in St. Albert. He was 90.

A local surgeon and his family’s legacy will never be forgotten after the dedication of a room in their honour at the Westlock Healthcare Centre. On March 28, hospital staff and administration unveiled the Patel Room for Dr.