Westlock News

A group of area landowners looking to stop the east route of the planned $1.49 billion Fort McMurray West 500-kV Transmission Project are continuing their crusade as the hearing process begins.

The Jarvie Community Council has purchased the former Jarvie School from the Pembina Hills school division $1 with the intention of turning it into a community centre. During the Pembina Hills meeting on Jan.

Westlock RCMP has recovered a stolen pickup truck they say may be connected to armed robberies in Athabasca and Thorhild County. On Wednesday, Jan. 13 police received a call advising them that a burned-out Dodge Dakota was in the Tawatinaw area.

The man accused of killing his wife and former Dapp School teacher Laura Letts-Beckett is expected to stand trial in Kamloops Supreme Court beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Westlock County Div. 3 residents won’t be going to the polls after all. Raymond Marquette will serve as Div. 3 councillor until the next municipal election in October 2017 as he was the only person to let his name stand on Nomination Day, Jan. 11.

The Town of Westlock is mourning the loss of former mayor Kathleen Vaughan who passed away Dec. 24 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was 79. Vaughan, better known to friends as Kay, was elected in 1986 and was Westlock’s first female mayor.

Westlock County continues its search for a new administrator to replace CAO Peter Kelly who is leaving the municipality at the end of February.

Westlock RCMP were kept busy over the holiday with a reported baker’s dozen of break and enters between late December and early January.

A 25-year-old man faces a charge of second-degree murder following the shooting death of his 19-year-old cousin on Jan. 1 north of Rochester. On Sunday, Jan.

Despite it being relatively quiet, Town of Westlock mayor Ralph Leriger said 2015 was a good year for the municipality. “I think it was a very positive year,” Leriger said. “I think we advanced our community in many respects.