Westlock News

The Village of Clyde is trending towards non-viability, according a report released last week by the Viability Review Team.

The 2014 development permit numbers for Westlock and Westlock County are in and they are a mixed bag.

Local landowners turned out in droves last week for two local open houses regarding a proposed 500-kilometre transmission line that may run through their properties on its way from the Edmonton area to Fort McMurray.

Westlock’s peace officer may soon have access to a shotgun to help deal with animal complaints in town. Town council unanimously approved a new comprehensive peace officer shotgun policy at its Jan. 26 meeting.

The Westlock and Hazel Bluff Players perform Wildcat Katie Brown at the Hazel Bluff Community Centre on Feb. 8. The show ran Feb. 5-8 and featured singing, dancing and many laughs. Vicki Thomson (left) and Karen Bouma as Mayor Otis Dalripple and Sashay Del Rio, the shifty saloon owner.

Charges are pending following a head-on collision last Tuesday night west of town that sent four people to hospital. Westlock RCMP Cpl.

Emergency services providers in Westlock are worried that blocked rail crossings in town may affect response times to Whissellville in an emergency. At the town’s Jan.

The possible return of the Religious Studies course at Westlock Elementary School was one of the items discussed during principal Pierre Ouimet’s report to the Pembina Hills trustees during their Jan. 28 meeting.

Four years after a former Pembina Hills school division Supt. left the division under mysterious circumstances, the reason is now clear — $29,000 in fraudulent expense claims.

The union representing Westlock County employees has expressed concern comments Reeve Bud Massey made are “misleading” and don’t reflect the county’s attempt to “push long serving staff out the door.