Westlock News

Westlock County is in search of a new administrator after CAO Peter Kelly announced he will not stay on after his contract expires early next year.

Now that the calendar has turned to November and the first snow of the season has fallen, it means Christmas is around the corner. Officially kicking off the holiday season is the annual Westlock Christmas Light Up son Friday, Nov. 20.

Bob Jackson, who served as a Westlock County councillor for over 21 years and was chair of the Aspen Regional Health Authority before its dissolution in 2008, passed away Nov. 2 after a short battle with cancer. He was 78.

RCMP continue their search for wanted fugitive Curtis Powder after a recent incident in Barrhead. Barrhead RCMP Sgt. Bob Dodds said that on Oct.

Area RCMP used a helicopter, multiple ground teams and GPS location tracking to hunt down a stolen truck and arrest the alleged thief on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Five months after taking office, Rachel Notley and Alberta’s NDPs were on the hot seat last week delivering their first provincial budget.

A planed $5 million upgrade to roads and sidewalks, as well as sewer and water services in a section of Southview, has been approved by Westlock town council. During discussions at council Oct.

The former director of the Westlock Daycare faces jail time and a six-figure restitution order. In Westlock Provincial Court Oct.

Murtaza Jamaly is Westlock’s newest town councillor after winning Monday’s byelection in a landslide. Out of 797 votes cast, Jamaly earned 474, or almost 60 per cent of the overall vote.

An area man’s recent crime spree, which included involvement in a property-theft ring, has earned him a lengthy prison stay. In Westlock Provincial Court Sept.