Westlock News

Hundreds of students at R.F. Staples took a break from their studies to take part in a variety of activities for the annual Mukluk Day. Pictured are Matthew Renkema (left) and Austin Plamondon testing their strength in the arm wrestling contest.

The Village of Clyde has a new mayor and deputy mayor after Doug Nyal submitted his letter of resignation May 3. At a special council meeting May 3, which Nyal did not attend, the four other councillors voted unanimously to install Coun.

The federal Conservative party’s majority victory is good news for Alberta, several local provincial politicians say.

What does a 4.5-million-litre oil spill in northern Alberta have to do with Westlock? As it turns out, there is a direct connection.

Crime within the Westlock RCMP detachment area is down significantly in the first quarter of 2011, the local top cop says, but the numbers don’t always reflect community concerns. Staff Sgt.

In the 10 years he has been at Jarvie School, principal Martin Cairns says he has not seen the school change so much as he has seen it evolve.

Incumbent Westlock–St. Paul MP Brian Storseth has been re-elected to the House of Commons with 78.4 per cent of the vote with 185 of 219 of polls reporting.

The RCMP’s Emergency Response Team was called out to a rural residence northeast of Westlock Friday after a report of shots being fired.

Anyone who has been following the local science fair scene for the past couple years will not be surprised to learn Kyle Schole has once again earned the right to compete at the national fair.

By the end of May, the Village of Clyde could have a new mayor, a new CAO, or possibly both. On March 28, CAO Melanie Beastall submitted her letter of resignation, effective May 20.