Westlock News

A disaster was narrowly averted at Westlock Terminals early Friday morning after a fire broke out in the main elevator by the office. The fire was discovered just after 7 a.m.

The Westlock Recreation Centre re-opened Tuesday after a heavy load of snow caused part of the roof to collapse.

Nearly a dozen vehicles slid off Highway 18 east of Clyde last Wednesday, prompting Westlock RCMP to shut down a section of the highway for a few hours in the morning.

Boone and Crockett official measurer Bob Daudelin measures a set of non-typical whitetail deer antlers at the Busby & District Fish and Game Association's third Antler and Horn Scoring show on Jan. 29 at Memorial Hall. Daudelin said this set of antlers would be "a buck of a lifetime” for the hunter who bagged them. The show gave area hunters a chance to show off their catches, and have them scored for a chance to be entered in the Boone and Crockett record book.

The Town of Westlock will no longer run the ambulance service in town, and will hand off control to Alberta Health Services effective April 1, 2012. During an in-camera session at the Jan.

While this winter’s snow dump has tested residents in the Town of Westlock, it’s important to remember it has also had an effect on those people living and driving through the county’s roads.

The Westlock Rotary Club has earned the right to name the new Spirit Centre, with its more than $250,000 in donations and continued fundraising efforts.

During the overnight between Saturday and Sunday, the Westlock Recreation Centre suffered a snow slide on the east side of its pyramid roof, tearing off part of its fascia, said community services director Danielle Snyder. For safety purposes, the facility will remain closed until an engineer can assess the extent of the damage. If the damage is found not to be structural, Snyder said they hope to reopen the facility as soon as possible.

Members of the Thorhild Ukrainian Dancers' Group 5, ages 14-16, provided a bit of inspiration to the younger Westlock dancers at last Saturday's Malanka celebration at the Westlock and District Community Hall. About 400 people attended the event.

A rash of vehicle thefts in Westlock County may have come to an end with the recent recovery of a large amount of stolen property and the arrest of five people believed to have been involved in the thefts.