Westlock News

A relatively new annual Alberta tradition, a winter bug count, has turned up an interesting and unexpected find in a Westlock apartment building — a species of warm-climate ant.

Residents of the northern communities that would be affected by closure of the schools in Jarvie and Fawcett will have one last opportunity to have their voices heard before a final decision is made.

If one conclusion could be drawn from the two public forums the Westlock Library held in Jarvie and Fawcett last week, it’s that residents in both hamlets want to maintain a physical library branch.

Despite the recent provincial budget providing an estimated extra $272,000, the Pembina Hills school division may be facing a shortfall of more than $600,000 in the coming school year due to declining enrolment.

Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock MLA Maureen Kubinec says she was surprised when former premier Alison Redford announced her resignation last Wednesday, March 19, but expects it won’t have a significant impact on the running of the province.

Michael Smith flies through the air to break the board during the Westlock Taekwondo Club's promotion night on March 20 at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre. Students demonstrated the skills they had learned in the previous session, with the goal being to perform well enough to promote to the next level. Smith successfully promoted to a red belt.

In many cases finishing fifth out of eight might be cause for disappointment.

The Pembina Hills school division will no longer be footing half of the bill for the transportation and installation of six modular classrooms at the new Pembina North Community School at Dapp.

A 41-year-old Westlock man was arrested at gunpoint in the Barrhead Elementary School parking lot last Friday morning. Barrhead RCMP Cpl.

Shayla Woodcock performs her STARSkate solo routine during the Westlock Figure Skating Club's annual carnival on March 7 at the Rotary Spirit Centre. Titled "Toy Box,” the year-end carnival featured the club's skaters performing all manner of routines, often times dressed up in costumes or skating to songs reminiscent of toys one would find in a child's toy chest.