Westlock News

Westlock County Coun. Maureen Kubinec has announced her intention to seek the Progressive Conservative nomination for this riding.

The consensus amongst Westlock-area municipal leaders is in. Whoever replaces MLA Ken Kowalski will have “big shoes to fill.

Egbert Stang is done talking about his time as superintendent of the Pembina Hills school division.

Egbert Stang is no longer superintendent of the Pembina Hills school division. A four-sentence media release issued late Monday, Dec. 5, said Stang's last day with the division was Dec. 4. It did not say if Stang resigned or was terminated.

The man accused of murdering his wife, a teacher at Dapp school, was granted bail at a hearing last week in Kamloops, B.C. Glen Lucier, a clerk at the courthouse in Salmon Arm, B.C., confirmed last week that Peter Beckett appeared in B.C.

After 32 years representing constituents in and around the Westlock and Barrhead areas, MLA Ken Kowalski will not seek another term.

Egbert Stang is no longer superintendent of the Pembina Hills school division. A four-sentence media release issued late Monday, Dec. 5, said Stang's last day with the division was Sunday, Dec. 4. It did not say if Stang resigned, or was terminated.

The year-old investigation into a fraud allegation at the Pembina Hills school division headquarters is still underway and is not complete as was previously reported, Barrhead RCMP Sgt. Bob Dodds said last week.

Westlock town council rejected a rezoning application after a public hearing Nov. 28 that saw close to 30 residents attend and voice opposition to it.

Westlock RCMP have revealed the identity of the man killed in the Nov. 22 Tawatinaw-area blaze as 75-year-old Andrew Lukach. The home near Township Road 614 and Range Road 245 burned to the ground overnight, undetected by neighbours.