Westlock News

Hundreds of people gathered in the field behind the rec centre last Sunday night to help celebrate the 145th anniversary of Confederation. A musical performance preceded an impressive fireworks display. See Pages 12-13 of the print edition for more photos of the day's festivities.

A 21-year-old Westlock woman is dead following a weekend collision on Highway 2 north of Clyde. In the morning of June 30, Westlock RCMP responded to a report of a collision about one kilometre north of the Clyde turnoff.

Having her dog stolen from her family’s property and then killed a few kilometres away in southwestern Westlock County has caused a Gibbons woman to warn other dog owners to keep an eye on their pets.

There are now two empty Clyde council seats that need to be filled after Coun. Bob Gault tendered his resignation last week.

Jim Wiese has been elected the new Westlock County councillor in Division 3. Wiese won the June 25 vote with 134 votes, or 68 per cent of the 197 votes cast.

Westlock played host to an important cancer study last week when the Tomorrow Project set up its community study centre in the Westlock Inn on June 19-20.

Village of Clyde Coun. Diana Vosseler has resigned her seat at the council table, prompting a probable summer byelection. Vosseler first announced her resignation in a letter to village interim CAO Annette Schwab on June 1.

Using all their strength, Troy Hampton (at back), Timothy Kwan (in red), Emmanuel LaBouxciere (in blue) and Karter Zadunayski pull hard to win the tug of war at the Clyde Summer Solstice on Saturday. For more photos from the event see this week's print or e-edition of the Westlock News.

“It’s been quite a journey.

The petition calling for a dissolution study in the Village of Clyde has completed the verification process, but it could still be many weeks before residents are told the results.